Among the abandoned houses in Zhuanta Hutong, Wang Ling and a group of Cao Gang leaders shouted slogans of revenge, but the capital was the capital after all. Putting aside the East-West Second Factory and the all-pervasive spies of Jinyiwei, the Shuntian Prefecture patrolling the streets

The police officers would not allow them to just kill him with their knives.

After all, this is a peaceful season, the world belongs to the night, and there are rules for killing. They always need some arrangement and planning.

When the news reached Dongchang, Zeng Zhu couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing Fanzi's report: "Feiyun Swordsman Li Ru, who was also a master, died like this. It seems that besides Wandashan, there are other people around Lan Er.

Are there any experts?"

"Really?" Chu Ju was also very surprised: "No, even if there is, why don't we know about it? Is he hiding it deeply, or are our Dongchang spies careless?"

"Who knows." Zeng Zhu smiled. He didn't care much about these details. He only valued the results. In the past few years, Dongchang has made many arrangements, with two main focuses. One is the company named Tianxiabu.

Wu's plan was to stir up disputes in the martial arts world and carry out a large-scale purge of Jianghu forces. Another one was this sea trade.

In terms of results, although the first thing was not deeply felt in the capital, the world outside the capital was already a bloody storm. The leak of a secret book attracted dozens or even dozens of people, or even one person.

The sects rise and fall accordingly. In the past three or two years, the situation has not been completely unfolded, but there have been hundreds of casualties.

It is worth mentioning that that night in the ruined temple, Xu Bao finally completed the entire conspiracy layout through the final arrangement passed back to Dongchang by Jiang Ye: "Yue Jinquan defected to the White Lotus Sect, and at the same time, he transferred all the information secretly collected by Huashan and Huashan over the years.

All the martial arts classics from various sects were presented as tokens of submission."

Dongchang "sent" martial arts secrets to various schools everywhere, and at the same time spread the news. At first there was only a slight stir, but as more and more secrets of various sects were leaked, Yue Jinquan and the White Lotus Sect never

After really standing up to clarify the matter, the matter gradually became more serious. To this day, only the top sects of Shaolin and Wudang have not been completely involved, but if you look closely, it is not a matter of time.

This is a conspiracy that cannot be stopped or broken. As long as people still have greed in their hearts, the storm will come sooner or later, and who will be spared by the big waves?

Of course, Li Xuan was in charge of the implementation of the "World War Distribution" plan, while maritime trade was the focus of Zeng Zhu and Chu Ju.

In the past two days, they often got together to discuss this matter. Lan Er and Caobang were just doing it by the way, and the main thing was the distribution of interests.

In the original plan, this mountain of silver was mainly divided into three pieces, one for the East Factory and the inner court, one for the nobles, and another for the high officials of the imperial court.

There is nothing wrong with Dongchang and the inner court asking for a share of the profits, otherwise what is the purpose of this busy schedule?

The benefit of honors and nobles is also necessary. Most of them hold military positions and are the core pillars of the Ming Dynasty's army. Only with their presence can they have absolute force to protect maritime trade.

The problem lies with the officials of the imperial court.

There are five cabinet ministers, six ministers and eighteen ministers, a total of twenty-three people. Once the money is in their hands, it is their business how to distribute it.

It sounds simple, but in fact it is not a troublesome thing.

However, among the five cabinet bachelors, there are two semi-hyphenates, one named Liu, one named Xie, and one named Li.

This matter was brought up to the three of them, but Liu Jian refused simply and rudely, and said that if he found out about it and took it seriously, he would have to submit a copy in the court.

Xie Qian also disagreed. The difference from Liu Jian was that he shook his head and cursed for more than half an hour.

Li Dongyang was stronger and did not directly say no, but just said it depends on Liu and Xie's wishes.

If Emperor Chenghua was around, no one would have cared whether the three of them agreed or not. But three years later, they now have the reputation of being a clear leader, and they regard themselves as upright and capable ministers in the court, and they have gathered a lot of people under their command.

In the eyes of others, this is a bit troublesome for people who are "just fishing for fame".

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and now the three of them together are quite a powerful force.

To elaborate further, the emperor was young and the empress dowager did not understand government affairs. She only listened to what the courtiers said. And the so-called courtiers said that the five cabinet ministers, Liu, Xie, and Li, were the absolute majority. As a result,

There is no need to say more.

How to do it?

They never expected that there would be officials who didn't love money. This would be hard to do to Zeng Zhu and Chu Ju. It wouldn't be a problem to keep putting it off, but they really didn't have a good idea at the moment.

"If not... bring the West Factory in too?"

"Farewell." Chu Ju shook his head like a rattle: "If you want to talk about Brother Zhuzi, go ahead and say it. I don't want to be hot on my face but cold on the bottom."

Liu, Xie, and Li don't love money because they love reputation. It's not that Wang Zhi doesn't love money, she just hates Dongchang. She objects to what Dongchang wants to do, without any reason.

It is said that the current momentum of the Xichang discussion is really unprecedented. The emperor privately calls Wang Zhi sister and pleases the Empress Dowager. Wang Yue doesn't know what he thinks, but he also joins Wang Zhi. These three things add up to the

At the same time, Dongchang didn't look good enough in front of her.

If you want to compete, I'm afraid Xu Bao can only come back.

But where is Xu Bao?

Dongchang has spent so much manpower and material resources overtly and covertly over the years but has not found any clues. They firmly believe that people must still be alive, but...

"Let's take it one step at a time." Chu Ju sighed.

"That's all we have to do." Zeng Zhu also sighed.

In the middle of the night, Lan Er suddenly opened his eyes. His wife was fast asleep beside him. He quietly got up and went to the ground, took his clothes to the yard, put them on, and then walked to the yard gate.

Chi Zesheng changed, he planned to go out tonight to find a few cronies to arrange things for the Cao Gang, and the melon seed seller outside the door... whether it is a madman, a fool, a ghost, or a human being,

In short, he needs to find a dozen or twenty experts around him, otherwise he will feel too insecure.

After getting dressed and holding a lantern, it took only a quarter of an hour. It went smoothly and neither his wife nor son was alarmed. Lan Er walked to the door lightly, pulled out the bolt and put it aside, and pushed the door open a crack.

.

Take a step out.

Close the door.

He took a breath.

Then he raised his eyes and saw five steps away, a man with a face as pale as a ghost, staring straight at him with his hands lowered.

"Forehead...."

A gust of wind blew gently, picking up the corners of their clothes and blowing their hair, but it could not blow away the slightly embarrassing or terrifying atmosphere.

"that..."
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