Chapter 420: Compliance with the unreasonable, and be aggressive with the unreasonable
After Zhu Zaiyu presented the first and second auspicious items, Zhu Yijun looked at the third auspicious item, Zhu Zaiyu He pulled open the red silk and said, "Addition and subtraction machine."
A wooden box appeared in front of Zhu Yijun. On this wooden box, there were nine wheels from left to right, and the wheels were engraved with There are ten numbers in total from 0 to 9. From Zhu Zaiyu’s explanation, Zhu Yijun understood how to use this adding and subtracting machine. He only needs to turn the wheel to realize the nine-digit addition and subtraction operations. If the addition is greater than ten, it will automatically Carry, when calculation is no longer needed, just press the button next to it to reset.
Zhu Zaiyu opened the wooden box and showed the extremely complex gear structure inside. The gears were coated with a layer of fish oil, which was obviously used to prevent rust and lubrication. The gears were made with extremely precision. Zhu Yijun finished reading Then he was amazed.
The Ming Dynasty has an extremely strong demand for computing power. The Royal Academy of Geosciences has to make precise maps and calculate the trigonometric data many times. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the internal money eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty start to have to do this every November. Conducting a two-month accounting, this kind of accounting is extremely cumbersome. Major shipping companies have to conduct extensive statistics on import and export trade. These strong demands for computing power eventually gave birth to Zhu Zaiyu’s adding and subtracting machine. calculate.
“Compared with the abacus, the accounts that required eight people to calculate in the past can be completed by only one person, and during the calculation process, there is no need to think and leave it to the machine to run.” Zhu Zaiyu said simply The explanation explains the origin of this thing.
The adding and subtracting machine can be regarded as a fully mechanized abacus. There is no need for any thinking in the whole process, only numbers need to be entered.
"This thing is very good." Zhu Yijun carefully studied the adding and subtracting machine, closed the cover, and tried to use it several times. This machine can reduce the probability of errors.
Zhu Yijun generously rewarded Zhu Zaiyu and the Imperial Palace, especially the steam engine with the power of three horses, which was highly praised by the emperor. Zhu Yijun told Zhu Zaiyu not to worry about the rationing of steam engines, and to just research with peace of mind.
Zhu Zaiyu thanked En and left. Zhu Yixuan left happily after getting two models and an adding and subtracting machine.
In the early morning of October, the late autumn wind swept through the streets of Ming Dynasty with a bone-chilling chill, and the courtiers began to enter the palace from the left gate.
The court discussions of the Ming Dynasty were discussed by nine ministers. These nine ministers were the six ministers, the general constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the minister of Dali Temple, and the general affairs minister. As time went by, the functions of the general affairs department gradually fell under the ownership of the cabinet. He became a cabinet minister.
After Zhang Juzheng came to power in the sixth year of Longqing, the main content of the court discussion was the appointment and dismissal of the six ministers, left and right ministers, and governors. Matters that each ministry could not decide by themselves were brought to the Wenhua Hall for discussion. This is a court meeting.
After the first year of Wanli, the number of people in the imperial court was expanded, and an additional governor of the Five Army Governor's Palace was added. This was an ancestral law. During the Hongwu, Yongle, and Xuande years, the Five Army Governor's Palace Most of the governors were required to be deeply involved in political affairs. The first generation of British Duke Zhang Fu, as a Tuogu Fu minister, was deeply involved in state decision-making in the early years of orthodoxy.
However, with the general trend of promoting civil and military affairs, Zhang Fu and Yang Shiqi gradually lost in the political struggle. In the fifth year of orthodoxy, several military honors represented by Zhang Fu no longer went to court as a sign, announcing that Wu Xun no longer participated in state affairs.
Starting from the first year of Wanli, martial arts began to be promoted. The generals in charge of the Beijing camp and the generals above the martial arts began to come to the Wenhua Palace to discuss the matter. This ancestor became a law and came back.
If compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Three Provinces and Six Ministries are missing two provinces, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. In other words, the top-level political system design of the Ming Dynasty lacks a substantial prime minister who is the head of a hundred officials.
There are no chiefs above the nine ministers. This actually formed a multi-headed yamen with "a minister but no official", and the decision-making power was completely concentrated in the hands of the emperor.
The chief assistant is not the head of the hundred officials. Only Zhang Juzheng, through the power and responsibilities of the Taifu, overstepped or shared part of the imperial power and became the actual head of the hundred officials.
Even with Zhang Juzheng's power, he is still not the prime minister, but the Yuanfu Taifu, because the prime minister can open a government office, set up his own government office, set up his own dental flag, and recruit his own staff. Free to appoint and remove subordinate officials, and even formulate some laws and policies.
Zhang Juzheng is not a prime minister, and his Quan Chu Guild Hall is not a government office. His subordinates cannot go wherever Zhang Juzheng wants. If he makes a mistake, the Quan Chu Guild Hall cannot make its own decision.
At this time, in the side hall of Wenhua Palace, all the courtiers were waiting to go to court. On weekdays, when waiting to go to court, all the courtiers would say nothing and close their eyes to rest, but today It was different from usual. The difference was that Emperor Ming was late.
Since the first year of Wanli, His Majesty has been late once, left early 0 times, and failed to attend court meetings 0 times.
"Yuan Fu, what happened?" Wang Chonggu opened his eyes. He always felt that His Majesty was late for too long today. It has been a quarter of an hour and His Majesty's guard of honor has not arrived yet. .
Wang Chonggu asked Zhang Juzheng by name, because only Zhang Juzheng, with the imperial permission, could flirt with the palace. The courtiers were very aware of the dealings between Xu Jue and You Qi, and only Zhang Juzheng could Know exactly the news in the palace.
“I don’t know, it shouldn’t be anything big.” Zhang Juzheng did not receive any news.
The courtiers were vaguely worried. Words such as assassination of palace maids, assassination of kings and kings, and burning of palaces echoed in the minds of the courtiers. This was something that actually happened in the Ming Dynasty. Well, His Majesty no longer even lives in Xiyuan, but moved to Jiangwu Hall and left the palace. What else is wrong?
Similarly, the courtiers were also vaguely worried. Your Majesty is already very ruthless. If something big happens again, he may turn into a truly ruthless monster. Whether this will be a blessing or a curse for the Ming Dynasty is not yet known. .
While the courtiers were speculating, Feng Bao walked in and said with a beaming face: "Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty and congratulations to Your Majesty. This morning, Concubine Zhou De gave birth to a princess. Your Majesty named her Zhu Xuan. "Hey, everyone, I'm happy."
"Huh." Everyone exhaled. It's not that something bad happened, but something good happened.
Zhang Juzheng led his ministers to pay their respects to the palace and said in unison: "I congratulate the Ming Dynasty and congratulate Your Majesty!"
"Then the court meeting will be waived today?" Zhang Juzheng did not sit down and prepare to leave. There is a big event in the palace, and the court meeting can be postponed for a while. The big case of Sichuan Zhutou has just been completed, and even Wang Qian is still on the way back. There is no major event that disturbs the Holy Emperor.
"Your Majesty said to postpone it for an hour, and your Majesty will be here shortly." Feng Bao shook his head and said.
The ministers were all stunned for a moment, and then they all looked at Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng said slightly stiffly: "I'm sorry to have you troubled, I will obey the order."
There are heirs in the palace. Birth is such a big event, and the emperor actually has to come to court. Did your education, Zhang Juzheng, go a little too hard?
Wan Shihe, who was looking at his nose and heart, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Recently, the scholar-bureaucrats say that Your Majesty is too ruthless. Yesterday, I read a volume of overseas chronicles. His Majesty’s approval makes me alarmed.”
Wan Shihe’s meaning is very clear. Based on his own experience, His Majesty is indeed too ruthless.
Wan Shihe did not even explain what His Majesty approved, which made him so worried.
"Being ruthless is better than being ignorant of the world." Tan Lun looked at Wan Shihe. He didn't think there was anything wrong with what His Majesty had done over the years.
Wang Guoguang looked at Tan Lun, sighed and said: "Since the tax inspection by the Tax Inspection Institute, Jiangnan still has arrears in food taxes. It is different from the past. This time it is not a deceitful payment, but in kind. Everyone knows that money is a physical thing, and there are many articles about it. The evil gentry recruits corrupt officials to pass off the quality as good. It seems that they have paid it, but in fact there are still deficiencies. However, there are many types of physical items and it is difficult to count. Taxes are difficult to deal with.”
"Yesterday, His Majesty reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs and said: All gentry who owe money, no matter how big or small, will report to be dismissed from their positions, and will not be recorded for three generations."
Zheshe households faced the inspection. The tax court came up with a way to pay taxes. The evil gentry and corrupt officials colluded together to offset the taxes with goods of lower value in Jiangnan, such as porcelain, cotton and other items that were not easy to sell. It was inconvenient to get rid of these physical goods. , and it was difficult to calculate the value, causing the tax bureau a headache.
The Tax Inspection Institute is only responsible for tax collection. On the books, it is true that enough has been paid, but in fact, another amount has been evaded.
The Ministry of Household Affairs told His Majesty about this matter, and His Majesty came up with the memorial law. As long as the gentry and officials participated in it, they would be revoked and their titles would be revoked. They would not be allowed to take the exam for three generations. This would directly destroy the lives of these prominent families. If fate is not recorded for three generations, and if three generations have no fame, how can they still have a promising family?
"In the four prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Yingtian, more than 13,000 people have been dismissed from their official positions." Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Rites, said.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Wan Shihe, Wang Guoguang and Ma Ziqiang, and said seriously: "I don't think there is anything wrong. According to the stamp I posted, the house should be searched. Your Majesty just got rid of his title. The debts accumulated in Jiangnan are not one year or five years, not ten or fifty years, but more than a hundred years."
"Your Majesty's tax collection office continues to accumulate debts. The Tax Institute and the Tax Institute will have to issue reminders three times before they can collect the debt. Your Majesty has given so many opportunities, but they still have to find ways to do it. They have lost their sense of obedience and are not loyal to the king or the country. They only ransack their homes. It’s fair to say that the country has been relatively peaceful in recent years, and His Majesty has become a little more kind.”
Xindu Yang and his lackeys and other criminals have not been beheaded in public. After this investigation, there are at least hundreds more. With your head on the ground, you, Zhang Juzheng, actually said, Your Majesty has a tender heart?
“I know that all of us, including the court officials in the capital, the six ministries, the government officials, and even the various local yamen, all have relatives and friends in Nanya, but if the tax revenue does not come up, the court will no longer be a court. Everything requires money and food, so why are you a Ming Gong and he is a foreign official? It's up to you to decide between public and private affairs." Zhang Juzheng's tone was already a bit harsh, even a bit admonishing.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Ma Ziqiang and said: "The thirteen thousand people in the four prefectures of Su, Song, Chang and Ying must be completed before the New Year this year without delay. These evil gentry are always like this In general, the court must be reasonable with those who are unreasonable and be unreasonable with those who are unreasonable, but it must also be unreasonable when it is time to be unreasonable.”
"Yes." Ma Ziqiang was helpless. He did have relatives and friends in Nanya, but he felt that depriving more than 10,000 people of their honors at once was a bit too much. If the chickens were killed to scare the monkeys, the monkeys would also be killed.
History is always a victory of ruthlessness over stupidity.
Tan Lun said with considerable approval: "The left and right are just a group of cheap Confucians who don't even want to see a contradiction. They will be dismissed as soon as they are dismissed. It is not a big deal. The three-legged toads of the Ming Dynasty are hard to find. Two The streets are full of scholars with one leg. Since they want to be officials, they will get sick when they see contradictions and say these three words. Keeping them will not be beneficial to the country, and then send them to Java to civilize the natives. "
"That makes sense." Wang Chonggu also expressed his thoughts and agreed with Tan Lun's remarks.
As an official, if you can’t even distinguish between contradictions, primary contradictions and secondary contradictions, why are you still an official? Go home and plant sweet potatoes.
The discussion before the court meeting seemed to be about His Majesty’s plan to remove people from positions of honor and rectify taxation. However, in fact, the discussion was about whether His Majesty was too ruthless. The leaders of the three parties are all former Mr. Chao, the person who headed the household in the late Jiajing and Longqing years, whoever heads the household knows that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Being poor is really scary. Your Majesty is not afraid of being scolded. The people below are really good at doing things.
There is no need to resort to ruthless means, evil gentry will only continue to show their lower limits. Under this thousand-year feudal monarchy with monarchs and ministers, and strict etiquette, the Jin gentry who even refuses to hand over the royal grain will really be able to settle down. Herdsmen became supplements to the weak areas of Ming Dynasty’s ruling power? Obviously not.
So the result of this discussion before the court is that His Majesty is indeed ruthless, but ruthlessness is better than stupidity.
Zhu Yijun was an hour late. Concubine Zhou De was the eldest in the palace. She gave birth at the age of twenty-six and had no difficulty in giving birth. Zhu Yijun went over and took a look. She was six pounds and three ounces, and mother and daughter were safe. Zhu Yijun stayed in Concubine Zhou De's calyx building for more than half an hour before coming to the Wenhua Hall and starting the daily court discussions.
"This Xindu Yang family really deserves to die. This Yang Youren hanged himself, which is an advantage for him." Zhu Yijun looked at the file in his hand and exhaled. He had used the greatest malice to speculate on the nature of people. It's evil, but it still makes my head hurt to be angry at Yang Youren and his like. Aren’t these despicable scholars and evil gentry afraid of killing themselves?
In the spring of the first year of Wanli, there was a bad harvest in Sichuan, and refugees flocked to Xindu to beg for food. There were only fifty or sixty people in this group of refugees. Yang Youren was only seventeen years old at the time. He had someone throw a bag of grain into the middle of the lake and let these refugees swim to the lake. In the middle of the lake, fish out the grain, and it belongs to them.
Yang Youren just wants to have fun, watch the excitement, and find it fun.
The refugees are already hungry and cold. How can they have the energy to visit the lake? But if they didn't swim in the lake, they would starve to death. After repeated decisions, these refugees had no choice but to jump into the lake, drowning seven of them. After landing, fourteen more died of illness, and the remaining people survived.
After Yang Ningren, the head of the Yang family in Xindu, heard about it, he was furious. He locked up Yang Youren to study, and then opened a porridge shed. There are more than two or three thousand people who can completely dismantle the Yang family and eat the Yang family like meat.
This kind of thing happens from time to time. The refugees are hungry and desperate, and it is common for them to conquer prefectures and counties.
It was just a string that was stretched, but if Yang Youren played like this, the string would be completely broken.
"When will Wang Yushi return to Beijing?" Zhu Yijun asked about Wang Qian's itinerary. The wealthy young man finished his errands outside and seemed to have no intention of returning to Beijing quickly.
Wang Chonggu bowed his head and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wang Yushi will not return to Beijing until the construction of the Dujiangyan Jimin Canal begins. He will not return until about spring and April next year."
"I know. "Yes." Zhu Yijun nodded, which was regarded as approval. Wang Qian will come back after the construction of Dujiangyan Jimin Canal begins. The credit of Jimin Canal belongs to him, Wang Qian, and they belong to the Jin Party, not to the Jin Party. It is not necessary to intervene in Sichuan, but the money is spent and the credit goes to the Jin Party.
The court meeting began. Regarding the Dujiangyan Irrigation Canal project, the Ministry of Works was very concerned about it and even sent the right minister of the Ministry of Works to go there with two doctors.
Under the leadership of Wang Chonggu, the main policy strategy of the Jin Party is to resettle gangsters with work instead of relief.
These eight words have been resolutely implemented since Wang Chonggu entered the cabinet. If it weren't for these eight words, the Jin Party still has ashes, and they are all Zhu Yijun Rouren.
October is already late autumn, and the cold wind blows into the capital from outside the Great Wall, and also blows towards Nanya, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Yingtian. The four prefectures, Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, and Yingtian, are wailing everywhere. Countless people rush to tell each other, just because of the Ming Dynasty The emperor issued an imperial edict and dismissed more than ten thousand scholars from the four prefectures. From then on, they were just Confucian scholars in robes, no longer scholar-bureaucrats who did not kneel before officials and had great honors.
The cold wind blew through the streets and alleys of Suzhou Prefecture, making them look even more lonely.
Beside the Stone Lion Bridge, the Zhang family's house in Suzhou is very lively today, because the method of using physical objects to avoid taxes was thought up and used by Zhang family. In just one year, it spread to the world. In the other three prefectures, the Zhang family is so busy today. It is obvious that these Jiangnan people are gathering together to discuss what to do.
The Zhang family has made a lot of profits from the opening of the sea. They own twelve three-masted plywood ships and one hundred and twenty-four two-masted ocean-going ships. They travel from Ningbo Shipping Division to Ryukyu and then On the route to Japan, there are seventeen ironware workshops, twelve bookshops, seven garment workshops, six woolen thread workshops, four luggage workshops, and two woodworking workshops. Over the years, we have made a lot of money. Full.
In-kind tax deduction, their family uses ironware as tax deduction, the court needs ironware very much, so it is not an inconvenience.
The six families who came to the Zhang family are all very similar. They are all noble families who have made a lot of money on the opening of the sea. They are still very dissatisfied with the emperor's Qingzhang, but they have opened up. Hai Houli pinched his nose and recognized it. The Su and Song mansions had become more and more prosperous in recent years.
The head of the Zhang family is named Zhang Gaorui. He was elected in the fourth year of Wanli. In the fifth year of Wanli, he went to Beijing to take the examination and failed. He originally planned to study at the Imperial College to try out the examination in the eighth year of Wanli and gain a bright future. Before entering the Imperial Academy, the bad news came that his father had died of illness, so he had to return to his hometown to inherit the family property, which was regarded as abandoning Confucianism and becoming a businessman.
Zhang Gaorui was dismissed from his position, and the emperor's harsh treatment aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the literati in the south of the Yangtze River.
"The imperial court is so harsh on us. We have paid taxes in full, so why is it so difficult? Isn't it just that we can offset it in kind? Since it is allowed, why do we need to threaten and punish us like this! It is simply unreasonable!" Pan from Dafu Pan Jingwen slammed the table, his face turned red, and he said angrily.
Wu Zhongcheng of the Dongting Business Gang immediately agreed and said: "It's true. The imperial court wanted to clear the father-in-law, so we obeyed. The imperial court wanted to return the land, so we cooperated. The imperial court asked us to pay taxes, and we paid them. Now, suddenly, we are disrespectful. What a reason it is to deprive me of my reputation because of my heart. There must be an explanation!"
Dongting Merchant Gang is the largest business gang in Suzhou in Wengxiang, Dongshan Town, Wu Dynasty, and it is extremely powerful. Strong, this Wu Zhongcheng is considered the merchant general of the merchant gang. Of course, his merchant chief cannot be compared with Sun Kehong in terms of energy. Sun Kehong can mobilize five-masted transoceanic ships and type B merchant ships, while Wu Zhongcheng only has three-masted ships.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was always scolded for this reason. The five-masted ocean-going ships were sold to the Mughals and the Taishi Hongmao Fans, and they refused to be sold to the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. This was not appropriate. Would you rather give it to a friendly country than to a domestic slave? The wealthy merchants of the Ming Dynasty could only hold it indirectly by purchasing ship tickets.
"This is simply too much! Do you really think that as long as there is a knife, you can take it? No bone scraping knife can scrape like this!"
"Today we are all together We got together to find a way, we have to find a way! If we continue to give in today, there will only be more bullying!"
"Mr. Zhang, say something!"
< br>Everyone looked at Zhang Gaorui. Zhang Gaorui was sitting in the middle, holding a tea cup, thinking quite seriously. He thought for a while and said: "How about forgetting it? The imperial court only dismissed me and others from the honor, and never continued it." The pursuit is almost done. It’s already wrong. If we continue to make trouble, won’t it give the court an opportunity to get angry?” .”
To be honest, Zhang Gaorui is a little scared. He just wants to make a fortune and pay taxes properly, which is nothing more than making trouble.
"Are you just going to endure it like this?" Pan Jingwen said with a look of disbelief.
“I have received the news that the gentleman in the court posted a ticket asking Your Majesty to search his house. Your Majesty may just write a letter to cancel his honor and dismissal. If the trouble continues, His Majesty’s tender heart will be destroyed by us. After all, our six families, you and me, will all have to die. The men in our family will be sent to Luzon and Java, and the women will be sent to the classroom to be bullied." Zhang Gaorui sighed and said helplessly: "Xindu. Mr. Yang has become a criminal and went to Beijing."
Zhang Gaorui did not choose to hide it. He did receive the news. This time it was His Majesty's kindness. If he is shameless again, it will be really embarrassing. Zhang Juzheng's life would be lost if he tried his best.
"Jiang Ling Gong, are you crazy?!" Wu Zhongcheng was dumbfounded. He had no one in the court and didn't know about such things. However, Zhang Gaorui got in touch with Lu Guangzu, the minister of Dali Temple, a few years ago. As the imperial edict came to Suzhou, there was also news of Lu Guangzu's warning.
Zhang Juzheng did not avoid people at all. He made it clear what he was talking about and it was an extremely severe warning.
Zhang Gaorui sighed and said: "Jiang Linggong has been crazy for a day or two. He has always been crazy."
Zhang Juzheng is not crazy, so why is he doing the New Deal? The death of the Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with Zhang Juzheng.
"This matter started from Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang had to come up with an idea." Pan Jingwen was obviously unwilling to give up. He directly forced Zhang Gaorui to continue leading everyone to fight. He could not let the court take what he wanted. seize.
Zhang Gaorui looked at everyone, sighed heavily and said: "Everyone, to be honest, the court has treated us well. It has indeed taken away our fields, but it has not given them back. Chuan Yin, will you let us go to sea? Even if you don’t want to take risks, you can rent the boat to others and make a lot of money.”
"The Suzhou Prefecture had a total of 340,000 people and a population of 1.23 million in the five years of Longqing. Last year, it had a population of 410,000 and a population of more than 1.7 million. It had marbles, red copper, white copper, white iron, and brocade decorations. Boxes, wooden utensils, etc., the number of merchants has increased from 12,000 to 25,000 last year. Everyone, let's be satisfied."
"You can do whatever you want, I don't have that intention. Let's do business safely, why do we have to bring trouble to the court?"
"Let's go!" When Pan Jingwen heard what Zhang Gaorui said, his expression changed drastically and he led the people away from the Zhang Mansion.
In just seven days, the business of Zhang Gaorui's family immediately began to deteriorate, including coal, firewood, and iron materials from the iron workshop, paper and ink from the book workshop, fabrics from the garment workshop, leather from the suitcase workshop, and wood machinery. The supply of lumber was all cut off, and all the companies that had worked well together stopped supplying. This suddenly severely damaged Zhang Gaorui's family's business.
While Zhang Gaorui was in distress, Zhang Gaorui's son was playing in a boat in Taihu Lake when the boat capsized and sank into the lake, leaving no trace of his body.
This is not over yet. The things that Zhang's Trading Company wanted were either looted by bandits or temporarily increased in price, and his workshop was stagnant, resulting in failure to deliver as scheduled and heavy losses. In just half a month, Over time, Zhang Gaorui seemed to have aged more than ten years and was seriously ill and bedridden.
Zhang Gaorui's illness came like a mountain, and he had reached the point of terminal illness in three to five days. There were two children in front of his bed, one was twelve years old, the other was eight years old, and there was a beautiful woman. It was him When he was prosperous, he married his first wife from the Cheng family in Suzhou. This disaster brought great misfortune to the Cheng family as well.
"You guys took my letter and went to Songjiang Prefecture overnight to join Sun Kehong. I have a bad relationship with Mr. Sun Shang. When he was bullied by Xu Jie, I helped him. I hope he can protect you. The three of them are safe and taking the official road. They dare not take action on the official road. "The ship deed is in this box, and it will be given to Sun Kehong as a bargaining chip to ask for his protection." >
"My son, tell your grandson, you must get the honor and kill these idiots! Kill them!" Zhang Gaorui's face turned red as if he was having a flashback, and he roared at the top of his lungs. Then he exhausted all his strength and stared. , the breath has been cut off.
"Husband? Husband! Dad!" The woman and the two children burst into tears. There was no time to grieve, so the three of them secretly left the house and went straight to Songjiang Mansion overnight.
This time the Zhang family was unlucky because of a mole. Zhang Gaorui’s younger brother Zhang Gaozhan was the mole, so much so that the woman and children did not even dare to collect the bones and could only let Zhang Gaorui. His body was lying on the bed, and as soon as daybreak came, the news that Zhang Gaorui had died spread, and it was too late to leave.
The woman and the child were sitting on the carriage, speeding all the way from Guandao Post Road to Songjiang Prefecture, intending to go straight to Songjiang Ocean Trading Company. Unexpectedly, as soon as they left Suzhou Prefecture, they encountered Sun Kehong’s driver. .
After Sun Kehong heard about the Zhang family, he immediately started to inquire about it. As soon as he heard the reason, he said something was wrong. He immediately made preparations and came directly. However, the speed of the Zhang family's accident in Suzhou It was too fast. Before he could help, Zhang Gaorui had already fallen ill. When he arrived at the border of Suzhou, he saw his widow and child.
"You don't have to be polite, sister-in-law, just follow me back to Zhang's house." Sun Kehong was unable to lift up the three people kneeling on the ground.
(End of this chapter)