Everyone's eyes turned serious.
Jiang Zining immediately ordered: "Pingxi Hou is surrounded by Jinyiwei and Yulinwei guards, send someone to check!"
Xu Anying responded quickly.
Jiang Zining then looked at Qian Shiyun and asked him, "Even if Pingxi Hou arrived in Fujian in time, he would not be able to solve the urgent problem for a while. In your opinion, what should we do?"
The Ministry of Revenue had already been emptied, and it had already spent a lot of money to deal with the silver in Jiangxi and the Northwest. It really could not allocate more silver to Zhejiang.
Qian Shiyun thought for a moment, then exchanged glances with Xue Ziming and said helplessly: "At this point, Southeast has to move, so let's check the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau."
Everyone became solemn.
This means that before, people were worried that touching Liu Biping would shock the officialdom and the court, but now they can no longer care about that.
The southeast is in urgent need of military funds, and they must be raised at all costs, otherwise the opportunity to fight will be missed.
This will make you a sinner for all eternity.
Elder Chen did not speak for a long time, and then he said, "It may not come to this, right? If we touch the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau now, and then touch Fujian, too many people will be involved."
Xu Anying meant the same thing.
But the war must be fought and a solution must be found.
Jiang Zining suddenly said, "We cannot let the Weaving Bureau get involved. Why not let the Weaving Bureau learn from the salt merchants?"
Everyone's eyes lit up and they understood what Jiang Zining meant.
Yes, let the weaving bureau gather those silk merchants together and learn from the salt merchants to donate.
Even if it is just to fill in the previous holes, the people in the Weaving Bureau will get this done.
We must first deal with the hurdle in front of us.
No one objected.
Jiang Zining looked at Xue Ziming and said, "Ziming, you send someone down."
Xue Ziming stood up and agreed.
The Weaving Bureau has been making a lot of money for so many years, and those who should be fattened up have become fattened up. At this moment, they have to give something.
Xue Ziming was about to sit down when he suddenly remembered something. He glanced at Jiang Zining, Qian Shiyun and the others, frowned and asked, "When the smuggling incident between the Yi and Peng families broke out... In addition to the Yi and Peng families, it seems that several other families were implicated, right?"
Everyone looked towards him.
Elder Chen asked first: "What does Ziming mean?"
Xue Ziming thought about it, but in the end he didn't shy away from the question and said directly: "The war in the court is quite costly. The Weaving Bureau is certainly one way, but if you want to get money quickly..."
Everyone understood.
The aristocratic families cannot be moved because the ties are too deep.
But that's not the case with the merchants.
When the Peng and Yi families got into trouble, several merchants were also implicated. However, no one cared about these people at that time, and they were protected by people in the court, so they were given a light sentence and were acquitted with the charge of ignorance.
If we look back at the old accounts now, we can always raise some money, regardless of other things.
Those people are used to doing maritime business, and basically they make a lot of money. They are all local tycoons. Even if they cannot be compared with salt merchants, they are almost the same.
Qian Shiyun made up his mind, looked at Jiang Zining, and when he saw Jiang Zining nodded slightly, he said, "In that case, let Ziming and An Ying transfer the case files and re-examine it. We must find out the truth!"
To say that one must find out the truth through investigation actually means that one must get the money.
Xue Ziming and Xu Anying responded in unison.
The Wei family was also in shock at this time.
More than 4,000 people died in the battle of Cixi. When the news reached the capital, the second and third masters were silent for a long time before they sighed, "It's really a disgrace."
More than 4,000 people died, and less than 1,000 enemies were killed. The imperial court had vowed to eliminate the Japanese threat, but this news was the biggest slap in the face.
It also made the high officials of the imperial court who did not fight against the Japanese pirates wake up. If the Japanese pirates were really that easy to deal with, they would not have persisted for so many years and would not have been revived by the spring breeze.
That's why.
The imperial court will definitely make up its mind to vigorously fight against the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates are brutal. If they are not vigorously rectified and eliminated, there will be no peace in the Great Zhou Dynasty from now on.
Even more disgusting than the Tatars in the north.
Apart from the fact that they would fight and then run away, the Japanese pirates were even more disgusting than the Tatars. They killed civilians, including the elderly and children, on the spot, but they abducted all the young men and women as prisoners.
How cruel.
Although the second master was a civil official, he was extremely angry when talking about the Japanese pirates. He wished he could go into battle and kill a few of them to vent his anger.
The third master was much more rational. He looked at Old Lady Wei and advised again: "Mother, the Japanese invasion is serious now, and many bandits have spawned along the way. Now is not the right time to go..."
Old Madam Wei knew the Third Master’s good intentions, but she also knew that if she didn’t go now, the timing would be even worse in the future.
At this point, the imperial court had no choice but to make up its mind to fight a big war against the Japanese pirates. The longer it dragged on, the more trouble it would cause and the more chaotic the situation would become.
If you don't go now, it will be too late.
Liu Biping had the leverage over them in his hand, and no one knew when he would pull out the knife.
So she shook her head firmly: "If it's any later, I won't be able to go. I know what you mean, but if you are worried about gains and losses, then don't do anything."
Her tone softened, and she continued, "It's a blessing, not a disaster. If it's a disaster, it can't be avoided. Even if I stay in the capital, maybe one day someone will dig out the child and accuse us of deceiving the emperor. By then, won't it be a death sentence? Everyone has their own destiny. No matter what the result of this trip is, just accept it as fate."
The third and second masters both stood up hurriedly and nodded their heads.
As she was speaking, there was another knock on the door and Mrs. Wei let the person in.
Lin Hai's wife stood still and said breathlessly to Old Madam Wei: "Old Madam, the Second Master and the Third Master... The Prince of Linjiang is here!"
Prince of Linjiang!
Old Madam Wei was somewhat shocked - the current Prince of Linjiang is Chu Jingwu, but Chu Jingwu rarely comes to visit except when he comes with Shen Chen. This is also to avoid suspicion. What big event could it be that even he would come
The second and third masters looked at each other and stood up immediately: "Mother, let's go out and welcome them."
Although he is a junior, he is the son of a prince after all, so it is natural for the two of them to go and greet him.
Old Mrs. Wei nodded and immediately asked someone to invite Wei An.
Wei An was still listening to Lan He talking about what was happening outside: "Princess Yonghe was sent out of the palace this morning. They said she was going to retreat..."
Talking about this, Lan He did not hide her happiness at all.
Trouble like Princess Yonghe's is something that people would like to avoid for the rest of their lives.