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Gan Tangshu was lying on the chair, humming a little tune, singing a few lines and saying: "I don't have a chance to watch this prosperous age of the founding of the country. It would be great if I could turn back time. The biggest regret in my life , I was in Nanchang for the exam when I was a teenager, and I had to meet the number one oiran in Nanchang at that time. Unfortunately, I had no money and no name, so I could only accompany the last seat, drink and watch from a distance. Her singing is really beautiful, crisp and melodious, just like Huang Ying Same. Drinking and composing poems during the banquet, although I sat the farthest, the poems were favored by her, and I made an appointment to go boating on another day...she died."

"Huh?" Dai Wenmeng didn't keep up with the rhythm.

Gan Tangshu sneered: "The king of Jian'an sent his servants to kidnap her and was beaten to death by the princess. At this time, everyone in Nanchang knew about the trouble, but the princess came from a prominent family in Nanchang, and no scholars were willing to help her. In those years, I could dream of her in my dreams. She asked me to go closer and ask the maid to rearrange my seat. She said that my poems and essays have the legacy of the Six Dynasties. She invited me to go boating and drink together... Haha, Jian'an County I personally supervised the beheading of the king and concubine! In order to win the post of supervisor, I was promoted in another place without going, so I have to stay in Nanchang as an official."

Dai Wenmeng whispered to his interrogation partner beside him, "Bring him the waistband of his trousers and put them away, so he can take care of them day and night. This man has the will to die, and he may commit suicide in fear of crime at any time."

Gan Tangshu is still recalling his first love, which was the best moment of his life.

Suddenly, Gan Tangshu said mysteriously: "I'll tell you one thing, I have removed many of the crimes of Princess Jian'an's natal family. There are many innocent people among them, but who let them be born in a family of evil? They They all have to die, and they have to go to mine if they don’t kill their heads, otherwise how can I be reconciled? I made an oath back then, and I must avenge her!"

Dai Wenmeng pouted, thinking that this guy had mental problems.

To put it bluntly, he is paranoid, and his first love is all imagined by him.

The oiran who was innocently killed just thought that his poetry was good and asked him to go boating and drink together.It is very likely that there will be a large group of people rafting.But he thought that it was an unforgettable love, a white lotus that he would never forget in his life.

Gan Tangshu continued to fantasize: "Your Majesty raised troops, why not ten years earlier? I can rescue her."

Dai Wenmeng muttered, "Ten years earlier? How old was Your Majesty then?"

What Gan Tangshu never forgets may not be the oiran, but his own teenage years.Talented man, poor family, no fame, everything is not going well, he also failed the provincial examination, only a famous prostitute looked at him differently.

Gan Tangshu suddenly laughed again: "Guess, why did I join His Majesty?"

"Why?" Dai Wenmeng asked.

Gan Tangshu said: "Because His Majesty treats prostitutes kindly, all prostitutes in Ji'an Mansion can be voluntarily conscientious. I thought at the time, why didn't such heroes rise up earlier?"

Dai Wenmeng couldn't laugh or cry.

That oiran could die in peace. After living in this world, after so many years, there is still a man who remembers her, and even tried his best to avenge her.

Gan Tangshu was still talking nonsense: "Although Your Majesty does not allow officials to visit the brothels, I have disguised myself and went there a few times secretly. But no matter how famous I am, I just can't make people's hearts flutter. The famous prostitutes nowadays are too hypocritical. The smiles on her face are all fake, only her smile is the most sincere. There are also those Persian girls who are beautiful and have no connotation at all. I handed over the poems of the year, and no Persian girl can understand the mystery Vulgar, too vulgar, the imperial court should forbid brothels to accommodate foreign women."

What's the mess?

Dai Wenmeng said: "Take him down, so that he can be taken care of, and let him finish writing the confession as soon as possible."

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Forbidden City.

Xiao Hong reported: "Your Majesty, there is no major problem with the son-in-law."

"It's fine if you don't have one." Zhao Han also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it does not involve the occupation of civilian land, other issues are not major problems.

As the prince's son-in-law, it is too easy to apply for land to build a factory.There is no need to violate the rules, and there is no need to bribe officials. Wasteland can always be found, and officials at all levels must handle it quickly. The entire process is so legal that it can no longer be legal.

There must be illegal operations, but it is not a principled error, and it can be fined for money.

Xiaohong added: "Gan Tangshu's case involved more than 10 taels of dirty money, more than a dozen officials and several wealthy businessmen were involved. This person has embezzled and accepted the most bribes since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and has the highest official rank. officials. He asked to be hanged, wanting to keep a whole body.”

Zhao Han sighed and said, "Then give him the whole body, this guy... is simply unreasonable!"

Zhao Han has always attached great importance to the group of scholars who captured Jiangxi General Yang Jiamo alive and went south to defect.Not to mention that promotions always take care of them, and the families of these scholars all have special rewards.Whether it is a mine or a salt shop, even if you don't get paid, you can live a very nourishing life.

The official position is promoted very fast, and there is no shortage of money, why the fuck are you still embezzling?

For example, Gan Tangshu, who is not yet 40 years old, is already the servant of the left.From now on, as long as you don't die of sudden illness, you can join the cabinet as a prime minister even with seniority!

Even if it is about embezzlement, hundreds of thousands of taels, such a big hero, the Inspectorate is full to investigate before going to investigate.What the hell is being greedy for 10 taels of silver?

"Hey, don't mention these bad things," Zhao Han said with a smile on his face, "I heard that you are married again? Why don't you hold a banquet?"

Xiaohong smiled shyly and said: "For those who remarry, it is enough to get a marriage certificate from the government." She said solemnly, "This matter is about to be reported to His Majesty, and my husband also works in the Inspectorate. In order to avoid suspicion, I and my family After discussing with my husband, he is willing to transfer to another yamen."

Father and son, brothers, who are officials in the same department, have been avoiding suspicion since the Ming Dynasty, and usually ask for transfer or resign directly.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many official rules, such as the prohibition of doing business in the official family.This regulation has always been strictly enforced, but it has always been like a waste of paper - the family members do not come out to do business, just let the slaves do business, anyway, the slaves dare not run away, and the fate of the fugitive slaves has always been miserable.

As for Xiaohong's remarried husband, it was Liu Chuanzong who accepted death.

There is a ten-year age difference between the two, the female is older and the male is younger...Liu Chuanzong's wife died of illness, and he often followed Xiaohong to handle cases, admiring Xiaohong's talent and character, and they developed feelings for each other every time they came and went.

Zhao Han said: "I will definitely give you a gift when you get married. As for your husband, it is really not suitable to stay in the Procuratorate, let him go out to be a judge. You must choose a place with convenient transportation. When you go out to inspect and handle cases, you should also You can take the opportunity to reunite with husband and wife."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Hong said happily.

Zhao Han said again: "Our Governor Fei will soon return to Beijing to report on his duties. We are all old friends, and we will have a drink and reunion when the time comes."

Fei Ruhe not only returned to Beijing to report on his work, but also made a general report on the situation on the grassland, and the next step was to gather troops and march on the grassland.

Chapter 780 [Rise of Khalkha Mongolia]

Fei Ruhe returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and he brought three hundred soldiers with him.

After several years, Fei Ruhe was quite moved to experience the prosperity and prosperity of the south again.

He had been stationed in Datong before. Although people's livelihood recovered rapidly, compared with the areas south of the Yellow River, the population was still too sparse.After all, Shanxi had been in a drought for ten years and was repeatedly ravaged by bandits from the Northwest, officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and Manchurian Tartars.

Hearing that Xu Ying was in charge of Jiangsu, Fei Ruhe stopped in Yangzhou.

The guards were not allowed to enter the city at will, and the soldiers were left to garrison outside the city. Fei Ruhe only brought a few personal guards into the city.

When Xu Ying heard that Fei Ruhe was coming, she hurried to greet him, and the two met on the street.

"Haha, Old Xu, you've become an official of the frontier." Fei Ruhe laughed before he got close.

With a smile on her face, Xu Ying joked: "You are a military commander, and on the way to report on your duties, you will meet with a provincial chief in private, and you will be impeached in the Ming Dynasty."

"Whoever wants to impeach, let him impeach. I can't even come to see my old friends?" Fei Ruhe didn't care about that.

This guy has been in Shanxi for several years, and he belongs to the absolute emperor of the land, and the local officials worship him as an ancestor.His temper must have grown, and he was not afraid of anything, and even wrote a letter to ask a brother of his family to go to the border of Shanxi to start a fur business.

Violation, but not illegal.

He did not use his soldiers to do business, and he paid taxes normally.But his clan brother was able to prosper in business, and he had to borrow Fei Ruhe's power and influence.

This is very similar to Gan Tangshu letting her in-laws do business, the difference is that Gan Tangshu has illegal operations attached to it.

For example, colluded with the Jiangsu Salt Affairs Department to close down a Shanxi salt merchant, and then transferred the Shanxi salt merchant’s salt sales license to his in-laws at a super low price (there are quotas for salt industry licenses in each province, and the approval of the Ministry of Commerce is required to issue additional licenses. Cabinet signature).Moreover, his in-laws did not have a transport fleet, so it was impossible to meet the qualifications for salt transportation. At the beginning, they had to hire a transport team from outside.

Fei Ruhe was much smarter, he didn't touch Yanzheng or Tianzheng, he just let his clan brother sell furs.

Don't underestimate the fur business, it's very profitable!

In the Ming Dynasty, high-end furs were considered luxury goods.In particular, the fur of sable, sea otter, and lynx is forbidden for common people to enjoy. The Ming court reiterated the ban four times.It wasn't until the Longqing period that leather goods from the grasslands increased due to the tribute paid by Alta, and the price dropped slightly, but the rebellion of the Tartars caused the price of leather to skyrocket.

Even now that Mongolia and Northeast trade routes have been established and fur prices continue to drop, if you want to buy a piece of sable fur in Nanjing, the price is at least 300 taels.Excellent quality sable fur can be sold for 500 taels or thousands of taels of silver, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

The bulk of the fur trade is still dominated by sheepskin, and the amount of precious fur caught is too small.

In order to make up for the market gap for high-end goods, many Mongolian tribes racked their brains and focused on the most vicious cat in the world-the cat cat.

In the past few years, the price of the fur of the rabbit mantle has also been raised, and the price starts at least 200 taels of silver when it is shipped to Nanjing.

In addition, the fur trade in Taiwan Island and Hainan Island is also extremely prosperous.Taiwan sika deer, Qiongzhou Eld's deer, have been hunted in large numbers.In later generations, this is an act of destroying the ecology, but in today's world it is beneficial to the development of the frontier.

For example, the capital of Heilongjiang has not yet been established, and merchants are the first to respond.Because the most precious fur can be obtained in the Heilongjiang and Songhua River basins, and the sable and sea otter skins come from there.Well-informed businessmen have already gathered in Liaoning, just waiting to follow the army to Harbin to open a trading post.

All the way to the back house of the chief secretary's yamen, Fei Ruhe called someone to bring a gift: "This is agate (rabbit cat) fur, for younger brothers and sisters."

Xu Ying glanced at it. This fur is extremely exquisite. It needs at least three sheets of rabbit skins to make, and the labor cost will not be cheap. The price in the southern region must exceed 1000 taels.He quickly waved his hand and said, "The gift is too expensive, I can't accept it."

Fei Ruhe smiled and said: "I heard that you became the official butcher of Jiangsu before you arrived in Yangzhou. What are you afraid of? When I return to Nanjing, I will give His Majesty a gift list. Let His Majesty take a look at which ones you have. Don’t worry, I won’t cause you any trouble. Old friends can’t give gifts when they meet?”

Xu Ying still shook her head: "I accept the favor, but the gift cannot be accepted."

"You people are really boring!"

Fei Ruhe murmured, and he didn't treat himself as an outsider, and swaggered into the living room and sat down.

Xu Ying personally made tea for Fei Ruhe and asked, "Is the situation outside the Great Wall unstable?"

Fei Ruhe said: "There is nothing on the Shanshan side. Li Zicheng is fighting with other ministries. Across the Gobi desert, the Khalkha Mongolia in the north of the desert can't fight. The northern grasslands of Hebei and Liaoning, let's call it Modong Mongolia, are now But it was very lively, Khalkha Mongols called."

"The Mongols in Mobei have the strength to go south?" Xu Ying was quite surprised.

Fei Ruhe said: "Monan and Modong Mongolian tribes were divided and ruled by the Manchurian Tartars, and now they have fought against each other for many years. The Tartars control. The seven tribes of Khalkha, headed by the Tuxietu tribe, and the Chechen tribe were hit hard by the Tartars. Tuxietu Khan Gonpo took the opportunity to annex the Chechen tribe, and surrendered the other six tribes by force. Unify Mobei After that, Gonpo expanded to the east and south."

"In the east, Gonpo annexed Alukorqin (the Hulunbuir area)."

"In the south, the Bahrain Ministry has been annexed, and the Jarut Ministry is also under attack. The Jarut Mongolia has been fighting with Horqin. Under the enemy's back and forth, it simply surrendered to Gonpo."

Mobei Mongolia can be roughly understood as Outer Mongolia.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the left wing of Khalkha Mongolia moved south to the Xilamulun River Basin in the Daxingan Mountains, known as the "Five Divisions of Nekhka".After years of melee, there are now only two remaining, Bahrain and Zarut.Among them, the territory of the Bahrain Department can reach as far south as Chifeng, which already borders Datong China.And the territory of Zalut Mongolia is already adjacent to Tongliao in the south and borders Horqin Mongolia.

During the Jiajing period, the Khalkha right wing who stayed in Mobei gradually unified the entire Outer Mongolia region.And distributed to seven sons to govern, called "Seven Divisions of Wai Khalkha".

Today, the leader of the seven tribes of Wai Khalkha, Tuxietu Khan Gonpo, took advantage of the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the gap between the Datong Army's northward march, and began to expand frantically.Inner Kalkha Mongolia, with only two remaining tribes, was besieged by other tribes, so they simply turned around and joined Gonpo's command. Anyway, they were one family 100 years ago.

Fei Ruhe continued: "Gunpo was still a little bit afraid of things, so he took the initiative to condemn the envoy to go south, asking for the canonization of the Emperor of Datong. But the envoy got halfway, and Gonpo died of illness. He died on the way to conquer Nenghorqin. His son Chahunduo Erji succeeded to the throne, proclaimed himself 'Waqilai Tushetu Khan with both faith and strength', threatened to avenge his father, and said that he would be the Great Khan of all Mongolia."

"Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." Xu Ying commented.

Although the old Khan Gonpo of Khalkha Mongolia is expanding aggressively, he still knows fear in his heart.When it was about to border on China's territory, an envoy was immediately sent to request canonization.

But this new Khan, Chahun Dorji, is purely a stunned young man, who doesn't take China seriously at all, and directly calls out to be the Khan of all Mongolia.Based on this slogan, China must also send troops to fight!

However, then again, Khalkha's new Khan Chahundorji's military capabilities are indeed very powerful.

Historically, among Kangxi's many sons, only one had a Mongolian name.It was also named by Da Yuer himself, Aixinjueluo Saiyinchahun.Saiin is the religious khan name of Chahun Dorje, and Chahun comes directly from Chahun Dorje's name.Da Yuer had two intentions in doing this. One was to hope that his grandson could be as strong as Chahun Dorji, and the other was to remind Kangxi to be vigilant against the expansion of Chahun Dorji.

Fei Ruhe said: "I'm going back to Beijing to report on my duties this time to discuss the use of troops on the grasslands. Not only do I have to fight, but I also have to appease the various ministries. I need to send many envoys to the north."

The expansion of Khalkha Mongolia was stuck in the Yinshan line in the west, and Chifeng and Tongliao were approaching in the east.In any case, the court cannot sit idly by.

Fei Ruhe said again: "This Khalkha Mongol is colluding with Luocha ghosts, and Tuxietuhan has a dragoon guarding him!"

"It's more like this!" Xu Ying said.

Actually, it's not that serious.

Khalkha Mongolia and Russia had been in contact more than 20 years ago.The relationship between the two parties is very complicated. On the one hand, commercial exchanges continue to deepen, and on the other hand, territorial disputes are becoming increasingly serious.Buryat Mongolia, whose land was invaded by the Cossacks, is a subsidiary force of Khalkha Mongolia.

The Russians, who are expanding eastward, have purchased a large amount of fur and war horses from Khalkha Mongolia, and have become Khalkha Mongolia's largest foreign trade partner.At the same time, muskets and gunpowder were sold to Khalkha Mongolia.They even sold a few small cannons, the kind used on Cossack ships, with barrels as thick as calves.

After chatting about the military for a while, Fei Ruhe said again: "My two sons were all eliminated by the Imperial City School. What about yours?"

Xu Ying said: "One son and one daughter are all studying in the Imperial City School."

"Damn it, it's maddening to compare people to people!" Fei Ruhe said angrily.

Xu Ying persuaded: "Don't worry about it, my daughter is about to be eliminated. The Imperial City School is full of child prodigies, and it's very normal that they can't compete."

Fei Ruhe suddenly laughed again: "Hehe, Zhang Tieniu's sons and daughters are worse than my pair of sons and daughters. I don't feel ashamed to have him at the bottom, and I can still tease him next time we meet."

Xu Ying suddenly came back to her senses: "If you appease all the tribes in the grassland and attack Khalkha Mongolia together, do you need to appease Li Zicheng?"

"That depends on what His Majesty wants," Fei Ruhe said, "It's been a few years, and everything has faded away. It's not easy to have a Han Chinese force in Hetao. In my opinion, it's better to appease him."

Chapter 781 [Li Zicheng Offers Soil]

Nanjing, Forbidden City.

Fei Ruhe handed a letter to Zhao Han: "Your Majesty, this is from Li Zicheng. Cover it with mud and say that only His Majesty can read it."

Zhao Han cut open the mud with a knife, opened the letter to read, and couldn't help smiling.

This letter was obviously written by Li Zicheng himself, and the words and sentences were very colloquial.

"His Majesty the Emperor, I, Li Zicheng, have been fighting for half my life. In the past few years, my old injuries have often flared up, and I can hardly walk in pain. My nephew Li Guo also died of illness, and my own son survived. He will be five years old this year..."

"The land in Hetao was originally very good. It's just that the weather is getting colder and the grain harvest is not as good as before. There are Mongolian Tartars everywhere. After conquering a few, they will rebel again in a blink of an eye. I led the troops to kill Several times, all the Mongolian leaders in Hetao were killed. According to the words of the military adviser, they learned from the Manchurian Tartars and weaved flags for the herdsmen under their rule, and selected the prestigious herdsmen as the banner owners. many..."

"Right now, Hetao is all my territory, and the Khalkha Tartars in Mobei don't dare to go south from Yinshan Mountain to grab things. However, there are still not enough people in the Han Dynasty, and Jining has been defeated several times. It is easy to fight and takes trouble. My territory can't get any bigger, and there will be troubles..."

"I originally planned to go to Mobei. I led my troops out of the Yin Mountains for more than 20 miles, and then returned to Hetao in despair. There are Gobi deserts everywhere, so poor that birds can't shit, and crops can't grow. I want to attack Mongolia in Mobei. Tartar, you must prepare enough food and grass, or you will starve to death halfway. I am trapped in Hetao, to the north is the Gobi, and to the west is the desert."

"I can only fight to the east, once, and once. The number of soldiers is less and less, and the number of livestock is more and more. There are not enough Han people, so we can only let Mongolian herdsmen serve as soldiers. If this continues, I will almost become a Mongolian sweat. Now I He is very rich, and there are too many war horses to use up. If the emperor does not have enough war horses, he can send people to Hetao to buy horses..."

"I don't know how many years I can live. My son is still young. After I die, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress those old brothers. The life of orphans and widowed mothers will be very difficult. I can't kill all the old brothers. It's not like that." Be cruel, secondly, Hetao is going to be in chaos..."

"I really want to surrender this time. I don't want anything. I just want the emperor to say a word. Allow me to go back to my hometown in Shaanxi and settle down, and share some land for family business. The emperor you can take the wealth and food I have saved. The people under my command Buwu, and this Hetao land, you can take it, the emperor. Just leave me some family money, and I will be a rich man when I return to my hometown."

"My son is smart, the emperor wants to allow him to study and to be an official through the imperial examination..."

After reading this letter, Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Li Zicheng is really old, otherwise he won't give up easily. He should not be able to ride a horse soon. You should also read this letter."

Fei Ruhe took the letter, read it and said: "We can't keep Li Zicheng in Shaanxi, we have to keep the whole family in captivity in the capital."