As usual, Zhu Chunchen followed Emperor Chongzhen during his rotation. As the left governor of the Beijing Guards' Office, he was in charge of the imperial guards' responsibilities and the imperial guards' responsibilities in the imperial guards. He held extremely important authority.

However, in recent times, Zhu Chunchen has not been in a good mood.

The tax resistance case supervised by Shuntian Prefecture Office has killed a group of people by hanging and exposing the body. The matter has not come to an end. On the contrary, the criticism of him among the government and the public has inexplicably increased.

Even the business in Beijing that they secretly controlled under the name of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion was slightly affected.

Many times, when Zhu Chunchen was upset, he would secretly curse Zhang Weixian, "You old guy will win both fame and fortune when you die, and I will be pushed to the eye of the storm."

If you die, you won’t choose a good time to die.

I have to die when the situation in the court is undercurrent!

"Duke Chengguo, what do you think of Your Majesty?" Tang Guozuo sat on the official hat chair, looked at Zhu Chunchen with a gloomy expression, and asked, "Li Ruzhen and others who were arrested in the imperial prison seemed to have disappeared.

There is no news at all, and I always feel that this matter is not simple."

"How can your Majesty's thoughts be able to understand?"

Zhu Chunchen frowned slightly, stared at Tang Guozuo and said, "Is it because your Lingbi Marquis Mansion has anything to do with their Li family in private?"

"Where can it be!"

Tang Guozuo immediately denied: "A mere Li family, even if Li Chengliang was alive, he did have some background in Liaodong, so it's nothing now!"

"It's better not!"

Zhu Chunchen snorted coldly and said, "After the Zijianlu attacked my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty seemed to have changed his personalities. In the current situation, especially the Yuan case is not yet determined, don't get angry!"

Listening to what Zhu Chunchen said, Tang Guozuo nodded on the surface to agree, but he was quite dissatisfied with it. What does the Jinyiwei raise the Yuan case have to do with him?

During this period, although there were a group of officials in the court who were either removed from office or arrested due to the Yuan case, they were all small fish and shrimps.

"Duke Chengguo, guess who I saw!"

Liu Kongzhao looked excited and walked in from outside the hall quickly, stretching out his hand and said, "Zhang Shize, who had disappeared before, showed up, ran to the Military Affairs Office like a beggar."

"who?!"

When Zhu Chunchen heard this, his heart skipped a beat and looked at Liu Kongzhao in surprise and said, "Are you sure you read it right? Is it really Zhang Shize?"

"Duke Cheng Guo, I still have this little sight." Liu Kongzhao frowned and said, "What does that Zhang Shize look like..."

Zhu Chunchen, who was chattering in front of him, ignored Liu Kongzhao, who was sitting. At this moment, he was thinking about what Zhang Shize, who had disappeared before, was doing.

His grandfather Zhang Weixian died and did not show up even if such a major incident happened. If Emperor Chongzhen had not condemned the confidant eunuch Wang Chengen during the funeral, he passed on a message that Zhang Shize was responsible for the order, and that unfilial hat would have been put on Zhang Shize's head.

superior.

...

At the same time, in the Military Affairs Office's office.

"Get up and talk."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, looked at Zhang Shize, who was haggard and unshaven, and stood up and said, "How is the errand I assigned to you?"

"Your Majesty, you'd better watch it yourself."

Zhang Shize took out a document from his arms, suppressed his heart's excitement, and his hands trembled slightly, "The matters in Zhangjiakou have been solved by our department."

Um?

Listening to Zhang Shize's words, Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and said in his heart that it seemed that Zhou Yuji and the others must have divided their troops after knowing their order.

After taking the memorial handed over by Wang Chengen, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhang Shize, standing with his tiger eyes flashing with his eyes, and his whole body was extremely excited.

At this time, Zhang Shize was not aware of the death of his grandfather, nor did he know that he was ordered to be a loyal and brave uncle. His thoughts were still stuck in organizing the war to suppress the eight major Shanxi merchants in the Zhangjiakou area.

"well!"

Under Wang Chengen's gaze, Emperor Chongzhen slapped the table, held the memorial in his hand, and said, "I have read it right. The errand is very beautiful.

What was the situation there when you left Zhangjiakou Fort? Is there any turmoil?"

"No!"

Zhang Shize clasped his fists and replied: "After suppressing the eight thieves, I found a large amount of silver, grain, iron, and even prohibited firearms and crossbows. He immediately sent people to inform Hou Shuai..."

Listening to what Zhang Shize said, Emperor Chongzhen smiled. Cao Wenzhao was worthy of being a famous general and was more cautious and decisive than anyone else in his work.

As a key place for the Ming Dynasty to trade with foreign countries, the arbitrary Ming Dynasty sanctions removed the tentative market and wanted to completely seal the Eight Banners of Jianlu through economic warfare. This Zhangjiakou Fort is no longer prosperous than before.

However, the lack of prosperity on the surface does not mean that the smuggling business in the dark has also become depressed.

Especially the eight major Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou, who saw the huge profits of smuggling inside and outside the pass, began their treason.

On the surface, they were the people of the Ming Dynasty and had a great reputation in Shanxi, but in this private area, they used money to open the way, corrupting a group of officials and generals as protective umbrellas for their smuggling business, and even when necessary, It will also spread false news, providing various shortages for the Eight Banners of Jianlu.

"Is it estimated that more than 8 million taels of silver can be found in Zhangjiakou Fort alone?" Emperor Chongzhen shouted softly, looked at Zhang Shize and said, "It's really a big shot. Under my Ming Dynasty, I'm actually a big shot. There are so many thieves, rats, and even traitors!

If that is the case, then I will check the Zhangjiakou area and even Xuanfu Town area for me. Everyone who has anything to do with the eight thieves will be killed!"

According to the memorial submitted by Cao Wenzhao and others, Emperor Chongzhen knew how serious it was in the Zhangjiakou Fort area.

Although he knew what kind of virtues the eight major Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou were, when the truth began to be revealed gradually, Emperor Chongzhen could not suppress his anger.

Speaking of Zhangjiakou Fort, it is just a forward base for the eight major Shanxi merchants to smuggle. Over the years, most of the money earned by smuggling trade have been secretly transported back to their hometowns.

This also made Emperor Chongzhen remember what amazing results would be achieved by leading his troops to Shanxi and other generals who rushed to the nests of the eight major Shanxi merchants.

At this time, we must take this opportunity to make good rectifications in Xuanfu Town. The big thief and rat must be killed, and the small flies and mosquitoes must not be spared!
Chapter completed!