Chapter 1057 Geng Zijuan is drunk and burning the light to watch the sword emerge (fourth update!)
When it was almost time to give birth, Feng Ziying signaled the two girls, who were both a little tired, to rest.
Today it is Qingwen's turn to watch the night, so naturally she is on duty outside, while Feng Ziying has no time to relax.
Wang Wenyan came over right away.
As soon as Feng Ziying got home, she arranged for Ruixiang to notify Wang Wenyan, and on the other hand, she asked someone to call Ni Er.
Seeing Feng Ziying enter the room, Wang Wenyan also bowed slightly and said, "I have met you, sir."
"Why do Wen Yan need to be so polite? Sit down, I came back in a hurry today. I may be summoned by the cabinet ministers and the emperor tomorrow, but my return this time is not like before. Even now, I have a lot of things in my heart, so I have to ask Wen Yan to teach me. "
Feng Ziying was not polite and straight to the point.
In the past few months, he had no time to ask too much about the situation in the capital city, and his main focus was on Yongping. Especially under the pressure of the Mongolian military invasion, he went all out to train the Yongping new army, and he could not win. There is no need to mention this battle, so everything else is put aside for the time being.
Wang Wenyan also knew about this situation, so he never bothered him.
But this time he was suddenly recruited to Beijing, and the events involved were still uncertain, so he had to understand the current situation in Beijing so that he could make a reasonable response in his response.
"Your Excellency has come back in time. If you don't come back, I am going to make a trip to Yongping to introduce to you some recent changes in the situation in Beijing, especially the changes brought about by the Mongols going south."
Wang Wenyan held a thick stack of manuscripts in his hands, which seemed to be some intelligence collection on the recent situation.
"Oh, Wen Yan, although I am busy in Yongping, I have never relaxed here. I also told you to keep a check on me. Yongping and the capital are closely connected and are of the same strain. If there is anything important, You should report it to me in time."
Hearing the hint of complaint in Feng Ziying's words, Wang Wenyan was also a little nervous. He licked his lips, quickly stood up and bowed to apologize again: "My lord, you are right to blame, Wen Yan was a little negligent, but these situations happened too suddenly, before Wen Yan There were also some uncertainties, and it took me some time to verify the screening certificate before I could finally make a rough judgment, so I was delayed..."
"I don't mean to blame Wen Yan, I just remind Wen Yan that I have Yao Qing to help me in Yongping Mansion, but only Wen Yan can support the overall situation in the capital, so there can be no negligence, and many matters will ultimately fall to the capital. Come on, I think you should understand what I mean." Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Okay, let's get down to business. Should you speak first, or should I ask first?"
Wang Wenyan hesitated for a moment and then said: "I'd better first report to your Excellency some recent situations that I think you need to know."
Feng Ziying nodded, "That's fine, you say, follow the priorities and talk about the important ones first."
"Wen Yan has been paying close attention to the matters that your Excellency has advised. As for the situation on Prince Yi Zhong's side that you mentioned, both the Prince of Dongping County and the Prince of Beijing County have been in close contact with Prince Yi Zhong recently, especially the Prince of Dongping County. I don’t have many contacts with Prince Yi Zhong, but they have increased significantly recently. I just don’t know if it has anything to do with the engagement with the daughters of the Zhen family and the Mu family in Jiangnan..."
Feng Ziying frowned. Jia Rong had mentioned to him that Zhen Baoyu of the Zhen family should be engaged to the daughter of the Mu family of Dongping County. In addition, the concubine Shuirong of Beijing County was the younger sister of Zhen Yingjia of the Zhen family of Jiangnan. In this way, The Prince of Dongping County, the Prince of Beijing County, and the Jiangnan Zhen family suddenly became in-laws. The Jiangnan Zhen family is quite powerful.
"Is there anything else?" When Feng Ziying left the capital for Yongping, she had reminded Wang Wenyan to make full use of Ni Er's power. The focus was on these four princes, eight princes, twelve princes and other Wuxun families with military power. transactions in.
Feng Ziying concluded that if Prince Yi Zhong wanted to start an uprising in the capital, without the explicit support of the Supreme Emperor, he could only use some special channels to bring the four princes, eight princes and twelve princes on board.
For example, Mu Tianyan of the Mu family is the deputy general of the Fifth Army Camp, but this time he was captured because of the battle of Santun Camp. Mu Tianyan's cousin Mu Tianying is a guerrilla general in Xuanfu Town. He has also been captured this time. He followed the Xuanfu army into Shuntianfu.
The guerrilla generals of the Xuanfu Army look a bit different from the lieutenants in the Beijing camp, but they are not the same in terms of ability and military power.
“In addition, the Duke of Qi’s Chen family seems to be a little moved. The head of the family, Chen Ruiwen, put on makeup and went out ten days ago. He went out through the Xibian Gate with only two personal followers. He quietly returned two days later..."
Feng Ziying was stunned. Chen Ruiwen and Wang Ziteng had a close relationship, but he had always thought that the Chen family had always kept a low profile, and Chen Ruiwen's temperament was also calm and tolerant, so he should not be involved in these things. However, his younger brother Chen Ruishi was also involved in the Three Tun Camp. War, I don’t know how much this incident stimulates it?
From Xibianmen, it seems that the most likely way is to go to Changping. Could it be that Chen Ruiwen is going to meet Niu Jizong?
Feng Ziying wasn't sure. Logically speaking, even if Chen Ruiwen had contact with Niu Jizong, he shouldn't have done so at this time. Long Jinwei kept a close eye on them, Wu Xun. If Wang Wenyan and the others could find out, Long Jinwei probably wouldn't. Can't find it.
Feng Ziying shook her head. It was difficult to deduce this situation. If there was any secret business in the Chen family that Chen Ruiwen needed to handle personally, especially in such a time of war and chaos, it was normal to be careful and concealed.
"Well, although the Chen family has suspicions, I think it's not appropriate to do so. Let's observe first." Feng Ziying said again: "Is there anything else?"
“Jia Jing should have arrived at Jinling.”
One sentence surprised Feng Ziying again, "He appeared in public?"
"That's not true. Our people have more connections in the south, and according to what your Excellency mentioned, we were well-targeted, so we still noticed something in Jinling. Later, we followed the clues and found him." Wang Wenyan was quite proud, " It is estimated that Captain Long may not have any clues yet, but we have found clues through Haitong Yinzhuang, and this time Jia Yun has made a great contribution."
“Oh?” Feng Ziying became interested, “How did you find out?”
"Jia Jing has an alchemy servant boy in Xuanzhen Temple. He is quite young and handsome. He has been with Jia Jing for several years. After the news of Jia Jing's death came out in Xuanzhen Temple, no other clues could be seen, but we After staring at this servant boy and discovering that he had deposited three thousand taels of silver in our Haitong Bank, we suspected that he might have left the capital..."
"... Jia Yun also got some advice from the shopkeeper. We heard that he was going to take a boat through the canal, so we estimated that he was going to the south, so we called Linqing, Yangzhou, Jinling, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. After greeting him, 500 taels of this silver were later taken away from the Haitong Jinling, leaving 2,500 taels and converted into a fixed deposit. In this way, our people quickly found this person in Jinling. Follow his whereabouts, and then crucify him, and you will naturally find him..."
“Oh, the Haitong Yinzhuang line was found?” This is an unexpected surprise. Maybe this is the earliest Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)?
Feng Ziying felt a little emotional. At present, only Haitong Bank was able to realize universal deposits and redemptions in the entire Zhou Dynasty, especially since the key areas spanned the north and south. In the circulation of large amounts of money between the capital and Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Suzhou, and Jinling, it had With a reputation that is almost guaranteed by the imperial court, it is undoubtedly the best choice for many merchants.
"Well, by the way, I want to report to you, sir. It seems that in the past six months, a lot of large sums of money have been deposited from the capital city, but they have been cashed out in Jinling and Yangzhou..." Wang Wenyan hesitated, " Jia Yun mentioned this situation to me. The people who deposited and withdrawn money include merchants from Jiangnan and Shanxi, as well as some unknown people, so Wenyan cannot infer..."
The flow of large amounts of funds from north to south?
Feng Ziying rubbed her chin, stood up, and walked back and forth without saying a word.
Although the funds raised for the establishment of Haitong Yinzhuang borrowed the name of King Zhongshun and led by King Zhongshun, many nobles from the clan also contributed, but as far as Feng Ziying knows, most of the noble officials They still kept a cold-looking attitude, but quite a few members of the royal family joined in.
Later, although the attitude of the merchants gradually became more positive because of the convenience of doing business, the nobles were still very cautious. Small deposits and withdrawals were OK, but large deposits were rare. That is the Feng family. As well as the Xue family, Jia family, etc. who are related to the Feng family, they still have a half-and-half attitude.
“When did this situation occur?”
"There should have been signs of this in February and March, but it was not obvious. Then there was a significant increase in May and June, and it became even more prominent in July and August." Wang Wenyan recalled, "Jia Yun still complained about this. I specifically told me that Jia Lian also wrote from Yangzhou saying that a large amount of silver was taken out in Yangzhou, and the Haitong Jinling had to transport it from Yangzhou because the city had not been in the city for a long time at that time and the silver payment was not enough. If you want to inform Jia Yun tomorrow, I will also bring Jia Lian's letter."
Feng Ziying nodded, "I will talk to Jia Yun and Ni Er, and I will also talk to Brother Liu, but you have to remember that they don't know our thoughts and intentions. I I just told them to report some abnormal and difficult situations to you, and you can also check with them regularly about the situation, so in the end, you have to do the comprehensive analysis and judgment."
Goal 1500!
(End of this chapter)