Chapter 363: Is three hundred thousand taels of silver enough?
The God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty?

Lan Yongzhen, the lieutenant general of Xuanfu Town, who was still wearing the purple flowered armor, frowned slightly with a hint of suspicion on his face. He looked up at the tall family in front of him with confusion in his eyes.

Lan Yongzhen was surprised and amazed when he heard what the Minister of War Yang Bo said, that the Yan Shaoting he knew was actually the current God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

The young official.

It left a deep impression on Lan Yongzhen at the time.

But in Lan Yongzhen's opinion, that was only because the young man's surname was Yan.

He has been leading troops at the border for many years and is not well aware of the gossip in the capital. What Yan Shaoting has done in the court in the past two years has rarely involved the border and border troops.

At most, he was in charge of military supplies, but that also needed to go through the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, instead of him directly contacting the border troops.

therefore.

Lan Yongzhen didn't understand why Yang Bo said that Yan Shaoting was the God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that such words could be said so easily?

However, Lan Yongzhen was destined to not know now that the words "God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty" were not said by Yang Bo at all, but came from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But no matter what.

Since Yang Bo said that it would be difficult to get through the cabinet and pointed out a way for him, Lan Yongzhen felt that he should at least give it a try.

Even if he couldn't get any money or food, Yan Shaoting was in charge of military supplies after all. Perhaps he could get some more weapons and firearms for Xuanfu Township and take them back?
then.

Lan Yongzhen took a deep breath and climbed the steps in front of Yan's house with steady steps.

And in Yan's mansion.

Yan Shaoting was sitting opposite Xu Wei drinking tea.

Yan Shaoting was responsible for making tea, while Xu Wei was looking through the news sent from various places.

suddenly.

Xu Wei raised his eyebrows.

He looked up at Yan Shaoting who was changing the tea, and then said softly: "My dear, the news from Shuntian Prefecture is that the court demanded severe punishment for the Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang. After Zhang Juzheng received the court order, he immediately assembled his troops and went there to quell the trouble between the Zen Temple and the Yang family. However, when he arrived at Shuntian Prefecture, he found that the Nanlu Zen Temple was already deserted..."

Yan Shaoting, who had just finished washing the teacup and was about to pour water into the cup, immediately stopped what he was doing.

He put down the kettle and looked at the book in Xu Wei's hand with a frown.

Xu Wei immediately turned the book over and presented it to Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting glanced down, then clicked his tongue and said, "Those monks all ran away?"

Xu Wei snorted coldly, "It must be that monk Fuchun relied on his job as the chief of the Shuntian Prefecture's Buddhist Affairs Department to get the news from the government in advance, so he was able to take the monks from the Nanlu Zen Temple and run away before Zhang Juzheng led his men."

Yan Shaoting suddenly smiled.

He snorted and sneered: "It seems that the news Xiao Junpeng learned from his missing cousin before is true."

Hear this.

Xu Wei's heart immediately trembled.

He quickly raised his eyes to look at Yan Shaoting: "My Lord, do you mean... that the monks in Nanlu Zen Temple are really related to the... White Lotus Sect?"

Yan Shaoting closed the book and threw it aside, smiling: "This is Shuntian Prefecture's business. We in Changping now just need to pass it on and have the militia keep a close eye on our territory and guard against suspicious people."

Xu Wei immediately nodded in agreement.

Then he took notes in the small booklet he carried with him.

Yan Shaoting still had a smile on his face: "But this Dongguan Village is really going to decline now."

According to the news from Shuntian Prefecture.

Zhang Juzheng personally led people to rush over and found that except for a few elderly monks and young novices, all the monks in the Nanlu Zen Temple had disappeared. He was immediately furious.

In this situation, anyone can see that the monks of Nanlu Zen Temple really had problems in the past.

Zhang Juzheng had been in charge of Shuntian Prefecture for a year and everything had gone smoothly. How could he not be angry?

So all the anger fell on Dongguanzhuang.

Under Zhang Juzheng's tough order, in addition to removing all members of the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang from the Huairou County government office, these people were also to be held accountable for their crimes.

The handling of Dongguanzhuang was so tough that no one was allowed to say a word of opposition.

The entire Dongguanzhuang was completely divided into two.

Within the half-month deadline of Shuntian Prefecture, the Yang family on the east side of Zhuangzi must move to the northwest side of Huairou County.

As for the Yang family on the west side of Dongguanzhuang.

This is not within the scope of Shuntian Prefecture's handling and is the responsibility of the Changping Public Security Bureau.

Zhang Juzheng made this point very clear.

Xu Wei frowned and said, "Now how to settle the Yang family members on the west side of Dongguanzhuang is going to give our Public Security Department a headache."

Yan Shaoting glanced at Old Xu.

He chuckled: "Why, now you dislike these people integrating into our Changping?"

Xu Wei nodded, but immediately shook his head: "I'm just worried that the people will talk about it. After all, we are the foundation of Changping. We all shared hardships together in the past, so now we can naturally share wealth. But the people in Dongguanzhuang were all good in the past and didn't want to join our Changping Farmers' Agreement. If they suddenly join in now, I'm afraid the people will be dissatisfied."

Yan Shaoting smiled and finally filled the teacup with water, and then poured the golden tea into the fairness cup.

Divide the teacups between yourself and Xu Wei.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "About 2,000 people. Distribute them all to the five townships. Let the townships below distribute them to the villages. With more than 10,000 people in Changping, can't we absorb these 2,000 people?"

Xu Wei opened his mouth, then hesitated and said: "The fields and..."

This is about the distribution of interests among the people of Changping.

Yan Shaoting waved his hand and said, "The fields are not a big deal. All the fields belonging to the Yang family on the west side of Dongguanzhuang have been leveled and will be distributed together when the time comes. But at the factory, these people can only start from the most basic positions this year, and the militia team will not absorb these people from Dongguanzhuang within three years."

Seeing that Yan Shaoting had made up his mind, Xu Wei nodded repeatedly and continued to record in his notebook.

The most important force in Changping at the moment is actually the 600-man militia team.

With the militia team as the core, the entire Changping management system was built up layer by layer.

Nowadays, the people of Changping are proud to be able to join the militia.

Even if you only get a non-staff status and only need to participate in the training of the militia team during the slack season, it will be something that can make you happy for several months.

after all.

After the disaster, the township heads, city heads, village heads and headmen under the Changping Public Security Bureau were basically selected from the militia teams, and then gradually became the most basic management level in Changping.

Nowadays, many of the former Changping people are working in the Public Security Bureau.

Not recruiting the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang into the militia team within three years actually deprives the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang of their political power under the jurisdiction of the Changping Public Security Bureau within three years to a certain extent.

At this moment.

The manager of the front yard of Yan's mansion has already appeared at the door of the tea room.

"Master, there is a man named Lan Yongzhen outside the palace. He says he is the lieutenant general of Xuanfu Town and hopes to meet you."

Yan Shaoting's heart moved.

Xu Wei turned and looked outside the door.

Then he turned around and looked at Yan Shaoting, and his eyes moved: "Could it be that the purple-armored general I met on the official road when I was returning to the city with my husband today was the Lieutenant General Lan Yongzhen from Xuanfu Town?"

Yan Shaoting smiled and nodded: "Since he came to ask for an audience at this time, I think the man wearing the purple flowered armor must be Lan Yongzhen."

Xu Wei said immediately: "Lan Yongzhen is from Xuanfu. He came to Beijing in a hurry today because there was a change at the border. In addition to reporting the news, he came to Beijing to ask for money and food. He came to see you at this time. I'm afraid someone instructed him to do so."

If not.

How could a border army lieutenant general from Xuanfu Town come to Yan Mansion at this time?

He asked to see Yan Shaoting by name.

Yan Shaoting turned his eyes away, picked up a few peanuts in his hand and threw them out to the window.

"Who!" Lu Yi, who had been dozing off under the window, suddenly woke up, stood up, and looked around with wide eyes.

Then Lu Yi saw Yan Shaoting staring at him with a gloomy face. He immediately smiled and walked forward with a silly smile.

"Brother-in-law, what's the matter with you calling me?"

Yan Shaoting hummed and asked, "Where else did the people from Xuanfu Town who came to Beijing go today?"

Lu Yi frowned, as if he had just dozed off and forgot something in his sleep.

After a while.

Lu Yi then said, "There were seven of them in total. Four of them went to the Western Garden to present the case directly to the Emperor, and the remaining three, led by the general in purple armor, went to the Ministry of War."

"The Ministry of War..."

Yan Shaoting turned the teacup with his fingers and looked outside the teahouse: "That's the path Yang Weiyue pointed out to him."

Xu Wei said immediately: "He was born in Shanxi, so how could he not support Datong and Xuanfu? Why do you want to point the finger at you, young master?"

Yan Shaoting snorted, "This Yang Weiyue really surprised me at first. I didn't expect him to be so secretive. I'm afraid he ran into a wall in the cabinet today, so he wanted Lan Yongzhen to come to me first to test the waters."

Xu Wei then turned around and looked outside the house again: "Then let's meet?"

Yan Shaoting nodded.

"Please ask Admiral Lan to come to the front hall. I will meet him there."

The steward responded and immediately turned around to deliver the message to the front of the mansion.

This end.

Yan Shaoting had also led Xu Wei to the front hall.

Not long after.

The front hall of Yan's mansion.

Lan Yongzhen walked into Yan's mansion with the mood of entering the Grand View Garden.

But he entered Yan's mansion.

Everything around him was completely different from the magnificent scene he had originally imagined.

Everything you see is simple and elegant, without any yellow or white extravagant things.

He was led into the antechamber by a maid.

Step into the front hall.

Lan Yongzhen clasped his hands together and looked upwards, but saw no one. Instead, there was a young man sitting in the first seat on the left.

A sudden glance.

Lan Yongzhen recognized Yan Shaoting, whom he had met two years ago.

He immediately turned around and stood still, bowing and nodding: "This humble general greets Guest Yan."

Say it.

Lan Yongzhen looked up at Xu Wei who was standing next to Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting smiled and introduced: "This is Mr. Xu Wenchang, the Right Secretary and Secretary of the Changping Public Security Department."

Xu Wei also smiled and bowed: "Greetings, General Lan."

He was surprised to see that the Right Assistant Minister of the Zhanshi Mansion actually saluted him.

Lan Yongzhen hurriedly bowed again and said, "This humble general greets Xu Shuzi."

After saying this, he was surprised.

The official of the imperial court, the Right Secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion, was actually standing beside Yan Shaoting like a retainer.

What kind of status does this young man whom I met two years ago have in the court now?
He can make the Shangshu Yang Bo call him the God of Wealth, and can make the Right Shuzi of the Zhanshi Mansion like a retainer.

Lan Yongzhen was filled with surprise and confusion.

Lan Yongzhen, who originally just hoped to get a few more weapons and firearms for Xuanfu Town, couldn't help but become more expectant.

perhaps.

Could he really bring back enough money and food for Xuanfu Town through the hands of this young guest of the prince?

Just as Lan Yongzhen was speculating and daydreaming in his mind.

Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "I met the general once two years ago. At that time, the general was only the governor of Xuanfu. Now he has become a lieutenant general and one of the seven lieutenants generals of Xuanfu. It can be seen that the general must be brave and unparalleled in front of the battlefield, and he is deeply loved by General Ma."

Lan Yongzhen was humble, and said with his head down: "The border is short of soldiers and generals now. I am just a brute force, and I just caught the attention of the general. I am in charge of a section of the border wall fort in Xuanfu for the court."

In addition to being self-deprecating, this statement also aims to highlight the current predicament of Xuanfu Town.

Yan Shaoting laughed in his heart and said softly, "I heard today that there was an urgent message from Xuanfu arriving in Beijing. I guess it was sent by the general himself. I just don't know why the general came to see me?"

Lan Yongzhen's mind was filled with mixed thoughts.

Hearing Yan Shaoting's question, he looked at him with complicated eyes.

then.

Under the watchful eyes of Yan Shaoting and Xu Wei.

Lan Yongzhen actually knelt on one knee with a plop, and clasped his hands tightly into fists.

His face flushed and he spoke in a deep voice.

"Please help us save the 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians in Xuanfu Town!"

His action.

But it really scared Yan Shaoting.

Two years ago.

In the Ministry of Revenue.

For the military pay and food supplies of Xuanfu Town, Lan Yongzhen was forced to kneel down in public, but he remained standing unyielding.

Now, he knelt down in front of him without thinking.

Although he used the military kneeling salute on one knee, the meaning is different from kneeling on both knees.

But in the end, he still knelt down.

Yan Shaoting couldn't help but glance sideways and glanced at Xu Wei indifferently.

Xu Wei understood what he meant and hurried forward.

With a smile on his face, he held Lan Yongzhen with both hands and said, "General, please stand up quickly. Wouldn't such a grand gift make it difficult for the guests to behave? Even if Xuanfu is in trouble, General, just tell us. If the guests can really help, for the sake of the country, the guests will certainly help."

Lan Yongzhen is a fierce general in the army, and Xu Wei is not someone he can pull up.

I saw that his body was motionless.

His eyes were fixed on Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting sighed inwardly.

Lan Yongzhen's move really caught him off guard, and he realized that his judgment seemed to be wrong.

The military situation in Xuanfu Town might really be urgent.

He immediately spoke slowly.

"General Lan."

"I don't know about three hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Is it enough?"

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