Many ministers who originally wanted to stand up for the defense of the salt merchants, but after hearing the emperor's words, they shrank. This time, it seems that the emperor was determined to touch the salt merchants. He did not get much benefit from the salt merchants, so there was no need to talk to the salt merchants!

"Your Majesty, this is just Your Majesty's estimate. It's guess that the salt merchant's owes salt classes. This is indeed the salt merchant's fault, but Your Majesty imposes the charge of Tonglu on the salt merchant and wants to cure the crime of Tonglu. Your Majesty, this is too... Your Majesty has always been wise, why are you so confused about this matter? The salt merchant does have something wrong and is indeed wrong, but Your Majesty shouldn't have used the heads of Tonglu's salt merchants! Once Your Majesty's crime is confirmed, the salt merchants in the world will be full of people! Your Majesty... Didn't Your Majesty always claim to be kind?" He thought that the official saw the emperor's "true" reason and came out to persuade the emperor. The emperor's statement is very lethal.

"Hahaha..." Yang Jing laughed and said desolately: "Did I impose the charge on them? The chief of the enemy Nurhaci raised an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty with seven hatreds. At that time, sixteen Han merchants brought these seven hatreds to the pass and opened their eyes for the chief. This is not my guess... Wang Dengku of Zhangjiakou, Fan Yongfighted the eight Han merchants and affaired with the Eastern Barbarians, reselling military rations and military weapons, these, everyone has heard some rumors, these are my guesses? You may not know yet, except for Tonglu.

, resell military rations, and secretly informed the Donglu, collect internal news from the Ming Dynasty, and inform the Donglu of the Ming Dynasty's official army one by one, so that the Donglu could kill the official army outside our pass in a targeted manner. Most of the defeats outside our pass in the years have had something to do with them, and they were even more responsible for the Donglu, from raising fires in the city, rumoring rumors, from persuading surrender to the guards and opening the city gates, these have their own shadows... "Yang Jing revealed the details of the Shanxi merchants' case in one breath.

Previously, all the ministers only knew that the Shanxi merchants were involved in border generals. The Jinyiwei asked to send official troops, but they did not explain in detail how the Tonglu case was. Many ministers were still waiting for news from the Three Laws. Many people thought that the Tonglu case was just a reselling of some things to the East Gate outside the pass. This kind of thing was absolutely nothing new in the court. Many people knew that the emperor thought that the emperor was just a few thieves, and arrested the border generals who came out of the pass and made some money. There was no such thing as a result. There was no such thing as a result of the Tonglu case. There was no need to think deeply about it. However, this kind of thing was too complicated and many people dare not think deeper.

The ministers exclaimed. This matter was beyond everyone's expectations. Smuggling some things is not new. Many border soldiers and generals are doing this, including Mao Wenlong, who had been doing smuggling before. There was nothing in the court that was unknown. They all thought it was the emperor who used the excuse of Tongzhe to rectify the border and let everyone not be too presumptuous and make some money. Where did they know that the Tongzhe case involves so much.

"Your Majesty! This is impossible... Why, I have never heard of it?" A minister looked at the emperor in amazement and asked in disbelief.

"Hahaha..." Yang Jing smiled again with a desolate wry smile and then said, "Impossible? Do you think that the Tonglu case is an ordinary case? The shadow of this group of people was the persuasion of Fushun commander Li Yongfang, but they were in charge of it. Now, Li Yongfang's traitor, what are the general officers and soldiers in the Donglu? Hahaha, it's impossible, I also hope it's impossible, but this is all true... In recent Chenyang, aren't there always rumors in the court that there are people in the city? It was these Tonglu merchants who disguised themselves in the Chenyang City in advance. When the Donglu captured the city at a critical moment, they set fire to the city and set fire in the city. , be an internal agent and open the city gate. Otherwise, how could Chenyang be captured so easily? In the bloody battle of Hunhe, why did the Donglu attack the Qi family army to death? The Baigang soldiers? The countless casualties still refused to let go? Why? Isn’t it because these thieves told the Donglu that every move, equipment, number, tactics, habits of our Ming official army? The Donglu knew the weaknesses of our Ming elites and attacked the weaknesses of these elites, so that the Qi family army and Baigang soldiers in our dynasty were killed and injured, and the decay outside the pass was so uncontrollable that they were all their shadows... Hahahahahaha..." Yang Jing smiled desolately, and tears burst out.

The ministers looked at the emperor in horror. This... was beyond everyone's expectations. Unexpectedly, it was really incredible that a Shanxi merchant Tonglu case involved so many things.

"...Your Majesty, I dare to ask, do you think this is true? In the bloody battle in Hunhe, someone really leaked the news and weaknesses of my Ming official army?" While the ministers were still shocked, Qin Liangyu stood up in tears.

"I am ashamed of your Qin family in the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for my loss of virtue and so many traitors and rebels, your Qin family wouldn't have suffered such severe damage... Alas, Mrs. Qin must be sad. Now, I have dug out this living traitor and rebel, and I will definitely seek justice for the Qin family..." Yang Jing said miserably.

The ministers looked at Qin Liangyu with tears in shock. This was the only woman in the court! Now, she burst into tears in the court. This...

"Mrs. Qin, please feel sorry for me..." Yang Jiefang said.

"Woo... Woooo, Woooo..." Qin Liangyu was sobbing sadly in the court. Although she cried very quietly, everyone could hear clearly in the quiet court. Many censors were about to come out and say, looking at the heartbroken Qin Liangyu, looking at the only woman in the court, thinking about what the emperor said just now that the Qin family died in battle for the Ming Dynasty, and they could not say any impeachment words.

"Mrs. Qin, please feel sorry for me..."

"General Qin, please feel sorry for me..."

"Mrs. Please mourn..."

The ministers had no choice but to ask Qin Liangyu to mourn.

Qin Liangyu whimpered for a while, knowing that he had done almost everything and had cooperated well with the emperor. He stopped crying, wiped his tears and said, "I have no ruthlessness, I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish him..."

"Don't be sad, old lady, why would I blame the old lady?"

Yang Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Liangyu did not disappoint himself. Those who worked on the salt merchants themselves would definitely have suffered a considerable rebound. Now, he took advantage of the Shanxi merchant Tonglu case to pull the atmosphere in the court to the favorable side, and was even more crying. Now, many ministers wanted to defend the salt merchants, but they were afraid that they would weigh the consequences. The consequences of the Tonglu case were extremely serious. It was not the small-scale quarrel that everyone thought they had. So, whether the salt merchants involved in the Tonglu case should be protected or spoke for them, they should think twice. If they were not careful, they would be doomed.

The ministers stared at Qin Liangyu, watched Qin Liangyu put away his tears, and his mind turned rapidly. This time, things were really going on. The emperor made sufficient preparations to deal with the salt merchants! If he intervened at this time, he would not know if it was worth it.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think this matter is too incredible. It's not that I don't believe it. It's just that your Majesty has not provided enough evidence to prove these things. I don't believe that the Eastern Barbarian Chief would be so powerful. He was born to spies and make me fool around the Ming Dynasty. I don't believe that the people of our dynasty will be willing to be a lackey for the Eastern Barbarian..."

Although Yang Jie's performance was quite touching, there were still some people among the court officials who did not believe it and stood firmly against the emperor. As soon as they finished speaking, Yang Jie swept the hall and looked at his face. There seemed to be many people who did not believe it.

"Hahaha..., I don't want to believe it, but this is true, Marshal Mao..." Yang Jing shouted with a desolate smile.

"I'm here!" Mao Wenlong came out quickly.

"I heard you say that in Zhenjiang Fort that day, you used the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile to observe the enemy situation and found that the enemy chief was also watching you with the same Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile. Is there such a thing?" Yang Jie asked.

"Reply to Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely true. I was quite surprised at that time. Why was the most advanced and most powerful weapon in our dynasty fall into the hands of the captain? I think that it is almost exactly the same as my dynasty. I can guarantee that this is definitely flowing out of our dynasty..." Mao Wenlong believed in what the emperor said. He himself was doing business with the Donglu. Of course, he did not trade directly with the Donglu, but through those merchants, he naturally had some understanding of the situation here. When the emperor asked about the Qianlijing, he immediately came out and answered that he no longer relied on trade with the Donglu, so he naturally had no need to worry.

Wow! As soon as Mao Wenlong said something, all the ministers were surprised! The good show was endless...

"Your Majesty, this Qianli Mirror is produced by Liulizhai. Could it be that Liulizhai is also a traitor?" Someone immediately asked back.

"How could Liulizhai be a traitor? Liulizhai does not operate a business outside the pass, so how could he sell Liulizhai's Qianlizhai's Qianlizhai to the Donglu? Moreover, Liulizhai's Qianlizhai's Qianlizhai has always been strictly controlled and requires people with a certain status to buy it. This is clearly because some border generals Tonglu have affair with such treasures to Donglu through those merchants, which further confirms the Tonglu case..." The Minister of War immediately stood up to defend the emperor.

The ministers began to discuss, and the Tonglu case was already getting bigger and bigger. In other words, the risk of endorsing the salt merchants was getting bigger and bigger. Many ministers considered again what to do, whether to continue to endorse the salt merchants or unite to deal with the emperor.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that this matter should be investigated immediately and that I must not let go of the responsibility for causing hundreds of thousands of official troops to be killed or injured, millions of people to be killed or killed, and lost the city and land. I must not let go of a thief... Any salt merchant involved in the Tonglu case should also be investigated..." Someone came out to call for a strict investigation of the matter, and then swept the salt merchants into it together.

However, it immediately rebounded.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate..." Although the emperor's words were firm, Qin Liangyu performed a crying scene, and Mao Wenlong came out to testify, there were still many people who protected the salt merchants.

"...I think that even if the Shanxi merchants deserve to die, they should not involve salt merchants. This code is the same. Please ask Your Majesty to severely punish the Shanxi merchants for the matter. Your Majesty may not have evidence to prove that they are involved in Tonglu..." Some officials are deeply involved with the salt merchants. Although the situation is already unfavorable to the salt merchants, they still stand up for the salt merchants.

"Hahaha..." Yang Jing smiled bitterly as usual, and then said: "I don't want to believe it, but I can't believe it. Someone is here! Open the bag..." Yang Jing smiled bitterly and then said.

A guard came out and opened the big bag. After opening it, there were some gold, silver, pearls and jade.

The ministers looked at the gold, silver, pearls and jade in confusion.

"...I don't want to believe it either, but in the face of the evidence, I have to believe it. These things were all copied from the Shanxi merchants. Do you know his origin?" Yang Jie still looked sad and heartbroken.

"Donglu is a group of robbers who robbed my fertile land in Liaodong and destroyed countless houses. These things were robbed by the Donglu from the people's homes outside our Ming Pass. After the Donglu robbed these things, they could not be eaten as food, but used these things to buy food, arms, intelligence and spies to operate in the pass. The Shanxi merchants transferred the looted gold, silver, pearls and jade to the salt merchants, and they transferred them to Jiangnan to make profits. Otherwise, these gold, silver, pearls and jades were left outside the pass,

If you can eat as food, it is useless than stones. How can the Donglu survive? It is precisely because the Shanxi merchants and the Shanxi merchants exchanged these wealth and goods for food, weapons, and information for the Donglu that gave the Donglu motivation and ability to rob the people of our Ming Dynasty, resulting in heavy casualties and heavy casualties in our Ming Dynasty, and heavy casualties in the official army. These damn Shanxi merchants should be killed. Those salt merchants who sold these gold, silver, pearls and jade for the Shanxi merchants were all accomplices. Without them helping them, how could the Donglu fight stronger and bigger and bigger?" Yang Jing continued to reveal the news.
Chapter completed!