Zhang Siwei's housekeeper Cheng Jiu stepped forward and replied: "A letter just arrived today and I am about to submit it to the master."
With that said, Cheng Jiu gave the letter to Zhang Siwei.
Zhang Siwei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, took the letter and read it, then frowned and said:
"Reply to the second master and tell him not to let Nanjing's chief minister impeach Hai Rui again!"
"Hai Rui is probably going to be promoted to the capital soon, but that doesn't mean life will be easy next year. It might be even worse than when Hai Rui was Governor-General Nan Zhi!"
"Ask him to sell off the properties that need to be sold, and draw a clear line between the properties that need to be sold, and move back to Puzhou to start a business or keep the family property. Don't compete in the field of profit."
"You will lose as much money as you will lose. It is just an external possession, so just accept your fate!"
Cheng Jiu raised his hands and said yes.
…
"I accept my fate!"
"But you factory guards, don't be happy for too long. After this defeat, the scholars in the world will become even more evil!"
"Don't think I don't know. Without the hard work of you hawks and dogs, Xu Huating would have been caught with evidence of crime? Can Yang Fushi and the others lose?"
In the deep prison.
Yang Keli's mouth was full of blood and he smiled and said to Bai Yiqing, the master of Qianhu in Dongchang.
Bai Yiqing didn't bother to say that His Majesty attached great importance to the construction of Jinyiwei, spent money, and selected many talented people with military medals and carefully cultivated orphans to serve as Jinyiwei, which made Jinyiwei's intelligence work even more powerful. He only sneered and said: "You can accept your fate, but you still have to recruit those who need to be recruited."
"Say, who instigated you!"
Bai Yiqing interrogated Yang Keli as he spoke.
Yang Keli said: "I instruct myself!"
Snapped!
"ah!"
Bai Yiqing whipped Yang Keli directly.
Yang Keli screamed, and blood-oozing scars suddenly appeared on his face.
Bai Yiqing continued: "Do you think we will believe it? There are definitely some Yang Keli who are dissatisfied with the Grand Master's new policy, and there are definitely some who are willing to actively stand up to oppose it, but it is not impossible to make money on the way!"
Yang Keli gritted his teeth and said: "I have always been a breeze, I don't know what it means to make money!"
Bai Yiqing laughed: "If you tell your comrades what you said, they will naturally believe it, but if you tell it to our Jin Yiwei, isn't it intended to make us Jin Yiwei laugh?"
"In this civil and military dynasty, who may be incorruptible and who may be corrupt, we Jin Yiwei still don't know?"
"Unless you, Yang Keli, are greedy for money and dare not spend it, the private garden you built in your hometown, imitating the Humble Administrator's Garden, is not bad!"
Yang Keli: "..."
At this time, Bai Yiqing raised the whip again: "Come on, although you have been sentenced to death, wouldn't it be nice to suffer less?"
Bai Yiqing continued: "There are a lot of torture instruments in my prison, and you have been sentenced to death by the cabinet for deceiving the emperor! Naturally, we can let you taste them all."
"Besides, the capital of Jiangdong has already said everything."
"If you don't say it now, you will undoubtedly suffer in vain."
"Zhang Puzhou!"
"You have caused so much harm to us, even Fang Jiayu dared to seal her off, why are you so cowardly?!"
Yang Keli couldn't help but scolded Zhang Siwei again, then looked at Bai Yiqing and said: "Don't hit! I said!"
"You guessed it right, although we are all dissatisfied with Jiang Ling, we did receive money."
"After all, no one denies that there is a lot of money, and when it comes to it, it is the friendship between scholars, so it is impossible not to accept it."
"What's more, those who are officials in the capital have been receiving all kinds of filial piety for so many years before Jiangling came to power. They have long been accustomed to it, and it is difficult to control their own hands."
Yang Keli replied.
"Whose is it?"
"Why did he give you money?"
Bai Yiqing asked.
"Former Hanlin Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian!"
"Now that Jiang Ling is dead, people like him and Zhao Yongxian are naturally anxious to be resurrected by the imperial court. After all, they have been in exile for many years. It is time for them to return to the capital and cash in on the scholarly reputation they accumulated by fighting against their superiors."
"What's more, if they are not revived, it will be really difficult for the family behind them to make a comeback, and they may even be completely reduced to a commoner class that is difficult to stand up again!"
"Especially when the imperial court had not announced the intention of liquidating Zhang Juzheng and resurrecting them, they naturally became more anxious and sent people to get money to inquire about it, even if they did not hesitate to use all the money accumulated by their family over the past several generations. "
"Originally, Shilin admired them for their courage to defend the etiquette system in the past. Now they are trapped in a foreign country because they have not been able to wait for the decree of pardon. If they come out with money, we will naturally accept it."
Yang Keli started talking.
Bai Yiqing took the confession over after the document was recorded and said, "Let's put it on paper!"
So, Yang Ke immediately signed the pledge, and then cried: "Mr. Wu, Gong Zhao, I'm sorry for you, woo woo!"
It didn't take long for Jiang Dongzhi here to confess that he had indeed received the money.
Bai Yiqing also obtained the evidence of Wu Zhongxing and others based on their confessions, and reported it to Zhang Jing.
"Mr. Shen Ge is right. Since we are all in the same boat, and now it is not just the Zhang family in Jiangling who has no way out, it turns out that we can't have a way out, so we should be more thorough and dig out everything that needs to be dug out! "
"Prepare manpower immediately. As soon as the imperial decree is issued, we will immediately arrest these people who are waiting to be resurrected."
Zhang Jing took the evidence and started talking with a smile.
Bai Yiqing raised his hand and said yes.
The next day.
The heavy snow has cleared, and in the glazed world, the white tiles and red walls are all shining dazzlingly.
In this world, Zhu Yijun had just woken up from the queen's bed, washed and changed his clothes, and was about to return to Qianqing Palace when Zhang Jing came over: "Your Majesty, Zhang Sijiao has written a letter to Zhang Siwei according to the order. "
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this.
Then, Zhang Jing reported: "In addition, according to the imperial edict, Bai Yiqing interrogated Yang Keli and waited for the rebellious minister to report, there are people behind this major case!"
Zhu Yijun stopped after hearing this: "Who else?"
Zhang Jing then took out the evidence of the crime: "There are also Wu Zhongxing, Zhao Yongxian and other people who were deposed and exiled by Grand Master Zhang in the past!"
"They couldn't wait any longer. To be precise, the clan behind them couldn't wait any longer, so they offered money to collude with the civil servants of the DPRK and China and even the military generals. They wanted His Majesty to be the liquidator, Mr. Zhang, to rehabilitate them as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun immediately took the evidence and read it.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but sneer, thinking that indeed, behind the struggle in the court, interests and business were involved.
"Very good, you have done a great job this time and actually took the initiative to dig out the person who was hiding deeper!"
"I will name your nephew as Shang Bao Sicheng, so that your people will be grateful to you."
Zhu Yijun spoke to Zhang Jing at this time.
Zhang Jing hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and sobbed: "This slave has left home a long time ago, and has been a member of the palace for a long time. Even so, the emperor can still bestow favors on the slaves, and it will be difficult for the slaves to die hundreds of times to repay the divine favor! "
The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty did not have no family members at all. Just like the civil servants and generals of this era who liked to seek favors from their families through meritorious service, they were also very keen on this, or even more so.
Because the less likely they are to have children of their own, the more they care about family ties. After all, human nature is to care about what is lacking, so that the relationship between the eunuchs in the palace is the relationship between father and son.
What's more, in this era, clan culture is strong, and people like to be respected and decent in front of their own clansmen.
The same goes for eunuchs.
For example, during the Tianqi period in history, Wei Zhongxian was very keen on seeking titles for his nephew, and even sought the title of Marquis.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun would also show gratitude to his ministers in this way, but he did not intend to use the military position as a favor like in history, or even the favor of a royal guard.
It is impossible for Zhu Yijun to make the military position, especially the imperial guard position, so cheap again, and the Enyin Zhangjing clan member is a powerless civil servant in Shangbaosi.
For Zhang Jing, as long as it is a favor, the less power the better. After all, he just wants to see his tribesmen fawning over and loving him because of his wealth, rather than really wanting to see his tribesmen show off their power in front of him. look.
After all, his foundation is in the palace, and his clan members have power, which is not a good thing for him.
Stop gossiping.
Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jingping to stand up and say: "Immediately issue an order to arrest these people! Political speculation is not advisable, and if they break the court rules, they should be severely punished! Everyone cares so much about benevolence, justice and morality, but the result is that it happens to them. You don’t take benevolence, justice and morality seriously anymore!”
(End of chapter)
