When looking at a person through filters, there will always be deviations, whether it is behavior or character.
As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Mao Xiang must wear colored glasses due to his professional requirements. Now when I look at Zhao Mian, I always feel that there is a hidden meaning in his behavior.
The records in a single impermanence book are difficult to read clearly, but when all the six years of records were put together and the repeated behaviors were extracted, Mao Xiang was keenly aware that these seemingly normal behaviors had hidden secrets. Pure purpose.
"In April of the 22nd year of Hongwu, Zhao Mian helped six people and gave them rice and grain."
"In July of the 24th year of Hongwu, Zhao Mian helped four people and gave them rice and grain."
"In December of the 24th year of Hongwu, Zhao Mian helped eight people, sending rice, food and clothing."
"..."
The records in the Impermanence Book do not have any emotional color, they are just records of Zhao Mian's behavior.
These records of Zhao Mian's relief to the people were extracted from the Impermanence Book by many Jin Yiwei within two hours, consolidated, and then submitted to Mao Xiang for review.
In other words, because these behaviors span a relatively long time span and are hidden in the book of impermanence, no problem can be seen at all.
In fact, this can be said to be evidence that Zhao Mian is full of enthusiasm and cares for the people.
Even if the emperor knew about it, he would only praise Zhao Mian as a good official and would never think of other aspects.
The long time span, coupled with the deeds of officials and people enjoying themselves, no one can see anything wrong with it.
When the person who records it is accustomed to it, and when the person who examines it turns a blind eye to it, even if there is something fishy hidden in it, it will not be known to anyone.
However, Mao Xiang was wearing colored glasses at the moment. These deeds that could be called good talk were full of awkwardness in his opinion.
Yingtian was the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty and the area with the highest concentration of wealthy households in the world.
Here, Zhao Mian was able to find so many poor people in need of help, which was really a good intention.
Mao Xiang checked these records carefully. Starting from April of the 22nd year of Hongwu to December of the 24th year of Hongwu, for a total of two years, Zhao Mian would help a group of poor families every few months. .
Due to record problems, these reliefs did not specify who was specifically targeted, which made Mao Xiang a little dissatisfied.
If it were Jiang Wei's record, he must have understood it in detail. These spies were still far worse, and they were suspected of being lazy and slippery.
It is useless to pursue this matter at this moment. These matters have been a long time ago. Jin Yiwei has been mobilized frequently, making it even more difficult to find out.
But fortunately, he had a preliminary direction, and the general location of the rescue had been figured out. Mao Xiang thought carefully and decided to cast a wide net to catch more fish, and dispersed the Jinyiwei spies to investigate in detail.
Thinking of this, Mao Xiang immediately sent people to find out, paying special attention to those families who seemed to be poor, but in fact had nothing to do but fish and meat.
There are many mediocre people in this world. This yellow and white thing is intoxicating. Once you get it, it is really difficult to resist spending it.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Zhao Mian's "good deeds" may hide the transformation between frugality and luxury.
Jin Yiwei acted quickly, showing his ability to act beyond cognition. Like a fine net, he began to focus on screening the targets of Zhao Mian's help.
As for Zhu Di and Zhan Hui, after leaving the Wuying Palace, they did not immediately go to the Wenhua Palace to pick up someone. Instead, they discussed specific action plans in the corridor.
Zhu Di, who had been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, did not show any nervousness. He only felt a little excited, as if he had returned to the time when he was chasing the remnants of Beiyuan.
Soldiers who, deception also. Zhu Di thought it was particularly suitable to use it in the court. As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhao Mian was undoubtedly an old fox. It would be unsightly to arrest people directly.
To convict Zhao Mian based only on his wife Liu's remarks, if Zhao Mian resisted everything, he would be killed at most. This was not in line with Zhu Di's inner expectations.
He was thinking of uprooting the entire chain of interests and completely destroying a series of civil servants with Zhao Mian as a pawn, thereby further consolidating his position.
This was not a sudden idea on his part. Zhu Di had a clear mind, and when discussing matters, he could tell who was taking advantage of the situation.
For Zhu Di, since it is of no use to him, then he simply doesn't do anything. Either don't do anything, or do it to death.
Such simple thoughts obviously come from his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely ruthless and could kill anyone who could not be used by me.
Zhan Hui has a different view on this. Although he is not worried that this matter will affect him, he is not willing to see civil servants killed too much. Otherwise, the power imbalance in the court will not be good for a civil servant like him. .
Therefore, he still advised carefully: "Your Highness, just find the culprit and kill him. It is not appropriate to implicate too many people."
Zhu Di sneered and said, "I don't agree with what Mr. Zhan said. Such people who are greedy and evil should be killed, especially those who buy official positions."
He paused for a moment and continued: "Those who buy an official position spend such a huge price to obtain an official position. If they want to get their money back, they must take away the people's fat and anointing. As a result, I don't know how many people will suffer because of this. If they can't kill them all, Elimination will definitely harm the people."
Zhan Hui knew in his heart that this was also a master who advocated severe punishment, and it was difficult to persuade him, so he had to say: "What your Highness said is reasonable. Corruption should be severely punished. The culprit like Zhao Mian should be killed as a warning to others. I think that if the crime is more serious, Those who are minor can be exiled, but there is no need to kill them."
If the person in front of him was Zhu Yuanzhang, then Zhan Hui would have said nothing and would never have made such a suggestion.
But now it is the prince Zhu Di, and Zhan Hui has been able to get some clues during his time with him.
As the saying goes, the nine sons of a dragon are all different. Zhan Hui knew that although the prince looked like his majesty, there were still many differences.
Perhaps Zhu Di did not experience as much suffering as Zhu Yuanzhang. He was not full of hatred and distrust of officials like Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhan Hui believed that Zhu Di should have a somewhat gentle heart and his methods would not be as fierce as His Majesty's. Zhu Di could even have a clearer understanding of how to select and employ people.
The original history can indeed prove this. In terms of selecting civil servants, the auxiliary ministers arranged by Zhu Di were indeed better than those arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because of this, Zhan Huicai dared to put forward some suggestions tactfully. He was really worried that Zhu Di would kill him and completely destroy the foundation of civil servants.
In this regard, Zhu Di just said: "Everything should be handled according to the "Da Ming Law"!"
Hearing these words, Zhan Hui did not relax too much, and even had a bit of a bitter taste in his mouth. These words were familiar. His Majesty also said similar words when he formulated the "Da Ming Law".
It's just that after the real killing, the "Da Ming Law" became a pile of waste paper, and even various tortures that did not exist in the "Da Ming Law" came into being.
Just as he was thinking about how to admonish him, he saw a eunuch running over in a hurry and coming to Zhu Di's side. After first greeting him, he whispered a few words in his ear.
The next moment, Zhan Hui saw Zhu Di's expression suddenly became joyful, and said: "Master Zhan, you go to the Wenhua Hall first, while I go to see someone first!"
After the words fell, before Zhan Hui could speak, he saw Zhu Di walking out excitedly.
He couldn't help but be a little surprised, who could have such great dignity to make His Highness the Crown Prince so happy?
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