Hearing the anger in the emperor's words, the Jinyiwei command made Mao Xiang lower his head lower. After a while, he boldly said: "Your Majesty. What should happen next."
"Should we first think of some ways to stabilize Marquis Yongjia and those distinguished nobles..."
"Stabilize? Then tell me, how should we stabilize?" Lao Zhu's voice seemed to be still angry.
"Uh..." Mao Xiang didn't expect Lao Zhu to ask such a question. After thinking about it for a while, Fang cautiously said, "Perhaps... we can temporarily impose a light punishment on His Highness Five to calm people's hearts?"
"Ha, your wronged son vented his anger on them? You have a good idea." However, Lao Zhu just snorted, his tone unkind.
Mao Xiang was shaken up, and he quickly changed his posture to kneeling on his knees, and lowered his head deeply to the ground as a sign of apology. I thought in my heart that Your Majesty is not like you. You were the one who just scolded the Fifth Highness for his behavior.
I also figured out the meaning of your words...
"Get up, there's no need to kneel down." Fortunately, the emperor didn't seem to mean to rebuke, and Mao Xiang, as if he had been pardoned, quickly stood up and bowed his head in silence. Lao Zhu glanced at him. Although Mao Xiang did not dare to raise his head, he felt as if he was being stared at by a tiger or falcon.
"Remember the identity of Jin Yiwei. Jin Yiwei is not the Three Laws Division. You only need to be loyal to our Zhu family and don't think too much about other matters."
"If you, the Jin Yiwei, are doing the same thing as the Criminal Department, what's the use of promoting you, Mao Xiang?"
Mao Xiang quickly bowed and said yes. However, cold sweat could not help but break out on his forehead.
Seeing that Mao Xiang had understood, Lao Zhu stopped beating. He raised his hand and put the stained memorial aside, and said, "How are you doing with the things we asked you to do before?"
"Go back to Your Majesty. I have arranged for spies on the list you gave me."
"Most of them, as Your Majesty said, there are illegal things done by us every day. Most of the secrets that Your Majesty has seen are actually true." Mao Xiang said this with a touch of heartfelt sincerity in his tone. . He could never understand why His Majesty, who lived deep in the palace, was so well aware of the secret affairs and conspiracies of those ministers.
They didn’t have any royal guards at that time!
"It's just that there are some officials that His Majesty mentioned, but they haven't done anything explicit yet."
"For example, Guo Huan, the Minister of Household Affairs, may occasionally be greedy for a small amount of money as a gift, but if it is handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, it is far from enough to increase the crime..."
"If it's not enough to increase the crime, you can find a way to make it more serious. Do you want me to teach you this?" Lao Zhu said impatiently. "There are also people from the Ministry of Punishment involved on the list. How can the Ministry of Punishment get involved again?"
"This case will be in your hands. If the government and the public obstruct your way from handling the case, just come to us!"
"Yes." Mao Xiang bowed, but his heart was beating wildly in his chest. This is a big case! The Jinyiwei were allowed to take charge of the affairs of state without going through the Three Law Departments of the Ministry of Punishment. This was the first time that the Jinyiwei had superiority over the imperial officials.
With this being the first of its kind, the power of Jinyiwei is within reach and is just around the corner!
"What's the discovery from Marquis Yongjia and Marquis Ji'an?" Lao Zhu asked again.
"As your Majesty expected, when the Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Yan'an were out guarding Dai County, they ordered the stewards to take over the fertile land and property of the local tyrants and gentry, and annexed the private farmland and property. The certification materials are complete."
"Although Marquis Yongjia made some arrogant remarks in the palace, he traveled north and south on weekdays. Although he did some illegal things, he didn't do anything too outrageous."
"Just because there hasn't been anything out of the ordinary yet, doesn't mean there won't be any in the future." Lao Zhu smiled coldly.
His little book clearly recorded the future actions of Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu: In the twelfth year of Hongwu, Zhu Liangzu went to Guangdong and had deep conflicts with the Panyu magistrate.
At that time, there were many local tyrants in Guangdong who bullied and dominated the market. If the citizens disobeyed even a little bit, they would be framed and imprisoned by them. Daotong captured the local tycoon leader and paraded him through the streets in shackles. The local tycoons rushed to bribe Zhu Liangzu. Zhu Liangzu was greedy for wealth, so he provided shelter to these local tyrants and squires.
The people of Guangdong were in dire straits, and their Taoist colleagues could not tolerate it, so they wrote memorials to the Ming emperor. Unexpectedly, after Zhu Liangzu heard about it, he actually wrote a frame-up letter that confounded right and wrong, and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang first.
It's a pity that he trusted Zhu Liangzu at that time and actually sent an envoy to grant him the right to die. When Daotong's memorial arrived, he was shocked to realize that Zhu Liangzu had deceived the emperor. I was so busy that I sent an envoy to forgive him.
But when the messenger of forgiveness arrived, Daotong had already been killed.
Daotong has now been promoted to the cabinet by him. This man is upright, loyal, and caring for the people. He is enough to serve as a benchmark for the future. He is a rare pillar of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
Later, he was killed by Zhu Liangzu because he was domineering. How could Lao Zhu not be angry?
After finding out what kind of person Daotong was, a little-known official, Lao Zhu was convinced that the information Zhu Su gave him was indeed correct. Otherwise, how could Lao Wu, a prince in a deep palace, interact with a minor official?
Since Daotong is indeed an upright official, it is natural that Zhu Liangzu will be domineering and lawless in the future.
"I understand." Mao Xiang nodded and said again: "It's just that Your Majesty, Marquis Yongjia is far away in Peiping, and he only relies on the Jinyi Guards, but he is afraid that he will not be able to catch up."
"There are also many nobles on the list, most of whom have heavy troops..."
"It doesn't matter. Let Tiande calm down the military situation." Lao Zhu said. "This kid, Lao Wu, is quite smart. He knows how to control Qixia Guard and come back to report the news first."
"One step first, every step first. If we know one step first, we already have the upper hand, so we can naturally make arrangements calmly."
After thinking about it, he finally couldn't help it and cursed in a low voice: "Lao Wu did this... He suddenly killed someone with a sword. He didn't even wait for us to be fully prepared, but he wanted me as a father. Wipe his ass!"
"He can kill people happily, but we have to hurriedly plead guilty to Luo Zhi for the time being. It seems that we are destined to never take off the name of this tyrant."
Mao Xiang was submissive and did not dare to say anything. He felt cold sweat pouring down his back. The emperor said that he was a tyrant. Can he listen to this?
But Lao Zhu just complained casually. As long as the Ming Dynasty lasts forever, he will not care about these posthumous names. He turned to Mao Xiang and said, "Let's go. We know that the heels that your Jinyiwei found are not enough."
"If the charges are not enough, arrest them first. You can act more domineeringly. You are our hawks and dogs. You don't need to bend your knees to others..."
"We have to think of a way to deal with those pedantic people..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two tigers outside hurriedly walking in, leaning down and saying:
"Your Majesty! There are guards outside bringing news from His Majesty the Fifth Highness."
"Zhu Xian, the eldest son of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion, colluded with Wang Zaixian, a student from Korea, and planned to seize His Highness the Fifth Prince's cement industry. After the incident, Zhu Xian became angry and wanted to assassinate His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"The Fifth Prince was lucky enough to escape and kill Zhu Xian with his backhand, but he was also seriously injured, his clothes were stained with blood and he fell unconscious!"
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Mao Xiang inquiringly, was Lao Wu injured? Why didn't you say anything just now?
Mao Xiang also looked confused and just shook his head.
"Hey, I'm a lot smarter this time." Lao Zhu smiled.
"We have all the reasons to capture Zhu Liangzu and prevaricate Master Youyi."
Then he suppressed his smile, adjusted his mood, and deliberately looked shocked and angry.
"Come on, summon the chief of the Three Laws Division for us."
"We're going to hold a criminology meeting!"
(End of chapter)
