Chapter 110 The emperor's surname is Zhu but not Yun
After the initial identification, Liu Zongmin took the woman away, but a group of old Guanzhong thieves surrounded Mu Tiantao asking questions.
To be precise, Lantian is also a den of thieves.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Mu Tiantao was naturally infected with a lot of gangsterism. Whether he was talking about the anecdotes of the world or the customs and customs of northern Shaanxi with these old bandits, Mu Tiantao could not help him.
However, most of what he said were rumors, some of which were quite untrue. This just proves that he has not lived in Lantian Guanzhong for a long time, but just followed a group of Guanzhong swordsmen who went out to seek a living. Lived together.
It is almost not difficult for Mu Tiantao to deceive this group of people.
Because what is more difficult is to disguise oneself as an ordinary Guanzhong person in Yushan Academy.
So, half an hour later, Mu Tiantao was squatting with a big basin to eat noodles with the group of men who missed Guanzhong.
Soon, he learned that Wei Dezao was locked in a small, dark room, and the general had not yet begun to torture him.
Now that there is a saying about Cao Gong’s treasure, it will be enough.
Mu Tiantao really wanted to go and have a look, but he was stopped by these kind-hearted seniors from Guanzhong.
So, he heard Wei Dezao's tragic roar next door.
I also heard Wei Dezao’s plea that he wanted to give his daughter to Liu Zongmin as a concubine.
The next day, Mu Tiantao saw a naked woman who looked like a tattered rag doll being thrown out by the big men - I heard that after the general enjoyed it, he would share it with others. Those elderly guards...
Wei Dezao also died. When Mu Tiantao saw him, his head had been deformed. This was the sequelae of the splint clamping his head. He was very brave. , he resisted for six days and nights before his brain was clamped out with a splint and he died.
As for where the money was, he didn’t say a word, including the treasure of Mr. Cao that Mu Tiantao knew about!
It is said that Wei Dezao once said before he died: "If I had known that I would suffer today, it would be better to fight to the death with Li Hongji in the capital!"
The dignified chief minister's family actually had no money. Liu Zongmin didn't believe it...
So, Wei Dezao's son Wei Changying was captured.
Wei Changying said: "My family really has no money. If my father were alive, he could still borrow money from his disciples. Now that he is dead, where can I find money?"
Perhaps after seeing Wei Dezao's bravery, Liu Zongmin's guards gave up their thoughts and continued to torture Wei Changying. They chopped off Wei Changying's head with a knife, and then led a large group of soldiers to Wei Dezao's house for a three-day carnival.
This is a standard bandit behavior, and Mu Tiantao is very familiar with it.
If a person values money more than his life, then for a robber, the only option is to kill him. This is the logic of the robber.
Mu Tiantao is a very knowledgeable personA man from Guanzhong - because he could write names and do a little arithmetic, he was sent to the bank to count the plundered silver.
As soon as Mu Tiantao entered the bank, he ferociously threw himself into the pile of gold and silver, desperately filling his pockets with gold and silver.
The big men in Guanzhong who came with him all laughed. It took a lot of effort to catch Mu Tiantao, who was obsessed with gold and silver, and found all the silver ingots from him. , throw it back into the bank.
In order to educate Mu Tiantao, he also took him to see a dozen horrific corpses standing outside the bank. These corpses were all without human skin.
The old guard who was captured by Mu Tiantao pointed at one of the skinless corpses and said to him: "This is Zhang Laosan. He stole a piece of gold. The general asked him to take it out." , he was spared, but he argued that he was not, and was skinned after being found out.
Boy, you can grab the silver that is not in the treasury, but whoever touches the silver that is in the treasury will die. This is the general's military order."
These skinless corpses finally dragged Mu Tiantao back from his obsession with gold and silver.
I also begged this familiar guard to remember to search his body every day when he was waiting for him to leave, so as not to take the gold and silver out of his mind and be skinned by the general.
Mu Tiantao’s job is to weigh silver.
Sometimes I still feel dazed... Mainly because there is too much gold and silver...
When I tortured the nobles, I had already noticed that the capital was very wealthy. , However, he never expected to be so rich - 70 million taels!
If Ming Dynasty still had 70 million taels of silver, it would not be possible for the country to perish so quickly.
If the Ming Dynasty still had 70 million taels of silver, the emperor would not have died in Shouning Palace.
The financial records are very clear. Among them, the noble families of princes and nobles contributed 34/10, civil and military officials and big merchants contributed 34/10, and the remaining eunuchs contributed.
Mu Tiantao didn't care much about the fall of the Ming Dynasty. After all, when he was studying in Yushan, countless gentlemen had already studied the Ming Dynasty thoroughly, and they were destined to perish.
With these 70 million taels of silver, I can only survive for a while longer.
Mr. Gu Yanwu once said in class: Changing one's surname to one's name is called the subjugation of the country, full of benevolence and righteousness, but as for leading beasts to eat people, it is called the subjugation of the world!
What Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers did was nothing but subjugation of the country.
As for the current payment matters that Li Hongji has sent Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, and Li Mou to do, they are to lead the beasts to eat people and destroy the world.
A person who has read books and learned to think normally can quickly see clearly the impact of these things on the future from the development of the situation.
So, Mu Tiantao can see just from what Li Hongji, Niu Jinxing, and Liu Zongmin are doing that people like Li Hongji have no ambition to dominate the world.
Yun Zhao is different.
In Lantian, some people are afraid of Haezhi, some are afraid of Hanlingshan, some are afraid of Qian Shaoshao, some are afraid of Yunyang, but no one is afraid of Yunzhao!
Even those who commit crimes regard Yun Zhao as their final savior, hoping to obtain Yun Zhao's forgiveness through acts of repentance, atonement, etc.
Some people were actually pardoned...but the vast majority still died.
No matter those who survived or those who were executed did not blame Yun Zhao, they felt that the man had done his best. After all, every time a prisoner was pardoned, Yun Zhao would be blamed for a long time.
Yun Zhao is a harmless person. This is the conclusion reached by everyone in Lantian and even Guanzhong.
At the same time, Yun Zhao is the protector of everyone, which is also a consensus among Guanzhong people.
As long as Yun Zhao is leisurely, strolling around Yushan City and chatting with people every day, the people in Guanzhong will feel that nothing major is happening in the world. Even if Li Hongji breaks through the capital and Zhang Bingzhong escapes into the mountains, the people in Guanzhong will In his eyes, it was just a trivial matter.
Many people in the bank stay in Yushan City every day waiting to see Yun Zhao go out. As long as they see Yun Zhao still there, the exchange rate of silver coins and silver coins in the bank will continue to remain stable tomorrow.
Guanzhong today is extremely empty.
There are only some new recruits undergoing training in the Phoenix Mountain Military Camp. The only forces that can be relied on in all the cities in Guanzhong are police officers and tax collectors.
The person responsible for guarding the city is a regiment trainer from the surrounding villages.
However, even so, the entire Guanzhong is still calm, and the people have learned how to manage themselves.
The tax collector in the market is still dozing on a chair under a big umbrella with his eyes closed. Only when the copper coins fall into the bamboo basket, his ears will move. His eyes would open immediately, staring eagerly at the guy who paid the zero-hour tax.
Zuo Maodi felt cold when he saw this scene.
He was a county magistrate, and he once took charge of a county in Hancheng. He was also a royal censor, and he once traveled all over the country with his own legs.
To see whether a place is peaceful and prosperous, such a person only needs to look at the bamboo basket next to the tax collector. It is enough for him.
Ever since they stepped into Henan, they have been warmly received by the officials of Lantian Station. Not only are the arrangements for food, accommodation, carriages and horses extremely considerate, but the courtesy is also first-class.
This kind of treatment made Zuo Maodi's deputy envoys Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu a little flattered.
Henan, which had been ravaged by thieves for a long time, is now slowly recovering. It was already the beginning of spring when they came, and many cattle and horses in the fields were plowing under the guidance of farmers.
The number of cattle and horses was so large that Zuo Maodi and others had only seen it.
Their group gradually walked from desolation to a prosperous place, but the prosperity of the prosperous place seemed not to be as high as before.At the end, when they found that Kaifeng City had begun to renovate the city, and countless people were repairing the river channel on the river embankment and were quite emotional, the stable Luoyang had already entered their eyes.
Just when they thought Luoyang had begun to come back to life, they saw Tongguan bustling with people.
Tongguan is as prosperous as Nanjing, which has just expelled the White Lotus Sect, this is Chen Hongfan's emotion.
Zuo Maodi knew deeply that Tongguan was just the most remote pass in Guanzhong, and its military significance was greater than that of people's livelihood.
When the envoy team entered Tongguan, the world became another world.
Not only is the scenery different, but the people are also completely different from those outside the customs.
People within the customs are generally more imposing than those outside the customs.
Even ordinary Shengdou civilians did not show any humility when they saw their team, which was obviously officials.
Zuo Maodi likes to talk to farmers and traders.
They were obviously having a very pleasant conversation, but after the farmers and traders left, the clouds on Zuo Maodi's face were so thick that they seemed to be dripping with water.
"Brother Zhongji, why are you so melancholy?"
Standing in the Chang'an Market, Zuo Maodi felt it was difficult to take a breath. However, Chen Hongfan, who liked to talk, felt that it was difficult for him to take a breath. He was somewhat dissatisfied. He thought that even if there was no good result from meeting Yun Zhao this time, he would still be able to escape unscathed.
"It is impossible to control the river by crossing the river!"
Zuo Maodi looked at a child who was obviously a schoolchild scolding an old farmer who was spitting, and saw the schoolchild holding a cup of He held the earth in his hands to cover up the thick phlegm, and sighed.
Chen Hongfan hesitated and said: "Lantian is not bad, they still use my Ming Dynasty title."
Zuo Maodi glared at Chen Hongfan and said: "The emperor of Ming Dynasty is surnamed Zhu. , not named Yun!"