When the Jiangnan commander learned what had happened, he felt as if he had been struck directly by thunder. He was so stupid!
But when he saw the captured military attache, his expression changed drastically. He did not become furious as Min Gui and others expected. He suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his heart and knew that the situation was worse than they imagined.
"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, I wonder where this person comes from?"
After the commander-in-chief imprisoned the military attache who led the troops out of the camp without permission, Min Gui asked him directly in the flower hall of the commander-in-chief's office.
As a scholar from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, he naturally saw the problem.
In this case, it is better to ask directly.
"It's okay to say it!"
The commander-in-chief was obviously upset, but he was still very considerate to Min Gui. He said with a helpless smile: "He is a collateral clan member of the Wu family in Taihu, Changzhou!"
"Taihu Wu family?"
Min Gui was surprised.
All scholars know that the Wu family in Taihu has a long history and is a direct descendant of a large Chinese family descended from the Ji family of the Yellow Emperor.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "exclusively respected Confucianism", the Wu family in Taihu has become a scholarly family that has lasted for thousands of years.
People often say that there were three major surnames in the Ming Dynasty, namely the Zhu family in the country, the Kong family in Qufu, and the Zhang family in Jiangxi.
But in fact, none of them can match the deep roots and long history of the Taihu Wu family!
Compared with the Wu family in Taihu, the Duke of Wei in Jinling City was simply a nouveau riche and there was no comparison with a real wealthy family. He had a decisive position in Jiangnan.
"The Taihu Wu family is also related to the salt merchants?"
Min Gui felt heavy. This thought flashed in his mind, but he did not say it out loud.
As a long-established family with thousands of years of history, their influence in the Jiangnan area can be said to be unparalleled. Naturally, they have operations in the Yangzhou salt merchants and are deeply involved!
Jiangnan General Soldier was a high-ranking official, but there were some people he couldn't afford to offend. In fact, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty faced a local emperor like the Wu family of Taihu. Except for his amazingly powerful Feng Zhou, it is estimated that the cabinet elders would not care.
The factory guards all had a headache for a while, and they thought about it for a long time before making a decision.
Anyway, his heart felt like a huge stone was pressing down on him at this time, and he could hardly breathe. He didn't have the domineering attitude of Guanshan Fengzhou who ignored everything.
Jiangnan General Soldier obviously wanted to remove himself from these things, so when facing an official like Min Gui who was far different in rank, he said everything he could say without reservation: "Yes, the salt profits are extremely rich.
, even a thousand-year-old family cannot turn a blind eye!"
"Hey, what a thousand-year-old family!"
Min Gui sneered, but his colleagues who were sitting next to him were so frightened that they turned pale and didn't say a word. It was obvious that the name of the Taihu Wu family had completely shocked them.
The attitude of the Jiangnan General Soldier was very clear. He would not easily interfere in the murky waters within Jiangnan. Min Gui was not disappointed at all, but he felt that there was a big problem in Jiangnan's military and political affairs.
Returning to the courtyard arranged by the Jiangnan General Soldier at the government office, the expressions of the several attachés from the Criminal Department completely fell, and they expressed some despair that the situation in Jiangnan was too complicated and bad, and for the sake of safety it was better to return to Beijing.
"Will you continue to sit on the bench after returning to Beijing?"
Min Gui's words were like a basin of cold water that chilled the hearts of the attachés of the Ministry of Justice.
"But the situation in Jiangnan is so complicated. We encountered several waves of attacks and killings, two waves of extremely vicious Japanese pirates, and in the end even the army was dispatched. What if this continues?"
The worries of several attachés are also justified. It is true that they were fed a lot of ecstasy soup in Yangzhou before, but if they still fail to react after experiencing these dangerous situations, then there is really something wrong with their brains.
"It is precisely because the situation in Jiangnan is complicated that we should persist!"
Min Gui was unmoved. Seeing that the faces of several colleagues changed drastically and they wanted to refute, he waved and said directly: "I am too lazy to say more about the big truth. You know more than me. I will only say one thing. We are
The Ministry of Punishment can even be said to be the pioneer of the imperial court. Once we establish a firm foothold in Jiangnan and open up the situation, what do you think the reward will be from the imperial court?"
Of course he got promoted!
The future will be bright!
It is conceivable that before they reach the threshold of the third-grade official, their promotion path will be smooth!
Think about their current boss, Feng Zhou, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the Ming Dynasty.
He is only twenty years old.
But this official also gained it step by step and made extraordinary achievements.
Just like Huo Qubing back then.
A group of attachés from the Ministry of Punishment were excited. They had all been waiting in Kyoto to be candidates for Jinshi. They were extremely enthusiastic about promotion in the officialdom. Only after experiencing the feeling of being left out did they become even more unwilling to continue living like that.
After easily convincing his colleagues to fight together, Min Gui breathed a sigh of relief. When his colleagues left, he said to Li Chishui, who had been silent, "Master Li, I didn't expect the situation in Jiangnan to be so complicated!"
"Yes, it is indeed complicated enough!"
Li Chishui was also shocked by the madness of the big salt merchants in Jiangnan and the intimidating power of the so-called thousand-year-old families.
He stayed in Xiandu Mountain for several years, wandering around the mountain frequently and experiencing world affairs. He also heard about the name of the Wu family in Taihu Lake.
But before I just heard it and forgot it, but now I will never forget it.
The dignified Jiangnan Commander-in-Chief, who was only one step away from being the Governor-General of Jiangnan, dared not take action against the military attache who was illegitimately dispatching troops because of his name as the Wu family in Taihu. How ridiculous is this?
Apart from anything else, he had already written a secret letter and sent it to Kyoto through the channels of the General Affairs Department, but he didn't know what Zhu Jianshen's expression would be when he got the news.
"I didn't expect the powerful families in Jiangnan to be so terrifying!"
Min Gui smiled bitterly. In fact, he was also from Jiangnan. He came from a scholarly family and was very familiar with the Wu family in Taihu. However, he did not expect that the other party's power was even more terrifying than he imagined.
"Not really?"
Li Chishui said disapprovingly: "My eldest brother once said that the so-called influence is nothing more than power, money and soldiers. The so-called aristocratic families just have a monopoly on these three things, so they can have such momentum!"
"I'm not as domineering as Mr. Zuo Shilang, so I don't have to pay attention to all external things!"
Min Gui smiled bitterly and said depressedly: "If we try to harm the interests of these aristocratic families, they will usher in crazy revenge. Where did those Japanese pirates come from? It's not like you and I don't know?"
"Hey, Master Min didn't tell me the truth. I don't believe that my elder brother didn't explain it to you and told you the way to solve the trouble in Jiangnan!"
Li Chishui didn't take it seriously. To put it bluntly, everything in this world depends on the size of the fist. The fist behind him was definitely the biggest in the entire Ming Dynasty, bar none.
I don’t know how those salt merchants and the so-called aristocratic families farmed. Such a big thing as the Japanese pirates entering the county, and the military attaché secretly leading troops out of the camp to surround and kill the imperial officials, happened quietly without any news.
outgoing.
This method allowed Min Gui and others to once again see the strength of the local snakes in the south of the Yangtze River.
But if they think they can cover the sky with one hand, then they are thinking simply.
"Master Li is really wise! This matter is very simple!"
Min Gui smiled coldly and said solemnly: "Since those big salt merchants dare to attack me, they will have to bear the wrath of the imperial court and the Ministry of Justice. It is imperative to open up new salt fields in the north. I'll see if I can wait for the salt profits.
When we were alone in Yangzhou, how could those big salt merchants have the confidence to challenge the imperial court!"
He didn't say the rest of the words. When Jiangnan Yanshang is no longer the only family, there will be revenge and injustice.