I'm really not the carpenter emperor

The officials left one after another, leaving only three classes present.

The local tycoons represented by the Cai Mansion, as well as the rich merchants represented by the tea merchant Shen Yiguan, the silk merchant Xu Wancai, and the relatives and dudes represented by Tang Guozuo, the marquis of Lingbi.

Although Shen Yiguan and Xu Wancai have a lot of money, each is the president of a chamber of commerce, and their industries are all over the south of the Yangtze River, but as the saying goes, "the people don't fight with the rich, and the rich don't fight with the officials."

The status of these merchants has been low since the Hongwu Dynasty.

Now, with He Shibo and other officials leaving the meeting one after another, this also shows that if Sun Chuanting did something today, none of the local officials in Hangzhou Prefecture would say a word for the Cai family.

It is the creed of an official to be wise and protect one's life. There is no relationship that cannot be broken. Nothing is more important than keeping the black yarn on one's head.

The government will not speak for the Cai family. Not surprisingly, some people will even take the initiative to target the Cai family in order to please Sun Chuanting.

If these businessmen dare to speak for the Cai family, these people and Sun Chuanting will obviously turn around.

As a businessman, it is the most stupid to fight with the government or even the court.

No matter how powerful a person or a family is, in the eyes of the emperor, you are still a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

That Emperor Zhu in the Forbidden City only needs to say a word lightly, even without taking a step out of the warm pavilion, it is enough to wipe out your century-old family fortune.

Don't try to fight the court, because you will never be able to fight!

Taking a step back, the imperial court can force you to charge you with an unwarranted crime regardless of face, and use the army to search your homes and shops all over the country.

No matter how tough the relationship you usually manage, who would dare to speak for you at that time?

Shen Yiguan and Xu Wancai looked at each other, and they both saw a meaning in each other's eyes, so they got up one after another and said:

"Old Cai, I suddenly remembered that there is a concubine giving birth at home, I still have to go back and have a look..."

"Shaoxing has newly bought a batch of fine silks and satins, and I will go down and check them out." Seeing that Cai Hou wanted to keep them, Xu Wancai declined while walking without waiting for him to say anything:

"Someday, another day, Mr. Cai will come to Shaoxing. You only need to report my name, Xu Wancai. You don't need money, you can pick whatever you want! Farewell, farewell..."

Cai Hou knew it was useless to stay, so he had to look at the two with a dark face and leave as if they were fleeing.

After the two of them left from the Huxin Pavilion, Yu's local rich merchants all made up nonsense reasons and left one by one.

Niu Chenghu stared at these people closely, not intending to let them go, he was waiting for Sun Chuanting's order.

Seeing the latter nod his head slightly, he snorted coldly, and with a wave of his big hand, the soldiers of Qin also stepped aside one after another, letting the rich merchants rush away.

Each of their reasons is also very funny.

It's enough nonsense like Shen always said that the concubine gave birth to a son and had to go back to have a look. In addition, there are ridiculous excuses such as sending a wife to give birth, and an old mother giving birth to a child.

Sun Chuanting quietly waited for the last Jiang Zuo wealthy businessman to leave, then turned to look at Tang Guozuo, waiting for the latter's reaction.

In Sun Chuanting's view, when a new official takes office, he should not fight against too many forces.

The reason to let go of local officials and wealthy businessmen is to make them less ostentatious when dealing with the Cai Mansion by themselves. At least you understand the principle of being wise and safe?

Which one to deal with in the future, let's talk about the future.

Sun Chuanting could guess Tang Guozuo, the Marquis of Lingbi, that the emperor intended to dispose of it, but this guy's ancestor was too good.

Tang He, this is the most famous military general and marshal who fought with Emperor Taizu in the world.

After dealing with his descendants, if there is no way to say, not only will they not be able to stop the mouths of Xunqi's children, but they will also be drowned by the mouths of the people all over the world.

What Sun Chuanting has to do today is to deliberately create an incident so that the emperor can deal with Tang Guozuo. As for the Tang family, this is out of his control.

Sun Chuanting believed that the emperor had his own steelyard in his heart.

Tang Guozuo was very angry at first, but this kid is a bully and fearful master after all. Seeing so many Qin soldiers around him who are like wolves and tigers and full of murderous aura, he also became cowardly for a while.

And he is not a fool, He Shibo and his gang run so fast, why should he stay here to make trouble?

It's not too late for a hero to take revenge in three years. His old base camp is in Jinling City. This is Hangzhou Mansion. When he returns to his mansion, he still wants to do something.

Wanting to understand all this, Tang Guozuo also turned his anger into a smile, hehe said:

"I also bid farewell, I also bid farewell..."

Cai Hou's hands froze, and he looked up.

Sun Chuanting silently looked at the Marquis who took the road away, and said softly:

"I don't know what Ling Bihou is going back to do?"

Tang Guozuo paused, his complexion changed, and he replied with a forced smile: "There are some important matters in the Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army, and I, who is in power, need to go back and deal with them."

"Oh, it's important."

Sun Chuanting nodded, suddenly smiled and asked:

"But in order to rob people's daughters and force people to death?"

Hearing this, Tang Guozuo's face froze and he looked back.

Sun Chuanting continued on his own:

"Still, the post-military governor's mansion invaded the Nanjing Jingying's salary, and Lord Hou has to go back and make some adjustments, and then let most of the salary go into his own pocket."

After all, Tang Guozuo is not deep in the city, and he has endured a few times just now, and it is the limit. This time, he didn't think too much, and retorted without hesitation:

"Sun Chuanting, what are you talking about? Do you know who you are talking to!"

Chapter 233 You can do it, Sun Chuanting

The more Tang Guozuo got annoyed and lost his temper, the calmer Sun Chuanting became.

Cai Hou, on the other hand, changed into a look of watching a play at the moment, and he didn't mean to speak for Tang Guozuo. Who told him to be unfaithful first?

Tang Guozuo seemed to have thought of something, he was silent for a moment, then turned around and rushed outside the door, thinking that no one would dare to stop him, but unexpectedly, he was really stopped by a tall general.

"Who are you, how dare you stop me?"

He raised his head and found that it seemed to be blocked by a hill.

"Chief General of the Qin Army, Niu Chenghu." Niu Chenghu grinned, "Thanks to Sun Bingbei, His Majesty has now added me to the Hangzhou garrison."

"Small garrison, I am currently in Jinling. If you move your feet casually, you can trample a large area to death. Get out of the way!" Tang Guozuo obviously didn't pay attention to Niu Chenghu, who was the commander-in-chief and garrison officer in front of him.

It is true that the Tang family has an outstanding ancestor. As the founding generals, they do have the capital of arrogance. They can be regarded as the most useless of the Tang family's descendants, but Tang Guozuo has already completely corrupted this capital.

Sun Chuanting didn't speak, but just cast a look at Niu Chenghu.

Seeing the latter, he remained motionless like a mountain and said:

"Your Majesty, forgive me. We are armed, and we have something to say to everyone."

Tang Guozuo's complexion gradually turned gloomy. In the eyes of everyone, he only felt that his face was dull, and he wished he could leave quickly and seek revenge.

He narrowed his eyes and asked coldly:

"Do you want to get out of the way?"

Niu Chenghu didn't say a word, he still stood there, and soon received another wink from Sun Chuanting, which meant to tell him not to make a move anyway.

On weekdays, Sun Chuanting's strictness in the army shaped the creed that the top and bottom generals of the Qin army must obey orders.

When Niu Chenghu heard the words, he knew that the other party was the Lingbi Hou of the imperial court, but he still stood there expressionless and did not say a word.

"bass--!"

Accompanied by a cold light, Tang Guozuo drew out his saber without hesitation, and said:

"Even if I cut you off on the spot today, the imperial court will not do anything to me. Even if I am punished by the emperor, my life is safe, and I can still eat, drink and have fun!"

Speaking of which, he slowly placed the saber on Niu Chenghu's neck, and asked coldly:

"I will tell you one last time, get lost!"

Niu Chenghu glanced contemptuously at Tang Guozuo's steel saber, which had never seen blood before, then closed his eyes, straightened his neck, and said nothing.

Tang Guozuo's face turned pale in an instant, and then he trembled violently. He almost couldn't even hold the knife in his hand, and roared intermittently:

"You, are you really not afraid that I will cut you off?!"

At this time, Niu Chenghu said:

"If a general is afraid of death, how dare he lead the army!"

"You, you, you don't know what to do!!" Tang Guozuo got angry, his brain short-circuited, and he swung the saber into the air and fell.

Everyone held their breaths and focused, even Sun Chuanting and Cai Hou remained expressionless, their hearts beating faster.

Could it be that Tang Guozuo really dared to kill a Hangzhou garrison appointed by the emperor? ... This is too reckless!

Suddenly, just before the knife was about to touch Niu Chenghu's neck, Tang Guozuo withdrew his strength suddenly, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, his face pale.

He was sweating profusely, and took two steps back in panic, almost sitting on the ground.

Sun Chuanting heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, looking at this Lingbi Hou who had no ambition and looked like a bereaved dog, he lightly ordered:

"The military expenses for the mobilization of troops in Hangzhou this time, the two of you have paid a little more."

Even Lord Hou recognized his cowardice, Cai Hou naturally showed no intention of resisting, nodded his head hastily, and with Sun Chuanting's acquiescence, he led the housekeeper and walked towards the accountant in embarrassment.

After a long time, Tang Guozuo raised his head, gasped and said:

"Are you sure I can't bear to kill that Niu Chenghu?"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting was about to pierce the last trace of his dignity, thought for a while, but changed his words temporarily, nodded quietly, and said:

"Master Hou didn't do anything good in Jinling. After being tested today, his heart is not bad. I will definitely report to the Holy Majesty Ming that you voluntarily helped."

Tang Guozuo was taken aback for a moment, then sneered:

"You will be so kind?"

Sun Chuanting gave a long cry and said:

"It's not that I, Sun Chuanting, have good intentions, it's just to save Tang Shuai some face."

"Sun Chuanting, you can do it, you can do it, I accept it!" Tang Guozuo laughed wildly, stood up, put the saber back into its sheath, and shouted:

"Come here, pass on the words of Master Ben, the Jinling Tang family is willing to contribute 200 million taels to help the court put down the chaos!"

After saying that, he narrowed his eyes again, looked at Sun Chuanting who had been calm all this time, and asked sarcastically:

"Sun Futai, is it alright if I do this?"

Sun Chuanting snorted coldly, and only let out a soft "hmm" from his nasal cavity.

When Niu Chenghu saw him, he quickly waved his hand, and immediately, the generals of the Qin Army who had been waiting in formation for a long time gave way.

Walking to the gate of Cai's mansion, a disciple of Xun Qi who came with him saw people in Cai's mansion carrying large wooden boxes to hand over to Sun Chuanting's Qin army.

I saw this man smiled sinisterly, stepped forward and asked:

"Master Hou, since you have left the Huxin Pavilion, do you want to chase the person who sent the message back?"

"Of course I have to chase it back!" Tang Guozuo finished without hesitation first, then felt uncomfortable, and dragged the Xun Qizi back, saying:

"never mind!"

"It's just 200 million taels, I don't feel sorry for you. In this year of catastrophe, if the imperial court provides disaster relief everywhere, it should be considered as helping the emperor once."

Xun Qi's son was taken aback, he was here to flatter and offer advice, but he obviously didn't expect this master to do such a thing that was not in line with his character.

Immediately, he asked again:

"Then what if Sun Chuanting asks for it again?"

"Does he dare to come again?" Tang Guozuo groaned strangely, sneered, and said as he walked:

"This time I'm in the Hangzhou mansion, to save face for the emperor, next time if Sun Chuanting dares to come to Jinling to ask for military expenses, if the young master doesn't break his leg, then he won't be the Marquis of Lingbi!"

"Is it true that the young master's money is all stolen from the hands of the common people?"

Tang Guozuo and his entourage walked away cursing, but they didn't pay attention. A person with an expressionless face turned around the corner of the street and heard the whole conversation.

The man watched Tang Guozuo and others disappear from sight, turned around and left, passed a market, two streets, walked into a small unremarkable courtyard, and closed the door vigilantly.

Before closing the door, I looked around to see if anyone was following me.

After entering the door, there were four people dressed like farmers in the courtyard. Although they were wearing coarse clothes, they all had bare faces and calluses on their hands.

He half knelt on the ground and said:

"It's more important, Tang Guozuo and the others said this..."

While he was talking, there was a verbatim record by Xiaoxiao. Among the five people, he was the only one who was "compiled" by the Civil Affairs Office. He held the paper in his hand, read it quietly, and said in a deep voice: