Luo Yangxing answered truthfully: "Your Highness, this Wang Dengku has eight money shops, thirteen medicine shops, and cloth shops in the capital. In addition, there are countless large and small land. This person has several large and large houses, and they have close contacts with several high-ranking officials in the court."

Zhu Cilang's eyes lit up: "What a good guy, I need to think about it carefully."

Luo Yangxing was stunned: "Your Highness, now that our evidence is conclusive, we can arrest this person at any time. I wonder why your Highness has not taken action yet?"

Luo Yangxing doesn't quite understand why the evidence is conclusive, so why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not take action yet.

It was just like catching Fan Yongdou, and it was a simple thing to catch people and copy them at home.

In fact, Zhu Cilang didn't want to, but when he heard that Wang Dengku's family was wealthy, he had his ideas.

Emperor Chongzhen was short of money, and the treasury was short of money. Similarly, Zhu Cilang was short of money. His Hu Ben Army needed to be expanded and his Eastern Palace Guards needed to be rebuilt. All of these had to be spent.

After Fan Yongdou was eaten, Zhu Cilang's Hu Ben Army could have had no worries about food and clothing. However, this tea card salt channel consumed a lot of money.

The Chaka salt road is far away from the inland of the Central Plains, and it takes countless silver to open this salt road. Zhu Cilang could only bear the pain and take it out of the embezzled money to fill the pit.

But this Wang Dengku is different, unlike other Shanxi merchants. Wang Dengku is a person who likes to enjoy it very much, and is also a person who is very good at enjoying it.

It can be seen that this guy likes Beijing. Moreover, he stays in the capital for three months every year, and the smuggling matters at the border are handed over to his son for handling.

Wang Dengku is versatile and has made many powerful people in the capital. Now he happens to be in the capital. This is also a great opportunity for Jinyiwei to close the Internet.

But Luo Yangxing didn't quite understand why he didn't arrest this person first while Wang Dengku stayed in Beijing.

Why didn’t Zhu Cilang want to arrest him? But the problem is that now that he has captured Wang Dengku, he can’t get much money.

Unlike Zhangjiakou, there are countless pairs of eyes looking at you. If you searched Wang Dengku, it would be a little difficult to fill your pockets.

How could Zhu Cilang not eat a bite of fat like Wang Dengku? Although this person is not as rich as Fan Yongdou, he is also a rich man. The Hu Ben Army lacks money, and the Eastern Palace Guards also lack money.

Zhu Cilang wanted to overthrow Wang Dengku and gain some benefits from him. This requires thinking carefully and not act rashly.

"Let's do this, Luo Yangxing, your Jinyiwei should not rush to do it. If you go to the mansion in person, you will visit him, and you will say that this palace wants to see him."

Zhu Cilang's wisdom was naturally not something Luo Yangxing could guess thoroughly. However, the prince suddenly asked to see this person, which was beyond Luo Yangxing's expectations. He couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, if you want to arrest this person, why do you still have to see him?"

Zhu Cilang snorted, "Luo Yangxing, Luo Yangxing, I think you are an official, the more you live, the more you live. Now that we have captured Wang Dengku, his land and property must be handed over to the national treasury. What else can you and I have to make?"

Luo Yangxing was shocked and immediately understood what the prince’s meaning was. However, the dignified prince dared to put corruption and bribery on the table, which really made Luo Yangxing feel worried.

Moreover, Zhu Cilang did not do this once or twice. When he committed the crime for the first time, he cheated Zhou Kui of the father-in-law Zhou Kui for 100 taels of silver, he just gave the Jinyiwei 200,000 yuan.

Luo Yangxing felt that he had boarded a pirate ship, and it was easy to get off the boat. The Jinyiwei was directly under the emperor and was affiliated with a department directly under the emperor. Logically speaking, the Jinyiwei was the emperor's loyalty and was swearing to be loyal to the emperor to the death.

But now it has changed. Since he got on the pirate ship with the prince, Luo Yangxing has been wearing a pair of pants with Zhu Cilang. To put it bluntly, he is now a grasshopper on the same rope as Zhu Cilang. It has advantages and disadvantages.

There are benefits and huge risks.

The advantage is that you have meat to eat with the prince. Every time you search for corrupt officials, every time the Jinyiwei handles a case, the Jinyiwei will get a lot of benefits with the prince. Nowadays, the Jinyiwei's life is much better than before.

During the Chongzhen period, the Jinyiwei had no bad record. This was mainly due to the suppression of the eunuch party. When Wei Zhongxian was in power, the Jinyiwei almost became a decoration. After Wei Zhongxian fell, the Donglin Party dominated the family and the Jinyiwei became more marginalized.

The marginalized Jinyiwei's life is extremely difficult, and the staffing is not fully established, and his salary is even small. Moreover, he has been in arrears all year round.

This made the life of the Jinyiwei even more and more difficult, and many soldiers were not enough to support their families. Some Jinyiwei were even forced to sell their own weapons to survive. Emperor Chongzhen was led by the Donglin Party members, which shows how miserable the Jinyiwei's life was.

It was after Zhu Cixuan took over the Jinyiwei that the Jinyiwei's life became better. Only with the prince, the Jinyiwei had a good life.

But the risks associated with them were also huge, especially in front of Emperor Chongzhen, Luo Yangxing was even more frightened. He was loyal to the emperor, especially when Chongzhen asked about the prince, Luo Yangxing was under great pressure.

He and Zhu Cilang are on the same boat when betraying the prince. He and Zhu Cilang cannot do it at all. To protect the prince, Emperor Chongzhen is not a fool. Once he sees that his eyes are wrong and he is suspicious of Luo Yang's nature, it will be a huge disaster.

No emperor would tolerate the commander of the Jinyiwei betrayed him, no matter what the reason was. Therefore, when Luo Yangxing faced Chongzhen, he was always more cautious.

This time, Zhu Cilang blatantly told Luo Yangxing that he wanted to make money from Wang Dengku. At that time, he would enjoy his personal pockets with the Jinyiwei.

Luo Yangxing was not unmoved, but he was also very scared. Once the news broke out and the emperor knew about it, he, the commander of the Jinyiwei, had been killed in the end.

Fan Yongdou's fall really made the eight imperial merchants restrain themselves for a while. However, they soon rekindled.

Driven by huge interests, they became more and more powerful. Especially Wang Dengku and Fan Yongdou's arrest caused many of Fan Yongdou's previous business dealings with the Qing Dynasty to fall into his hands.

It was not that Wang Dengku had never been afraid, but the huge profits made him dizzy. The reason why Wang Dengku stayed in the capital for two or three months every year was not just to enjoy the prosperity of Beijing. More importantly, he was to make friends with some powerful people.

He always believed that Fan Yongdou's fall was because his backstage was not strong enough. Nowadays, there were people in the court who were good at doing business. Only by colluding with officials and businessmen can they become bigger and stronger, and be strong enough to do everything.

As long as there is someone above, even if the court wants to investigate you, it must be considered first. Or, before you can check you, someone above has already revealed the news to you.
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