"It is said that the King of Qin has an audience!"
Following the eunuch's announcement, Zhu Ping's figure also walked in from outside the hall.
When Qin King Zhu Ping, who was also dressed in a royal guard uniform, walked in from outside the palace, the first thing he looked at was his eldest brother Zhu Biao, who was sitting under the dragon chair. Then he looked at the empty dragon chair. .
After a brief moment of dullness, he quickly saluted his eldest brother, Zhu Biao, above him.
"My younger brother, Zhu Xi, pays homage to the crown prince!"
"No need to be polite, what is the purpose of King Qin's visit this time?"
At this time, Zhu Biao had completely adapted to what he had to face while sitting in this position.
Under the gaze of his younger brother, Zhu Biao did not feel anything strange, and still calmly asked Zhu Ping about the purpose of his visit.
And Zhu Xi was not ambiguous. He was no different in front of his elder brother than in front of his father.
At most, today is just a change of environment.
"I'm not reporting back to my eldest brother, I'm reporting back to Your Highness. When I was ordered to investigate the source of the property of Marquis Yongjia and his cronies, I found that there were a large number of vicious incidents such as encroaching on fertile land, committing crimes in the countryside, etc. among his direct line, collateral line, relatives, friends, concubines, and other related people. .”
"And among the close relatives of Marquis Yongjia, many have large amounts of fields, houses and other properties whose origins are unknown."
"It covers as many as eighteen counties in three continents!"
"There are more than 1,400 people involved who have been investigated and dealt with so far. Jinyiwei's prison was a little tight for a while. I came here this time because I wanted to ask my eldest brother to ask His Highness the Crown Prince for temporary use in the military camps around Yingtian Mansion. .”
"We will use this to temporarily build up a backlog of suspects. At the same time, we will also apply for the secondment of a group of people to help count the seized fields, houses, collected money, etc."
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As soon as Zhu Xi spoke, the courtiers in the entire hall couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Three continents and eighteen counties.
What a wide range of influence this is!
The main suspect alone arrested more than a thousand people!
Jin Yiwei's edicts and prisons can no longer be accommodated.
How evil was this Chu Ze's hand?
When Zhu Ping reported, Zhu Biao also frowned deeply.
Regarding Chu Ze's actions, he knew that it was likely to be widely implicated, but what Zhu Biao didn't expect was that the specific figures had been exaggerated to such an extent!
And judging from Zhu Xi's intention, this matter is not over yet.
"What is the basis for your Jin Yiwei arresting people?"
Although Zhu Biao wanted to support Chu Ze's actions at this time, when he heard the huge number of people involved in the case, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Just one Yongjia Marquis captured thousands of people.
If this is when Hu Weiyong falls, how many people will fall with him?
"Reporting to Your Highness, there are only two bases for Jin Yiwei to arrest people. First, based on our own secret report. If we know who is suspected, we will check it."
"This verification is the second point. The main verification is the approximate income of the family's property and the amount of their property."
"In order to prevent someone from spreading family property under the guise of others, we will also check the obvious sources of property and money such as immediate family members, collateral relatives or servants at home."
"If the accounts are not correct, we will arrest people and investigate."
When Zhu Biao asked, Chu Ze also explained Jin Yiwei's current work style to him in a very matter-of-fact manner.
After Chu Ze took over Jin Yiwei, his first thing was to rectify Jin Yiwei's work style.
In the past, when Jin Yiwei handled matters, he was usually dragged directly to the prison, and then beaten severely and held accountable unnecessarily.
Now Jin Yiwei also needs to pay attention to evidence when doing things.
Of course, the method of interrogation is also particular. The person being interrogated must not have any grudges with the interrogator.
If I learn that someone is seeking revenge for his own benefit, I'm sorry, but the prison will free up a room for him in the future.
Of course, if it is something that everyone knows, it doesn't matter if there is any evidence.
After all, this is Jin Yiwei
To be honest with you, that's Jin Yiwei's humane approach to things.
But if you want to play horizontally!
Sorry, I can only talk about physics.
"That's easy to say. What if your family doesn't have the habit of keeping accounts? If the accounts don't match up, does that make it a crime? Is it also a crime to spend your own money?"
"Commander Chu, I would like to ask you a question. Are there no people in your Jinyi Guards who pretend to be public benefiters? If you just use these things as evidence to directly arrest people for interrogation, wouldn't this world become your Jinyi Guards' world?"
"Uh, I don't know who you are. The key is, I don't know your position. Anyway, it's just who you are. Did I not make it clear, or do you have insufficient understanding?"
"I don't have the time, time or energy to explain so much to you. Let me ask you, an official with an annual salary of less than thirty taels has a house that covers an area of dozens of acres, a concubine, and the jewelry carried by the head wife. The jewelry is worth over a thousand taels.”
"Any relative who has a decent relationship with them has hundreds or even thousands of acres of fertile land in each family. When walking around, they are always covered with silk and satin."
"Is there anything wrong with me checking on such a person?"
"Or are you planning to talk nonsense to me? I'm going to check him out when I have three or five extra coins at home? Do you think I'm the kind of person who has nothing to do when he's full?"
"Or do you think this situation is normal?"
"Your Highness, what's the result? I think it's pointless just to have a verbal dispute in this hall."
"In a few days, Jinyiwei will hand over specific accounts and a list of crimes."
"If you still have any objections, it's not too late to raise them when the time comes."
"Your Highness, Jinyiwei is busy with affairs. Can I please retire first?"
Chu Ze didn't have time to argue with these people.
He was already acting unscrupulously, and now that the commander of the Imperial Guard was holding this position on his head, he didn't want to spoil these guys.
Anyway, his position will eventually be dismissed due to mistakes, and Jin Yiwei will eventually be abolished.
If he doesn't act arrogantly now, it will be difficult for Zhu Biao to make a move in the future and he will be fired from his position.
"Okay! Please step back first. I will agree to what King Qin has told you."
"After the Jin Yiwei review, I will order someone to review it again. If anything goes wrong, you, Chu Ze, are the only one to ask!"
"As you command!"
"Thank you for your permission, Your Highness!"
Zhu Biao looked at Chu Ze, who was out of tune with the court, and then at the ministers who didn't know how to speak due to Chu Ze's strength.
He knew that this matter was just so confusing today.
Therefore, Zhu Biao also forcefully told Chu Ze to leave the game.
Of course, he would naturally arrange for people to investigate Chu Ze's accusations.
As for the results of the investigation, it naturally doesn't matter.
It's just a show.
What Zhu Biao is looking forward to now is Chu Ze's final account.
"Chu Ze, I can't tell, you are quite strong! No one can make you speechless if you directly attack him."
Outside the main hall, Zhu Ping and Chu Ze walked side by side as they silently exited the main hall.
After leaving the main hall at this time, Zhu Xiang, who was originally serious, also lost his mask again and turned back into the somewhat ruffian-like King Qin.
"Let's not talk about this first. Do you remember those people who didn't like me in the hall just now?"
"Well, I remember them all. I know four of them. They are all Hu Weiyong's disciples."
"There are also a few people who are following the booing. They are people who were selected from the imperial examination in the past few years."
"Okay, check, find these people's ancestral graves wherever they are. After checking, take them directly. But remember, everything should be done according to the rules, and you can't act with personal emotions."
"No problem. Recently, we have purged a lot of people internally, which can be regarded as a warning to the monkeys. Now the people below are more disciplined."
When Chu Ze and Zhu Xi were chatting and walking out.
But a figure slowly walked up to the two of them and blocked their way.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, Mr. Chu Ze"
Although Chu Ze and Zhu Ping are now in charge of Jinyiwei together, people who are familiar with them in the palace still use their previous titles when they see them.
Especially when dealing with Chu Ze.
Although Chu Ze is often unreliable, his words always come from heaven and earth.
However, there is one characteristic about him.
That is, no matter who you look at, there will never be arrogance in your eyes.
Even if he was a maid or eunuch in the palace, Chu Ze would talk nonsense to each other when he met her occasionally.
Of course, when he occasionally meets a palace maid, he will tease her or something.
This also made people in the palace who were familiar with Chu Ze have extremely good senses about him.
After all, how many powerful people can we really count if we don’t take them into account?
"You two, Your Majesty invites you! Please move..."
"Uh, can you not go?"
"Sir, please stop fooling around. If you don't go, it will be difficult for His Majesty to explain!"
Although he knew that Chu Ze was joking, the eunuch who came to stop them still smiled and talked to Chu Ze.
The eunuchs and maids around Zhu Yuanzhang all knew that Chu Ze was just talking.
It won't really embarrass them.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Zhu Fang and Chu Ze came to a side hall.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the round table happily eating sesame cakes.
After seeing Chu Ze and Zhu Xi coming, he specially waved to them with a smile.
"Come on, here are the freshly baked sesame cakes! Come and try them, we haven't had these for a long time!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's greeting, Zhu Xiang slightly squirmed, while Chu Ze sat down directly opposite Zhu Yuanzhang.
And he reached out and grabbed a sesame seed cake, put it in his mouth and ate it without thinking.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yeah! It tastes pretty good."
"You can handle the refugee problem in Shandong!"
"Pfft, Your Majesty, are you kidding?"
"You think we are joking?"
(End of chapter)
