Zhu Houzhao and Wang Hua are in action.
Officials in Zhejiang are also taking action.
Seeing that it was a sure thing to send Wei Bin away successfully, unexpectedly before he had time to celebrate, another Wang Hua came.
The chief envoy and the inspector gave Wang Hua a "drag" and dismissed him.
After the two of them returned, they met with officials from various places one after another. Of course, officials from various places would also go to the governor's office to pay homage to the dock, and at the same time see Governor Wang's attitude with their own eyes.
As the old saying goes, it's better to clear things up than to block them.
In this matter, Donggong's method was to block it, because Donggong could not let the money go uncollected.
This blockage made officials at all levels unable to suppress their emotions.
On this day, the prefects of Huzhou, Hangzhou, and Taizhou gathered at the Chief Envoy's Yamen.
Especially Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou, was the most enthusiastic and enthusiastic.
"Send away the jackals, and come back! When will this continue? Has there ever been a royal family in ancient times who set up business and made money from the people? If this is passed down to future generations, wouldn't it only add to the laughter?!"
In fact, they worked hard. In order to bring down Wei Bin, the corrupt eunuch, they tried their best to support the emperor's favorite Liu Daxia. They finally took advantage of the rift between him and the prince to get Liu Daxia to speak in front of the emperor and decide to punish him. These blind officials.
As a result, he didn't even get a good night's sleep, and the East Palace sent another trustworthy governor over.
Qiu Zongxia, the prefect of Hangzhou, said: "In the past, the lower officials thought that Wei Bin, a bold servant, would make a lot of money once he became powerful, but he didn't expect that the East Palace would have such considerations. Jiangnan was originally a financial and taxation center for the imperial court, and the taxes paid accounted for half of the country's total. , although Jiangnan is rich, the people's livelihood is still miserable. If you are still not satisfied and continue to take silver from Zhejiang, this will inevitably be a bit..."
Zhejiang officials have been brewing together for several days.
Everyone is angry, but they don't dare to express it.
But a few days later, when they gathered again in the governor's office, Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou, suddenly showed the memorial he had drafted in the past few days.
"Uncle Fang (the honorific title of the Chief Envoy), the matter in Zhejiang cannot be delayed any longer. If you are unwilling to submit it to me, I, the Magistrate of Huzhou, Xu Youyi, would like to advise your Majesty. This is a memorandum to your Majesty. I would like to ask Uncle Fang to read it." , if there is nothing wrong, I will risk my life to hand over this memorial!"
The East Palace has gained a reputation in recent years. In fact, everyone from the local government to the capital knew that the prince was collecting silver in Zhejiang, but there was no proof, so no one dared to say it before. They just grabbed Wei Bin banged.
Now, does anyone dare to appeal to His Majesty and tell the true story?
Everyone couldn't help but swallowed when they looked at what Xu Ruoqin was holding.
This matter...if someone is willing to be the first one, that would be great...
But what does Xu Ruoqin mean by taking out this memorial at this time?
Dang Shanji was the most reckless. He had been waiting for someone to take advantage of him. When he waited, he couldn't help but feel happy, "Isn't this a good thing?! Why are you all standing there in a daze?"
After saying this, Li Yancai still made no move.
Because he has already sensed that Xu Ruoqin has treacherous intentions!
Not only does he want to be the first person who is not afraid of authority and upholds justice, he is also damn afraid of death! We need to bring everyone in this room with us! ….
Because no one could disagree with the content of this memorial at this moment. In the current official atmosphere in Zhejiang, who could stop Xu Ruoqin and his memorial.
That is, 'Flattery and flattery', four big characters are engraved on the forehead!
Originally, you were all afraid. I, Xu Ruoqin, was trying my best, but you were still holding me back? !
As long as you do this, your political career will be over. In the Ming Dynasty, if an official loses nothing, he can't lose his moral halo.
But everyone watched it together and didn’t stop them.
With the prestige of the East Palace, who will be able to escape when dealing with people in the future? !
"...Thinking about those who are drowning in the world is like drowning yourself; thinking about those who are hungry in the world is like being hungry yourself."
Everyone hesitated
, Dang Shanji had already shouted happily, "Zhifu Xu is worthy of his reputation as a bold writer. This poem is really soul-stirring!"
Li Yancai cried out in his heart, this fool didn't even know he was being tricked.
But this was Xu Ruoqin's conspiracy. They had no choice but to take a bite of shit and pretend to be happy and brag to Xu Ruoqin.
This matter about the Chief Envoy Yamen,
It reached the ears of Mei Kejia and Wang Hua,
The two men couldn't help but shake their heads.
"This Xu Ruoqin, his own clan has a maritime merchant background. He has the motivation to read this book, but he does not have the courage to withstand the prince's anger. So when he shows this book to others, ordinary people will probably think that Xu Ruoqin is He is so vain, but in fact he wants to attract more people to join him. Now if Li Yancai wants to survive, he can only find a way, except to win this round, otherwise he will die. "
Wang Hua also roughly understood what Mei Kejia said before, "The situation has pushed people to this point."
Li Yan was new to Zhejiang, but after just one incident and a few meetings, he was kidnapped into this group.
What can he do?
This is also one of the reasons why Zhejiang has no name or surname, but it appears to be the opposite of Donggong.
Everyone is being pushed away, making choices one after another, and finally entering the abyss from which it is difficult to escape.
"In this way..." Wang Hua handed over the letter from Beijing, "Li Yancai will be more likely to believe in me because he has no choice. His Highness has agreed to your plan, and not only that, he also gave me four words , greedy for ink according to the decree."
Mei Kejia felt happy.
After a quick glance, he exclaimed, "Your Highness, your master's courage is as strong as that of your ancestors. Zhongcheng, you can also experience what it means to make money every day!"
Wang Hua nodded. He was not a very aggressive person, but as long as there was Jingli's will, he would no longer be coy.
"Come here!"
"Here!" Two thousand-household officials came in from outside the palace. This was the force possessed by the governor's yamen itself.
"According to the decree from the East Palace, follow this court to the guarding eunuch's mansion and capture the person!"
Wei Bin is an internal official and does not belong to the same line as the civil servants.
Therefore, in order to facilitate Wang Hua's operations in Zhejiang, Zhu Houzhao gave him the East Palace Order in addition to the secret letter.
In this way, Wei Bin would never dare to be disobedient in the slightest.
But Mei Kejia is not suitable to follow him anymore.
To be honest, Dong Gong was more radical than he thought.
Because Wei Bin does have many secrets of the East Palace, how would a normal person deal with it? Either kill him and silence him, or take him back and interrogate him yourself. ….
How can it be tried in Zhejiang?
So Mei Kejia never thought about this from the beginning.
But when he accidentally raised his head and looked at the governor's office, he suddenly understood again,
Oh, it's because of Wang Hua...
Wang Hua is the chief judge, and he will not let the papers that are unfavorable to the prince be sent to the capital.
As for what Wei Bin said in the lobby, there's no telling...Wang Hua could have given you a name, saying, "You slandered the prince in order to get away with it." This is even more outrageous.
But speaking of it, after his last deception, Wei Bin wouldn't say a word about the prince.
You can live without talking.
So after all is said and done, everything is still within the prince's calculation.
East Palace...
Mei Kejia's impression still stayed a few years ago. At that time, the prince seemed a little immature because of the affairs in the southeast, and there was no one available in the court. Finally, he found himself as a businessman, and carefully started preparations a few years ago. It seemed that Some lack of strength.
Looking at today, what happened in Zhejiang has just happened, and there is no time to prepare for it for a few years, but the prince can not only send people, but also deal with them ruthlessly and accurately, even better than him.
Besides, Wei Bin was arrested.
In fact, it was already something he had expected.
"Eunuch Wei," Wang Hua had no choice but to say, "This court is acting on His Highness's orders.
Please don't be offended. "
"What are you talking about, Zhongcheng?" Most eunuchs are like this. When they gain power, they act arrogantly. When they lose power, they immediately burst into tears and runny noses. They have no backbone at all. "It's my lard that has deceived your heart and betrayed your highness's trust. Your highness, I know this." That’s wrong, I’m sorry for you, slave!”
Wei Bin just shouted in the crowd, not afraid of embarrassment.
Maybe he was dreaming in his heart, thinking that the prince might be able to see this scene and give him a chance or something.
"Zhongcheng, if you see His Highness in the future, please tell His Highness and me that I have understood that no matter how much money I ask for, it will be of no use as long as it is not for His Highness. In the past few days, I have been I think, if Your Highness is still willing to see this slave, I would be willing to hand over all the money."
Wang Hua still instinctively dislikes this kind of money-grubbing eunuch, so he has no sympathy for his repentance.
He just said: "Eunuch Wei, it's useless for you to ask for money. It's better to keep it all and let me forward it to His Highness. Maybe His Highness will be satisfied and he may actually be able to see you."
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Wei Bin wiped his tears and burst into tears, "Okay... then I will ask Lao Zhongcheng to hand over these silvers to His Highness."
"How much in total?"
"A total of 1,260,000 taels of silver." Wei Bin felt a little guilty when he said this.
"I know, take it down."
Wang Hua himself led people to find the silver.
Wei Bin's greed for this money is the key to the situation in Zhejiang.
The silver ingots were piled up like a hill in the cellar. Some were packed into boxes, and some seemed to be scattered there before they had time. However, they were all regular-shaped pieces of fifty taels and one ingot.
There were so many that it would take several hours just to lift them.
The prince's will is to see how Zhejiang officials divide the money.
Wang Hua squatted down and touched the cold silver ingot in his hand. He was thinking about how to make those people dare to share the money.
"Here comes someone."
As soon as he spoke, four soldiers stood behind him.
Wang Hua pointed to the eight packed boxes piled in the corner, "Carry those to the backyard of the governor's office. Separate them from the other silver, and go quickly!"
When the four soldiers heard this, they asked, "Is this... so blatant?"
In fact, it is not difficult to get together with these corrupt officials. It means he committed corruption before they did, and what’s worse, he didn’t even tell them!
They will be anxious.
When things here were finished, he sent someone to the Chief Envoy's Yamen to deliver a message.
"Wei Bin has been arrested and 800,000 taels of dirty silver have been seized. According to the Crown Prince's order, Li and Dang are deputy judges, and you two are specially ordered to investigate Wei Bin's corruption first!"
When this number reached the Chief Envoy's Yamen, both Li and Dang were stunned. Because when Wei Bin was arrested that day, we could still know what was going on inside if we inquired carefully.
Dang Shanji also swore, "Damn it! Looking at his sanctimonious look, I thought he was a good person! But he turned out to be much darker than me! It was 400,000 taels of silver in one move! I got more than 30% of it, and the rest It was just given to us, it’s really not a damn thing!”.
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