The men who killed Zhu Youxi relied solely on their drunkenness. After the drunkenness wore off, Zhang Bien and Lin Linyou were a little frightened. After all, he was Zhu Youxi, the grandson of Taizu Emperor Gao and the nephew of Emperor Zhu Di.
But Lin Linyou was obviously still very excited. Because of Zhu Youxi's abnormal legend, he couldn't help but want to meet him for a while to add a touch of interest to his ordinary time-traveling life.
He looked at the two big men lying on the ground with unsatisfied eyes, flicked the blood on the Xiuchun knife, and slowly put it into its sheath...
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"I only believe you for the sake of my eldest brother!"
"Just believe me. Didn't I make you any money?"
"You begged me to let Li Xiangnan go because you wanted to do business with him?"
"Of course it's more than that." Xia Di smiled, "Li Xiangnan, you still have to leave it to us. You can't control it, Yang Xiaoqi! I was helping you."
"You gave me my money to him. Apart from him, only you know about the three of us!" Yang Fang said, "How did Wang Qian know about it?"
"You can't rely on me for this. Isn't it normal for you Jin Yiwei to stare at us civil servants?"
"You'd better not lie to me!" Yang Fang pointed the knife at Xia Di.
Although Xia Di was scared, she still forced a smile on her face: "Yang Xiaoqi, if you have the guts, just point the knife at Wang Qian and the others, and at me, a little civil servant, what's going on?"
After a long moment of silence, Yang Fang silently put down the knife: "What about Li Xiangnan, if he was released and then captured again, what's going on?"
"You'd better not know this, right?" Xia Di said, "In fact, Li Xiangnan was not arrested. He acted impartially, so he couldn't be arrested, right? According to my guess, even if he was corrupt and bribed, the emperor would be merciful outside the law. "
Before Yang Fang could ask any more questions, Xia Di rushed over and said, "I can only say so much. If I say too much and you listen too much, it will be detrimental to everyone... By the way, your profit share of one hundred and fifty taels, At that time, I will have someone deposit it into your bank account, a total of five hundred taels. As for Wang Qian, to be honest, this person is really annoying, and I also annoy him! Hey, why don't you ask your elder brother to settle things with them? It's really not possible It needs to be involved."
It was going to be daybreak soon, and there was no time to do anything else. With weak hands and feet, Zhang Bilin and Lin Linyou tied the bodies of the two big men to big rocks and sank them to the bottom of the river.
I checked the breath of the kidnapped man and woman, as well as the breathing in and out...
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The General Affairs Envoy was in charge of the four directions' memorials, responsible for cashiering the emperor's orders, communicating with subordinates, and reporting to the four directions' subjects to complain about injustice or report illegal things.
The jeweler Fu Yancheng was able to find Liu Zuo, the counselor of the General Affairs Department, all because of money.
Although Counselor Liu Zuo ranks third among the deputies and is also the main officer, he can certainly speak up. However, he is still a deputy and cannot make the final decision. In addition, the remuneration given by Fu Yancheng is far from what he expected, so he cannot commit any crime. A businessman offended the military attache. Therefore, Counselor Liu Zuo took Fu Yancheng's money with his left hand, and secretly sold the information to Li Qianhu with his right hand.
Zhang Yushi, whom Zhang Mingguang was looking for, was well-informed and knew that Counselor Liu Zuo had informed Li Qianhu, so he suspended the delay and waited to see what would happen.
As expected, officials protect each other!
When Li Xiangnan received the news about Liu Zuo's consultation, he took the initiative and reported to the emperor. He said that several merchants had entered the city and found many gold and silver products hidden in their luggage and goods, violating the imperial ban on gold and silver transactions. He implored the emperor to They punish crimes!
Zhu Di immediately summoned Li Xiangnan and Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment, and asked Liu Guan how to rule by law.
Liu Guan replied: "The regulations in the 30th year of Hongwu stipulate that private gold and silver transactions are not allowed. The "Da Ming Rites Collection" also stipulates that people are not allowed to use gold jewelry. Therefore, I believe that these merchants are breaking the law."
Zhu Di said: "If people are prohibited from trading and taking it, why should they be prohibited from hoarding it?"
He also said to Li Xiangnan: "You are responsible for investigating spies and the people are breaking the law. How can you interfere with your affairs? I forgive you now. If you continue to violate your duties and punish the people, you will not be forgiven!"
Zhu Di's remarks had his own considerations. Since the issuance of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes in the eighth year of Hongwu, private transactions in gold and silver goods have been prohibited and violators will be punished. However, not using gold and silver as the basis of banknotes obviously violated the economic laws of currency issuance. In addition, the excessive issuance of treasure banknotes at that time led to currency depreciation and inflation. By the Yongle period, the consistent banknotes were only worth 71 pence.
As Qiu Bu said, when dealing with people in the world, gold comes easy! Although there are high-pressure laws and regulations from the court, people still secretly buy gold and silver products for collection. In their eyes, only these hard currencies that maintain value are trustworthy.
Now that the north is undecided, for the sake of the stability of the people in the internal society, the ban on gold and silver trading should be appropriately relaxed to facilitate economic development and recovery.
Therefore, Zhu Di did not punish the two businessmen Fu Yancheng and Zhang Mingguang, but also ordered Li Xiangnan to return the cart of gold and silver.
Zhu Di had no intention of punishing Li Xiangnan. After all, he represented the guard of the capital. As the emperor, he had to focus on appeasing him. As for the show with a white face, of course it was left to their Shangguan to sing.
Not long ago, Zhu Di had just appointed the ninth daughter of King Zhou Zhu Ji as the princess of Ningling, and the eleventh daughter as the princess of Chenliu. He also ordered Qian Qin and Feng Xun to be the ministers of Zhongfeng and guests of honor of the clan mansion, with the title of princess of Ningling. He was paired with Qian Qin, and Princess Chenliu was paired with Feng Xun. Qian Qin was the son of Qian Xingzhi, Dianzhang of the Yiwei Department; Feng Xun was the son of Feng Sigong, the governor of the state.
Zhu Zhu came to the capital to express his gratitude and stayed overnight in a palace in the capital.
Li Xiangnan's affairs just came to an end. At night, Zhu Xi summoned the Li Ke to assist Xia Di.
I think those cups of good tea that Xia Di mentioned before were drunk in Zhu Ju's prince's mansion. It's not easy for him, a time traveler, to be ranked as Zhu Ju.
"Li Zengzhi must be very happy that Jiang Ayan is dead. No one will use this as an excuse to impeach him anymore."
"Whose family doesn't have a few retainers?" Xia Di said, "This kind of reason is completely irrelevant to the emperor's ears. If it is a clique for personal gain, it will be different."
"Li Xiangnan is a tough nut to crack," Zhu Xi said. "Consultant Zuo, the imperial censor, is as silent as a cicada and dare not speak. Maybe he is really a member of Li Zengzhi's tribe?"
"My lord, the one we want to gnaw on is not him." Xia Di said, "It doesn't matter whether he is a clansman or not. As long as the emperor thinks so, that's fine."
"The capital city gate guards such an important position, so let someone like this guard it..."
"This is Li Zengzhi, the former military commander on the left, planning to endanger the country!" Xia Di said loudly, "Someone should go to the palace to remonstrate!"
"Xia Geishe, now that this worry is over, I can read my medical books with peace of mind."
After returning to his residence, not long after Xia Di lay down, he was woken up by Yang Fang's embroidered spring knife.
He didn't sleep for much that night, but just after the ugly hour in the early morning of the next day, and as soon as Yang Fang left, he was fully dressed and ready to enter the palace.
At this time, the sky is bright, and summer days always get bright earlier.
Lin Linyou and Zhang Bi returned to their apartment covered in blood, secretly took a shower, and then couldn't wait to get into their respective beds. They were tired, sleepy, had a headache after drinking, and spent the whole night, but they found him. The feeling we had when we stayed up all night surfing the Internet...
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Zhu Youxi was still lying in the brocade tent, but he woke up.
One of his men hurriedly entered Zhu Youxi's bedroom after asking for permission, and whispered a few words in a low voice.
"Dead?" Young Zhu Youxi's heart moved, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
On the same day, he hurried back to Xin'an fiefdom.
Behind the car, two people were tied up - the man and woman who were almost beheaded by his two men...
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