Chapter 165 Truth

Zhu Di heard, “Declare in.”

As his words fell, the eunuch said, “Several Marquis of Annan, and also escorted Chen Wenjun, the head of the Ministry of War, along with him.”

Zhu Di mused, “Call them in together.”

Xie Jin and the others looked at me and I looked at you, to be honest, Zhang Anshi’s approach like this has already broken through the bottom line of the hundred officials.

No holy orders, take people at will.

Now this Chin case has been the water has come out, that Zhang Anshi a few, actually still have the courage, will be the hall of the fifth grade minister of the court, escorted to the palace.

What’s this about, showing off?

Throughout the ages, like this arrogant and domineering people, can there be a good end?

Wen Yuan Ge three bachelors, now facing the pressure is particularly large, if this time, do not say something, then from now on, there is no face ranked in the court class.

The ministers of various ministries, too, were mostly showing displeasure.

This civilian ministers can be roughly divided into two factions, one is the new nobility led by Xie Jin, Yang Rong and others.

On the other hand, the other faction was the old nobles led by Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Originally between the two, not to say incompatible it, but at least on weekdays but more than each other to see each other in the eye.

After all, Jianyi and Xia Yuanji are both veteran ministers, patriarchs who have been through several dynasties, and they got this high position only by virtue of their seniority.

Xie Jin a few, but Zhu Di from the younger Hanlin directly promoted into the cabinet, a few years ago, they are still just not seen by the role, but now, the status and power has been hidden in the Jian Yi and other veteran ministers above.

But today, this hundred officials are surprisingly unanimous, such a thing must not happen again, Zhang Anshi must be punished.

Obviously …… Ji Gang saw this, and when Zhang Anshi s side was also catching the chaotic party, Ji Gang s first reaction was to think that it was coming against him.

It is the duty of the Jinyiwei to catch the rebels, and that Zhang Anshi, could it be that he wants to take his place?

Just how these few little dolls can be compared to the tens of thousands of minions of the Brocade Guards is a big joke!

Although Ji Gang was silent, his heart was already born to kill.

Zhang Anshi this person …… can’t stay, stay again ……

Only fear the future ……

Ji Gang looked up and silently glanced at Liu Yongcheng.

He seemed to have an idea in mind.

If …… Your Majesty believes that the crown prince has the intention …… of plotting treason, then this Zhang Anshi …… can also be solved together, right?

And concocting things like that was supposed to be what he was best at.

Of course, the immediate priority is to get rid of these eunuchs first.

In fact, history, the Yongle dynasty there is a strange case of Prince treason, this matter involves a lot of people, a large number of ministers of the East Palace are all guilty, even Zhu Gaoqi also almost suspect that he will be at any time will meet with misfortune.

However, fortunately, at that time, the most trusted by the emperor of the Ministry of War Secretary Jin Zhong came forward in time, painfully explaining the advantages and disadvantages, and with his whole family’s head to guarantee, only to remove Zhu Di’s suspicion.

And among the people who concocted this matter …… how could there be any less than the brocade guards?

As for Zhang Anshi so-called hold the chaotic party, Ji Gang heart just feel disdain, these people …… also deserve to hold what chaotic party? Heh ………

Just then …… Zhang Anshi arrived.

Zhang Anshi took a few of Zhu Yong’s men and escorted Chen Wenjun into the hall.

Zhang Anshi was still very disciplined and saluted first, “I have met Your Majesty.”

But not waiting for Zhu Di to open his mouth, actually there is a minister directly out of order: “Zhang Anshi, do you want to rebel?”

The speaker was actually Xie Jin.

Xie Jin’s righteous indignation.

Zhu Di can t help but secretly frown, obviously …… Xie Jin is simply not qualified to open his mouth to rebuke at this time.

Just …… Xie Jin this is prepared, for him, now the hundred officials are talking about, this time, he directly rebuke, even if this caused His Majesty blame, his prestige, only fear will also be directly pulled up, from now on, after the hundred officials, there will be no one can surpass him.

After all, he was defending the interests of the hundred officials.

Moreover, even if His Majesty is reprimanded for this, it is not a capital offense after all, and at most it will be a harmless salary penalty, which is only considered to be a disrespectful act in front of the king.

Zhang Anshi ignored him, treating him like air, but said to Zhu Di, “Your Majesty, the Chin prisoner Chen Wenjun has been escorted here.”

Zhu Di slowly sized up Zhang Anshi.

He is very painful ah, this guy …… does not earn money properly, he likes to meddle in the business.

This guy is really fed up.

The more you think about the more heart blocking, Zhu Di then scratched anger: “you this guy, what you do. What the Chin prisoner, Jin Yiwei has taken the Chin prisoner.”

Zhang Anshi calmly said, “Your Majesty, this is strange, obviously I here, also held the criminal ah. Your Majesty is very observant, now that the person has been escorted here, we will know as soon as we ask.”

But this time, it was a backyard fire.

That was a face of frustration Chen Wenjun, to the imperial court, and then let go of the throat: “Wronged, wronged ah, I implore Your Majesty to do the Lord for the minister, I am conscientious, two-sleeved, thirteen years into the dynasty, has never been any fault, but the Marquis of the Annan good reason to take me to hold, with people, to the minister punched and kicked, Your Majesty… …”

When he said that, he kowtowed and pounded his head, and his miserable appearance made those who saw him sad and those who heard him cry.

Zhu frowned up, thinking that this is really getting into trouble.

Xie Jinyin and the others began to jump at the chance again.

That Ji Gang, however, still stood in the same humble manner, hanging his head low, only sneering in his heart.

Zhu Yong became furious and wanted to give this Chen Wenjun an earful to teach him to shut up.

Luckily, he still has his senses, and knows that in front of His Majesty, he doesn’t dare to make a fuss.

Zhu Di said with a cold face, “Injustice, you are not a rebel party, Zhang Anshi arrested you for what?”

Wenjun Chen: “……”

Chen Wenjun originally prepared countless ventriloquism, the results …… of this time but directly by Zhu Di whole broken defense, the old half day can not speak.

Zhu Di then looked at Zhang Anshi, “You say he is a rebel, do you have any evidence?”

“Yes.” Zhang Anshi said, “I have witnesses and physical evidence.”

Once these words came out, the people in the hall finally quieted down, and many of them held their breath, waiting for something.

Zhang Anshi first pulled out something and said, “Your Majesty, please look, what is this?”

A small eunuch accompanying him on the side took what Zhang Anshi had in his hand and then forwarded it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di received it, took a closer look, and his face changed slightly.

What fell into Zhu’s hands was an account.

On this account, the way of recording is very different, and many numbers seem to be misplaced, and it is obvious …… that this is deliberately recorded in a secret language.

So Zhu said, “What is this?”

“It was recovered from a treasury owned in the name of Chen Wenjun’s steward.”

Zhu Di said, “How can only this account book be evidence of guilt?”

Zhang Anshi said, “That treasury, but also searched a lot of gold and silver, not only so …… there are many firearms raw materials.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di coldly looked at Chen Wenjun.

The hundred officials also showed a look of suspicion on their faces.

They all looked at Chen Wenjun.

Chen Wenjun immediately called out, “This …… this …… is a bunch of nonsense, a bunch of nonsense, these coffers, in what I have to do?”

Zhu Di’s face grew more and more somber, he stood up, with his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth, but to Zhang Anshi, he said, “How did you find that warehouse?”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “It’s simple, by arithmetic!”

Arithmetic ……

Kizuna was disdainful in his heart.

More people are confused.

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, since it is a rebellious party and it also wants to plot a rebellion, this rebellion needs to be inside and outside, but no matter what, they need one thing …… and that is weapons, and a large number of weapons.”

Zhu listened and subconsciously nodded his head.

When it comes to conspiracy, Zhu Di is not bragging, he himself is the ancestor of conspiracy.

When he was in Beiping, in order to make weapons, he even intentionally raised many geese in the royal residence, so that these geese would make noise, and use it to cover up the rattling of building weapons.

“Since that’s the case, then it’s a good thing.” Zhang Anshi cheerfully said, “A large number of manufactured weapons, first of all, need a large number of raw materials. I am of course not clear about the location where they secretly manufacture weapons, but there is one thing that can be calculated clearly, all the pig iron …… for manufacturing weapons, especially large scale pig iron, as well as the raw materials for gunpowder, need to go to the Ministry of Arsenal to extract …… this, the model battalion of the minister, then didn’t go to the Ministry of War to extract less.”

Zhu Di nodded his head, but glared at him, “Can you stop selling out and give me a straight talk.”

Zhang Anshi said resentfully, “I always have to narrate, if not, won’t Your Majesty have many questions?”

Zhu Di heart secretly angry, how to rebel, still need you to teach me? When I rebel, you are still playing with mud.

Patiently, Zhu said, “Continue.”

Only then did Zhang Anshi say, “The imperial court has always been very strict in its management of the raw materials used to manufacture weapons in large quantities, and the location where the weapons are manufactured can surely not be a storehouse where the raw materials are piled up. The pig iron under the sky, and the nitrate and other things needed for gunpowder, must not be in one place.”

Zhu nodded, “And?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Then …… they will definitely have to solve one problem, which is transportation.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di also found it reasonable.

Ji Gang’s face, however, was getting colder and colder, and a pair of eyes, which inadvertently swept through a glimmer of essence, stared dead on at Zhang Anshi.

Chen Wenjun s face …… is also getting more and more ugly.

Only to see Zhang Anshi then said, “Since it has to involve transportation, then I was thinking …… about such confidential things, and such a large amount of transportation, is certainly required to keep it secret. This Nanking City is the hub of the Tianxia waterway, the raw materials for weapons, nine times out of ten, are also transported out from here.”

“If it is before, to find out this matter, I am afraid that it is time consuming and laborious, it is not necessary to send countless officials and soldiers, one ship to check, this is not only time consuming and laborious, and as long as the officials and soldiers check, it will surely hit the grass to scare the snakes. Good on …… the side of the minister, but solved this problem.”

Zhu said, “How to solve it.”

Zhang Anshi said: ”It is very simple, since the brother shipping industry opened, more and more ships join the brother shipping industry, this shipping industry has more cargo ships, the price is still fair, the most important thing is …… there is a brother shipping industry escort, you can ensure that the goods are foolproof, even if something goes wrong, the brother shipping industry also has a The most important thing is that have the brother ship industry escort can ensure that the goods are foolproof, even if there is any problem, the brother ship industry also has a compensation service. Therefore …… now Nanjing city the vast majority of merchants need to transport goods, are directly to the brother ship industry.”

“But …… the hooks that these people are doing are not allowed to see the light, after all, these goods …… are originally taboo, so …… I can conclude that. They will definitely not ask the brother ship industry to be responsible for the transportation of goods.”

When Zhu Di heard it, he became more and more interested, so he said, “This …… is a few points of truth.”

All the hundred officials did not say a word, and one looked at Zhang Anshi.

For his part, Kizuna’s face was taut.

Only to see Zhang Anshi again began to say: “You see, this originally needle in the haystack thing, nowadays …… but can already narrow down the scope to those merchants who transport their own goods. Nanjing city various docks, indeed there is also a part of the goods, is the merchants themselves to find the ship to transport. I have people checked, daily such a boat, there are hundreds of more. Although hundreds more, or a needle in a haystack …… but the minister remembered another thing.”

With that, Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Does Your Majesty know anything about it?”

Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi and said, “You don’t have to ask me, I know a bird.”

Zhang Anshi laughed dryly, “I’m just trying to liven up the atmosphere.”

So, even hastened to color: “This dock …… even if there are merchants own shipment of boats, but the vast majority of sailors, especially boatmen, in fact, are familiar with each other, after all, are a place to make a living, docked at the dock, it is inevitable that each other greetings, go ashore together to have a drink, and even on weekdays Juggle money together.”

“But the minister is thinking …… these people transportation is forbidden things, they choose the boatman, of course, are their own people, is to guard against it. And these boatmen …… know that they are doing is to kill the head of the business, they must be extraordinarily cautious, not cautious people, this chaotic party can not believe.”

“So …… I then let people narrow down the scope, let the people of the brother ship industry, to thoroughly investigate those brother ship line outside the boatman, especially those who are silent, weekdays very little willing to deal with people. This search …… really found a dozen.”

Zhang Anshi paused, then said, “With these dozen targets, the next thing, it is much easier, but it is just for people to keep an eye on them, looking for their destinations, and ultimately …… finding each other’s coffers.”

“After finding the treasury, I didn’t let anyone immediately beat the bushes, but first determined the owner of the treasury, as well as the identity of the people who went in and out of the treasury, and ultimately …… followed the vine to find the melon ……”

“Your Majesty, you say coincidence, this Chen Wenjun’s housekeeper …… is in which …… so I brought people to catch Chen Wenjun on one side, one side to hold his housekeeper, and then one side to let a person copied the treasury, and sure enough, in the treasury to find the Many taboo things, and his housekeeper …… has also confessed, as for this account book, also from the treasury searched out, the general public can not read, but that housekeeper is honestly explained.”

“To decrypt the numbers in it, it’s actually very simple, it’s all the numbers in the first row, add three, the number in the second column, add nine, and in the third column …… subtract one …… Your Majesty, by this method, and then look at the ledger. Doesn’t it seem …… that the number will start to match up.”

Zhu Di lowered his head, but looked confused, this addition and subtraction of things, he still still see dazzling.

But he’s the Emperor, how can he not understand?

Had to say stiffly, not pretending to understand, “So that’s how it works ……”

With that said, Zhu Di then looked at Chen Wenjun, “What do you say?”

His tone of voice, began to be unkind.

Chen Wenjun’s face was miserable, but he still denied it, “Wrongfully accused, wrongfully accused …… This has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with …… It must be …… Right, right, right. It must be that steward ……”

Zhang Anshi laughed and said: ”That steward has already confessed to you, saying that it has always been your instructions. What’s more, those saltpeter and pig iron, he is just a steward, how can he get it? You are the Ministry of the Army master, so you can supervise the theft, as long as the report a little loss up, you can secretly move out of the things of the arsenal. Just …… ready-made swords and spears and gunpowder, to get out is not easy, after all, on the accounts are very clear. So …… you then hit the idea of raw materials, after all, …… this is the least easy for people to notice.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said, “I have asked Jin Zhong Jin Gong …… to check the accounts of the Ministry of War.”

Jin Zhong, who hadn’t said anything all this time, smiled slightly at this moment, “A show of hands, just a show of hands.”

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong looked at each other and smiled at each other again.

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong are related.

Because Jin Zhong’s most intimate acquaintance in the dynasty is Yao Guangxiao, Yao Guangxiao is a monk, Jin Zhong was in Bei Ping is a word surveyor, the two engaged in the service industry, and both are involved in the psychology of the service industry.

The two can be said to sympathize with each other, and because of this, Yao Guangxiao saw Jin Zhong’s talent and recommended Jin Zhong to Zhu Di.

The relationship between these two is a dry one.

After Zhang Anshi locked up Chen Wenjun, the person he immediately approached was Yao Guangxiao and gave him 10,000 taels of silver for incense and oil.

Yao Guangxiao says it’s not enough, and there is a word reader who also wants to calculate Zhang Anshi’s birth date.

So, Zhang Anshi simply added another 10,000 taels of incense oil money.

Soon …… the accounts on the side of the Ministry of War also came out.

At this point, Zhu Di then looked at Jin Zhong.

Jin Zhong smiled and said: “Your Majesty, I have been a few days, I did check the Treasury of the Ministry of War, these two years …… are very strange, Hongwu years when the arsenal of some saltpeter, pig iron loss is often in the ten one or two, but when it comes to the hands of this master Chen Wenjun, the loss of the loss of the increase to ten two or three, which means that …… this arsenal of many things flatly more than one or two percent …… I am the Secretary of the Ministry of War. That is to say …… this arsenal in …… many things, plainly more loss of one or two percent …… I as Secretary of the Ministry of War, this is even a failure to observe, is really the crime of ten thousand deaths. ”

Zhu Di wrinkled his brow and said, “The one in charge of the arsenal is this Chen Wenjun?”

“Chen Wenjun’s management is the Taiping Treasury and the Yongji Treasury. What went wrong was also these two depots ……”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, his face changed, then, viciously looked at Chen Wenjun: “By now, do you still want to deny it?”

Chen Wenjun has been scared to the soul, but clenched his teeth and said, “Injustice …… Injustice …… must be Zhang Anshi planted a frame.”

But by this time, in fact, all the truth …… is almost water fall out, at this time if still shouting injustice, it really can not be said.

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, “Master Chen, at this point, if it were me, I would have wished for a quick death rather than resisting death.”

Cold sweat like soybeans, has seeped out from Chen Wenjun’s forehead, his body is like a sieve, only by clenching the roots of his teeth, he can make his jaw close.

Zhu Di didn’t storm into a rage, he looked deeply at Chen Wenjun: “You can’t do such a thing alone, and you have accomplices, don’t you?”

“I …… am wronged ……,” Chen Wenjun recited over and over again.

Just compared to the former justified cry of injustice, now his breath has been much weaker, no longer have the party’s full of energy.

Ji Gang stood on the sidelines, his face already gloomy to the extreme.

He said coldly, “Even if it’s a theft of the arsenal, it may not necessarily be a chaotic party.”

That’s true, maybe it’s just for profit.

Ji Gang said, looking back at Cui Yihong, who was kneeling on the ground, still still dumbfounded.

But right now, it’s clear that no one is paying attention to what Gee says.

Zhang Anshi, on the other hand, was comforting Chen Wenjun, ”Even if you don’t think about yourself, think about your own family, you don’t want your family to have to suffer endless pain before they die. The Commander of the Brocade Guards is here, his methods, don’t you know? Taking a ten thousand steps back, you at least received his majesty’s salary, eating people’s mouths is soft, just confess.”

Chen Wenjun glared viciously at Zhang Anshi, “Shut up, you little thief.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Chen Wenjun really hated Zhang Anshi, but Zhang Anshi was still planning for him.

Chen Wenjun gritted his teeth and said, “If it wasn’t for you, why would I be here today!”

How smart he was, in fact, by this time, he already knew that he was dead.

So …… actually hobbled, stood up, still still gnashing his teeth, staring at Zhang Anshi with a deadly stare, saying, “You …… you …… this The world …… is not surnamed Zhu, you and others but the thieves of the country.”

Zhu’s heart began to sink.

The other party did not scold him for usurping the throne, but directly said that the surname Zhu stole the country …… This is tantamount to scolding the Taizu Gao Emperor as well.

The group of ministers have also changed color, apparently also realized that the next …… may have some words that they should not hear.

Some people were careful to look at Zhu, at this point, they just regretted that they should not have come if they had known this!

Instead, Zhang Anshi coldly said, “Stealing the country? Whose country did you steal?”

Chen Wenjun looked at Zhang Anshi with hatred as he began to get agitated, his entire body was like a wild beast in a frenzy.

Zhang Anshi was startled and immediately jumped a step backward, blocking his hands at the position of his heart and shouting under his breath, “Protect me ……”

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking were both listening to the words as if they were mesmerized, when they suddenly heard Zhang Anshi’s words, they both looked at their big brother with a confused face.

Only Qiu Song jumped up at once and directly pounced on Chen Wenjun.

Chen Wenjun stumbled and fell down, cursing under his breath, “Thief of the country, thief of the country …… Zheng Yu Gong and Wang Han Gong in heaven …… Haha… . haha ……”

He was preverbal.

But …… this Zheng Yu and Wang Han were heard.

Zhu Di’s face became even more ugly.

Zheng Yu was a great scholar in Jiangnan at the end of the Yuan and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Although under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the southerners were fourth-class people, and their status was almost the same as that of slaves, after Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Tartars, Zheng Yu regarded the Yuan Dynasty as the orthodoxy.

Zhu Di wanted to ask Zheng Yu to come out as an official, Zheng Yu firmly refused, so he went on a hunger strike for seven days and died, and on his deathbed, he also told people that he could not live up to the Yuan Dynasty, and that he wanted to be martyred for the Yuan Dynasty.

Another man, Wang Han, did the same, choosing to commit suicide when he learned that Bei Yuan was also running out of gas.

At that time, such as Zheng Yu and Wang Han like a lot of scholars, there are jumping into the sea, there are cast into the sea, there are also self-immolation, only this Zheng Yu and Wang Han are more prestigious Confucian, the reputation is greater.

“Haha …… When my Dayuan goes south and sweeps the Guan, sooner or later …… I want to sweep away all of you, I Chen Wenjun was born in the twenty-third year of the Zhizheng era, and I was born as a Yuan person and died as a Yuan ghost.”

Zhu Di was furious: “Take it down, take it down for me!”

Chen Wenjun still cursed, “You usurpation of the throne of the thieves also, refused to settle down, Zhu Di, your father, but the district beggar, a cloth, also worthy of the king of the world? In your bloodline, it is only the blood of a beggar, the blood of a man of cloth from the right side of the Huai River!”

He looked like he was crazy, his eyes were bloodshot.

Zhu Yong was the first to step forward and slammed his fist into his teeth.

“Ummmmm ……” Chen Wenjun couldn’t say anything, only his mouth was opened and closed, and he spat out blood in his mouth.

The hundred officials were all too shocked to speak by this Chen Wenjun’s madness.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking, on the other hand, were busy dragging Chen Wenjun out.

Zhang Anshi was actually surprised, he originally thought that this Chen Wenjun, will definitely cry and beg for mercy, but he did not expect …… this guy to have a seizure at this time.

Luckily …… didn’t hurt himself.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, was furious in his heart.

Just right now …… Zhu Di still has a trace of sanity.

He is very clear, this time must not kill Chen Wenjun, Chen Wenjun this person …… still has a use.

He kept taking deep breaths, inexplicably annoyed inside.

The eyes were bright and dark, as if it was an angry lion that, at the moment, only wanted to eat people.

He never thought that this guy …… would dare to insult his own father.

For his great-grandfather, Emperor Gao, Zhu Di may not have felt the full father-son warmth that his own royal brother, Zhu Biao, did.

But Taizu high emperor, has always been the example of Zhu Di, his inner desire, is to do a like Taizu high emperor as set up immortal achievements, the future …… even if their own death, go to see Taizu high emperor, at least Taizu high emperor will not blame himself for starting a war to pacify the world.

Zhu Di’s eyes were bloodshot, he clenched his fists angrily, and took quick steps to sprint beside the imperial seat, and fiercely, his pair of eyes, which looked like a bolt of lightning, fiercely landed on Cui Yihong.

He took a step forward.

Ji Zhan hastily backed away, Ji Zhan’s face had gotten so bad that he was as meek as a sheep at this point.

But Zhu Di ignored him and asked Cui Yihong word for word: “Tell me, are you a rebel?”

Cui Yihong, like a conditioned reflex, immediately said, “The slave girl …… covets the property …… and thinks that …… in the future …… In the future, if you welcome the people of the former Yuan into the customs, you …… will be able to get a great credit.”

Zhu Di was even more furious: “I ask you again, when did you collude with the rebel party?”

Cui Yihong said, “The slave girl is greedy for wealth and goods …… and thinks …… that in the future, if we welcome the people of the former Yuan to enter the customs, we …… will be able to get a great credit. So the slave girl is a chaotic party.”

Zhu Di stood up straight, he seemed to be all of a sudden his body was cold, exuding a cold air, and a pair of eyes …… were no longer angry, but became dark and unfathomable.

Ji Gang’s face changed greatly, prostrate on the ground, kneeling at Zhu Di’s feet, “Your Majesty ……鑷� ……鑷� …… is not doing a good job, ten thousand deaths of sin. ”

Zhu didn’t respond.

Zhang Anshi, however, thought it was too much fun, how this Cui Yihong, as if a tape recorder, so he whispered, “Are you a chaotic party?”

Cui Yihong immediately said, “The slave girl …… coveted the property …… and thought …… that in the future … . in the future, if we welcome the people of the former Yuan into the customs, then …… we will be able to get a great credit.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Do I look like a rebel to you?”

Cui Yihong said, “The slave girl …… coveted the property …… and thought …… that in the future … …In the future, if we welcome the people of the former Yuan into the customs, we …… will be able to get a great credit.”