Ren Li's case has been solved for the time being. Although it has not been finalized yet, for the superiors, Zhu Qiyu has given enough support, so the next step is to get a result.
As for whether the investigation of this result was difficult or not, it was not important to Zhu Qiyu whether it was completed by Jin Yiwei or the Ministry of Punishment.
In a sense, for the emperor, the ministers are tools to implement the will. If the emperor issues a sacred order, it will eventually be completed.
Because if it cannot be completed, then the career of the person responsible for completing it will come to an end.
Using the right person, not the person you trust most, is one of the compulsory lessons for an emperor.
The right people are naturally those who can get things done!
Going back to Ren Li's case, this case certainly requires a lot of evidence, and perhaps He Hao's words are tough, but Zhu Qiyu has done what he should do, and Jin Yiwei and the Criminal Department will naturally be responsible for the next thing.
All he wants is the final result.
Of course, there is a flaw in doing so, that is, it can easily foster the unscrupulous culture of the people below. For example, the current Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are scorned and have a notorious reputation.
It's because they only focus on results, and in order to get results, they can use any means.
If you want to solve this problem, you must rely on institutional constraints. This is why Zhu Qiyu asked the third division to review the case.
Jinyiwei and Dongchang, because they were directly under the imperial power, were outside the system to a certain extent.
Without the constraints of the system, the problem just mentioned will occur, and we will do whatever it takes to achieve results.
However, the Criminal Department belongs to the imperial government. Whether it is interrogation, torture, or evidence collection, it has its own rules and regulations, and is subject to the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In this case, the emperor's requirements and the fairness of the trial can be balanced to a certain extent, which is what Zhu Qiyu has always hoped to achieve.
It is easy to implement the emperor's will, but it is not so easy to convince the public and implement the emperor's will in accordance with the normal judicial system and procedures.
Even this is a great challenge for the emperor himself.
Because once the latter is chosen, then there is the possibility that this system and process will be turned over to restrict the emperor. To put it bluntly, everything may be interrogated according to the system, and the final result will be that it is difficult to implement the emperor's will.
If you want to have both, the test is an emperor's ability to control the court and his ministers.
This case is a touchstone. Zhu Qiyu wants to see if there can be organic cooperation between Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Punishment.
Of course, it doesn't matter if he can't. After all, he now has the opportunity to try and make mistakes.
What's more, as a long-established secret service agency, Jinyiwei is only used for arrests and interrogations, which is overkill.
Sitting up straight on the couch, Zhu Qiyu's expression became more serious and he continued to ask.
"In Ren Li's case, just listen to Jin Shangshu. Putting this matter aside, is there any result on the other matter I asked you to investigate?"
During this period of time, Lu Zhong has been traveling around the capital and the border, so much so that he has ignored the internal movements of Beizhen Fusi. Of course, he is not so busy just because of Ren Li's case.
Hearing the emperor's question, Lu Zhong also subconsciously straightened his expression and said with cupped hands.
"Your Majesty, forgive me. The Jinyi Guards were deployed at the border for too short a time. Although I have tried my best to investigate, I can only confirm that this matter has nothing to do with the reorganization of the military camp. It is not a secret connection between the border generals. As for the truth, However, further investigation is needed.”
"Oh? It has nothing to do with it?"
Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.
In addition to Ren Li's case, another task he assigned to Jin Yiwei was to investigate the causes and consequences of the envoy's visit to Beijing to pay tribute.
News of this incident came before the court meeting. At that time, the DPRK was at the forefront of rectifying the military garrison. Many people speculated whether there was someone behind this who was causing trouble and wanted to threaten the invaders' self-respect.
Although it is said that the Ministry of War has taken measures in this regard, after all, it is a matter involving border security and cannot be ignored. Although Zhu Qiyu did not say anything publicly, he secretly sent Jin Yiwei to investigate as soon as possible.
Fortunately, after more than a year of development, Jinyiwei has laid many nails in various areas of the border army. However, due to time constraints, the real goal they want to achieve is to blend into the various tribes in Oara. Still hard to finish.
Therefore, Lu Zhongcai said that the time was too short and it could only be determined that it was not the work of the border troops.
But if this is the case, what will be the purpose of this mission?
Zhu Qiyu didn't believe that he would advance the mission's tribute date in advance for no reason.
You should know that after negotiations by Zhu Jian and others, the tribute, number of people, and horses allowed by the mission to perform Hajj were restricted.
Although it is not said to be completely unprofitable, for Wala, it does need to be well prepared.
In particular, each tribute requires at least half a year to prepare. If you want to advance the time, you will have to spend several times the price to collect it.
This is not a good deal!
Therefore, the mission must have other intentions when they come here!
Zhu Qiyu asked after frowning and thinking for a moment.
"Where's Tuotuo Buhua? Are there any unusual situations in the recent mutual market?"
Up to now, the Ming Dynasty has been conducting mutual market transactions with the five major tribes under the Tuotuo Buhua tent for nearly a year. During this process, it should be said that it is relatively peaceful.
Perhaps because of the threat of Ye Xian, Tuotuo Buhua restrained his subordinates very well, and basically there was no robbery like the mutual market in the early years.
Of course, they did not dare to act recklessly in the official mutual market, but whenever the mutual market was approaching, small groups of riders would often appear to rob the border villages.
However, this has nothing to do with whether the mutual market can be opened or not. As I said before, the attitude of both parties is to ignore this kind of thing.
If Ming catches him, he will kill him directly, and the Tatars will have nothing to say, and they will not be able to raise troops to avenge him. But on the other hand, if they cannot catch him, then Ming will suffer the dumb loss himself.
Generally speaking, the situation at the border has actually improved a lot since the mutual trade began.
At the same time, since the mutual trade with Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was completed by Huangdian, the trend of border smuggling was largely curbed.
The most direct result of all this is that the national treasury quickly became abundant. Although it was still unable to make ends meet, at least it was no longer in a state of having to live in a state of poverty.
After this period of time, Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue smiled every day he met everyone. Of course, if he didn't calculate the money that went into the inner treasury every day, he might be more popular.
This is of course a good side of mutual trade, but what you need to know is that there is never any tenderness in the exchanges between countries.
While conducting mutual trading, neither Zhu Qiyu nor Tuotuo Buhua secretly relaxed their vigilance and actions towards each other.
In the past few days, in the process of mutual trade in the Ming Dynasty, it was inevitable that many Jin Yiwei would mix in, and some of them even found the opportunity to follow several major tribes back to the grassland.
Correspondingly, taking advantage of the opportunity of mutual trading, Ming Dynasty also arrested many people who wanted to sneak into Ming Dynasty's city openly and covertly, and went around to inquire about information.
But after all, Ming Dynasty is better at this kind of spying work. Therefore, relatively speaking, Jinyiwei has more people sneaking in. Naturally, he can get a lot of information.
Lu Zhong thought for a while and replied.
"Your Majesty, it is not much different from usual. The people sent by me did not return any special news. If there is anything worth noting, then it is during this period that several major tribes and the Ming Dynasty Mutual trading is becoming more and more frequent.”
"Furthermore, I have read the military reports from the Ministry of War these days and corroborated the information reported by Jin Yiwei's spies in the border army. I discovered something strange."
At this point, Lu Zhong's tone was a bit hesitant, but Zhu Qiyu perked up and asked, "What's the matter?"
Lu Zhong hesitated for a moment and then said: "During this period, there have been a lot more conflicts across the border. Many rangers crossed the border at night. Thanks to the diligence of our border troops, there was not much loss. However, this is what makes me feel weird."
"Logically speaking, these tribes are taking great risks by crossing the border to plunder. After all, the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars are now friendly. If they are caught, they will be killed on the spot by the border troops, so Normally, these tribes would not take this risk unless they had to, but once they come, they will definitely gain something."
"However, during this period, although the border troops discovered many rangers, they were basically just discovered. These people returned the same way without any desire to fight. In some cases, not only did they not plunder anything, but they carried it with them themselves. All supplies will be left alone.”
"In addition, the weather has gradually warmed up now, and the most difficult days on the grassland have passed. I feel that this situation is unusual."
There is a lot of trouble on the border, and a delegation was sent here first. Is there any connection between these two things?
Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked.
"You mean, Tuotuo Buhua wants to start a war?"
This is not impossible.
You know, in the past, the most important reason why many people in the imperial court opposed the re-opening of the mutual market was that they were afraid that once the mutual trade was opened, the grassland tribes would quickly obtain a large amount of resources from the Ming Dynasty. Once the opponent's strength recovered, they would attack again. Ming Dynasty has a plan.
Lu Zhong lowered his head and cupped his hands.
"I dare not make false claims, but judging from the current situation, the many rangers that have appeared on the border in recent times are indeed different from the young and strong people who came spontaneously from various tribes in previous years. It seems that there is someone organizing and supporting them behind them."
"And their purpose does not seem to be to plunder a lot of supplies, but more like to test something. Moreover, according to previous news, the relationship between Ye Xian and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua has also eased recently. .”
"At this time, a mission was suddenly dispatched, and coupled with the many frictions at the border, I am indeed a little worried about whether..."
This is actually very obvious.
The many frictions at the border were to test the strength of Ming Dynasty, and the reason why Ye Xian's mission arrived early may also be for this purpose.
If this is really the case, then...
"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk."
Zhu Qiyu frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the case, making a slight sound. After a moment, he turned sideways and said.
"Huai'en, go and announce the arrival of Yu Shaobao and Wang's Chief Assistant and Yu Cifu in the cabinet."
"yes!"
Wynn bowed to accept the order. However, before he could even take two steps back, he heard the emperor speak again.
"Also, call Yang Hong over!"
"yes!"
As Huaien left in a hurry, the Qianqing Palace fell into silence for a while. Lu Zhongqing knew that the matter was serious and did not dare to say anything. He stood aside and watched his nose and heart.
The first two people to come over were the two people from the cabinet. They were handling official business in the cabinet when they were suddenly summoned. As they were guessing what was going on, they saw the long-lost commander of the Imperial Guard standing next to them.
The two looked at each other, fell to the ground, and said.
"I will see you, Your Majesty."
"Well, sit down!"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and motioned to the waiter to move two pillars for the two of them to sit down, but his vaguely frowning brows never relaxed.
Then, Yu Qian also hurried over, and after waiting for half a stick of incense, Yang Hong also arrived in the hall.
As people gradually gathered, several ministers present looked at each other and felt that today was unusual. Zhu Qiyu did not hesitate, pointed at Lu Zhong, and briefly told everyone about the situation of the report. Once again, he asked.
"This matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, the war on the border may resume. What's more, the court is now at a critical moment of rectifying the military settlement. In addition, there is also Ren Li's case, which may involve the Seven Guards of Kansai."
"At this time, if the news spreads, it will definitely cause discussion in the court. I want to hear your attitude on what to do next."
After the words fell, the others had not yet spoken, but Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue showed a trace of doubt on their faces. After hesitating for a moment, Wang Ao stepped forward and asked.
"Your Majesty, I dare you. I can roughly understand the matter of Tuotuo Buhua and Ye's advance envoys. I just don't know what your Majesty is talking about involving the Seven Guards of Kansai."
Only then did Zhu Qiyu realize that among the people summoned after the previous court meeting, these two cabinet ministers were not included, so he glanced at Yu Qian and said.
"This matter has not yet been decided, but it is related to Yu Shaobao, so it is better for Mr. Yu to speak."
Seeing this situation, the two of them turned their attention to Yu Qian, who did not shy away. After pondering for a moment, he told the whole story.
Of course, some of the details are rather obscure, but with the political experience of Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue, they can easily guess the truth of the matter.
So, after understanding what happened, the two of them didn't even have time to be shocked by the bizarreness of what happened that year, but they also felt at the same time how difficult the situation they were facing now...
