The sunshine at noon in autumn is not very warm, but it is still dazzling when it falls on the tip of the knife. Wang Sheng was nervous in front of the blade, but he was not a timid person and was still calm after all.
"After today, our lives are like duckweeds in the water. It makes no difference whether I take my head today or tomorrow."
Mao Yuwen felt some admiration in his heart, "To be honest, you are the more courageous civil servant I have ever seen. It's a pity that you chose the wrong path."
In fact, what Wang Sheng said is that since the palace is doing it, why can't others do it. It's not that ungrateful.
Take the "Beijing Army Occupation" during the Hongzhi period as an example,
When the emperor first pulled out the Beijing camp and transformed it into a construction team, from then on, there were many nobles and relatives who followed suit. After all, how much can Hongzhi create by himself? There was no money for him to make.
It's not just made for the marquis today and for the uncle tomorrow.
The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Whatever you do, the people below will do.
Generally speaking, this is normal.
There is a very subtle human nature that needs to be understood... that is, since the emperor did this, he actually accepted it in his heart, or felt that it was not a very vicious thing. So if other people who are close to you also want to imitate, there will generally be no problem.
Just like the Beijing army occupying the army, Hongzhi nodded. He felt that the problem was not big, and since he could make it for himself, why not make it for his relatives?
It doesn’t make sense.
In addition, if something really goes wrong, where is the emperor...it's actually not easy to talk about.
Because there must be a reason for things.
That is to say, why is the country like this? It didn’t happen before, but now it does. Let’s trace it back to the source. Why?
Because it was the emperor who took the lead!
In this way, many emperors will be embarrassed to pursue the case, because they know it is their own fault, but they still insist on exposing it. Isn't this just slapping themselves?
So what Wang Sheng said was not arrogance.
He felt that the emperor would not pursue such a matter. If he did, it would mean that the emperor himself did not do the right thing.
But in fact, Zhu Houzhao doesn’t have that thin-skinned mentality. If I can do it, you can do it too? I smuggled the money to serve the country and the people. What do you do for it?
In Zhan's house, the woman's crying and screaming began to get louder and louder, and this all started.
When things really happened, Wang Sheng was relieved. A dead pig is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. Let the matter be as it should be. He only felt that Mao's Chinese language was a bit vulgar and that many of its principles were unclear.
But Mao Yuwen ignored him and entered the house by himself.
As soon as they arrived inside, a row of middle-aged and elderly people began to kowtow and beg for mercy, "The superiors have mercy on me, the superiors have mercy on me! The little people are all unjust!"
But one man remained calm throughout.
Mao Yuwen walked to the chair prepared by his subordinate and sat down, "Who is Zhan Xiushan's father?"
"Yes, little old man." A thin old man with half black and half white beard stepped forward. He seemed to be the person in charge of the Zhan family.
"Where is his son?"
No one came out, not even a junior. But Mao Yuwen knew that Zhan Xiushan actually had two sons. He probably escaped, don't worry about him.
"Old man, your son died in Beijing. You know this, right?"
It has happened for so long, old man Zhan naturally knows, and he also knows that everything is because of the person in front of him!
Mao Yuwen caught the hatred in their eyes, "Don't look at me like this. I never thought about killing him, and neither did Your Majesty. The name of the person who killed him was Mou Bin. After this disaster, you descendants of the Zhan family , take revenge if you have a grudge, but don’t seek revenge from me. As for today... you are the ones to blame. Is Zhan doing the smuggling business? "
Old man Zhan was unmoved.
"Okay, I have plenty of time now. Let's grind it slowly. I don't believe I can't grind your teeth."
After all, Wang Sheng outside didn't dare to really have anything to do with Jin Yiwei.
The status of Jinyiwei is too special. If there are only three or two of them, then it is not impossible to kill them secretly and find a way to hide them. But there are more than 80 people, and there is also a deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei.
Lose one life and the nature changes. Because this shows that there are traitors and traitors.
Even if it was made into a bandit attack, it would be fake. The bandits have no money, but they are not brainless. Who would choose to rob Jin Yiwei?
He had no choice but to return to the prefect's Yamen.
In fact, there are already people waiting in the Yamen.
An old man with a goatee, his face is round and plump, and he looks a bit young. Except for the white hair, he looks like a wealthy man who has not suffered too much.
Wang Sheng was in a bad mood, so he didn't treat this person as a guest and drank water fiercely.
After a while, the person sitting opposite him spoke first, "Is the Palace Master angry that he didn't stop Jin Yiwei?"
Wang Sheng was so angry that he didn't speak.
"Uncle Zhan's account can't withstand inspection. Is the Master here drinking tea at this time?"
clang!
The tea cup was thrown angrily on the table.
"Then what do you want me to do?" Wang Sheng was a little annoyed, "This Mao Yuwen is the deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guards! Someone sent by the emperor himself! I was very lucky to be able to stop him last time! If only your palace had the ability, Report to the emperor and bring this person back to the capital!"
The old man's eyebrows twitched, and he felt a little offended and angry.
"At this time, do you want to quarrel with me? It's only a matter of pleasure for relatives to hate enemies? Wang Sheng, you shouldn't be so narrow-minded."
Wang Sheng snorted angrily, "Anyway, I don't know what to do. After thinking of so many ways, no one dares to really stop the deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei!"
"Didn't you tell him that this matter has anything to do with the palace?"
"I said it! Why didn't I say it!" Wang Sheng said angrily, "But this guy's nickname is Madman Mao, and people won't listen!"
When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but frown, "So, this is a person who will die with us."
After a while,
Governor Yuan Zhuang and inspector Zongfu also arrived.
They were obviously worried, so they had to go to Raozhou Mansion to have a look.
A few cobblers were sitting in the room worrying.
In the end, it was the old man who spoke. He was the chief official of the palace, and the chief official was the largest court official in the palace. Initially, the imperial court sent these people to monitor the prince, so there is a saying that 'if the king has a fault, he will interrogate the history'.
But after a long time, Chang Shi became in cahoots with the palace.
Because the court's requirements for the prince were very low, as long as there was no major incident such as rebellion, the emperor didn't bother to care. And most princes do not rebel. So this 'monitoring' duty is in name only.
Chang Shi later figured out the routine. The emperor didn't care about big things, but little things. Then it is better to please the prince, because there may not be a big event in your life. Why do you think you are going to offend the prince?
In addition, it is difficult to get promoted in the long history of the Ming Dynasty. Unless the prince you serve suddenly becomes the emperor, it is almost impossible.
"At this moment, the only thing I can do is seize the emperor. After I go back, I still want to persuade the prince to write a memorandum of apology. As long as he takes the initiative to plead guilty, a few taels of silver will not make the emperor angry. And if the investigation continues, the imperial court will be disgraced. .”
"Please forgive me? Doesn't that mean that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?" Yuan Zhuang couldn't understand, "If asking for forgiveness is useful, why didn't Tan Changshi persuade King Huai to ask for it earlier?"
"At first, didn't you think you couldn't find it to this extent?"
Zong Fu and Wang Sheng sneered. It turned out...it turned out to be pointing them forward!
However, none of them denied the offer of apology.
After all, they are brothers. It would be too unkind for the emperor to go to war for a few taels of silver.
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In the capital.
After following the imperial edict to open the sea.
Apart from the noise from other officials, the memorials from the southeast are not very optimistic.
The emperor decreed that all messages should be rushed eight hundred miles away. Zhejiang and Jiangxi are closer, so the emperor can know what happened eight or nine days ago. Fujian is further away, but half a month is enough.
"The merchants in Zhejiang are unmoved... The so-called unmoved means that they don't take the imperial shipping department seriously. It's still the same as before. Fujian is suppressing bandits, and Jiangxi has arrested even a merchant clan. Not even there!”
Zhu Houzhao recounted these misfortunes.
In fact, there is also a court.
Each province presents different difficulties. Fujian has bandits, Jiangxi has clansmen, and Zhejiang has gentry.
Jin Gui and Wang Xian accompanied the emperor, standing on the left and right in front of the imperial case.
"The bandits can be suppressed," Zhu Houzhao analyzed bit by bit. "Wang Shouren has the talent of a soldier. After suppressing the bandits, he will have military power and no worries about big things. Jiangxi involves my family affairs, so an imperial edict should also be used. Zhejiang? …”
While I was thinking, another news came from outside.
Wang Xian was younger and had better legs and feet. He quickly walked over and took the memorial from the eunuch.
Zhu Houzhao took a brief look after opening it, and then banged it on the table, "It's Mao's memorial in Chinese. Although the Poyang Zhan family is not clearly related to the Huai Palace, it is mainly related to the Qiantang Li family, the Lanxi Zhang family, and the Yuyao Xie family." All the clans are related."
In these places, there were ministers from the imperial court.
It's not that these ministers are leading their families to deliberately seek profit. But once the local people are related to the ministers of the DPRK and China, they will find ways to make some money for themselves.
Among them, some people are not so strict in disciplining their family members.
Besides, who doesn’t have a friend in society? Therefore, the scope actually exceeds these major surnames.
Jin Gui and Wang Xian were also watching what the emperor was going to do.
Zhu Houzhao's expression was calm, "When the Zhan Xiushan case began, it should have been agreed. Whatever is found out will be what it is. My ministers must not have forgotten it?"
"Your Majesty." Jin Gui knelt down, "This involves many ministers of the court. If this happens... the court will be in chaos!"
"You are always afraid, thinking that this is chaos and that is chaos. What chaos? I am sitting well on the dragon throne. Kaihailing has really gone somewhere, but who dares to raise the king's flag to rebel?"
It is normal for local troubles to spread to Beijing. Zhu Houzhao was prepared for this.
"Just as we promised, we will arrest whomever we promised." Zhu Houzhao tilted his head and looked at Liu Jin, "Send more people from the East Factory to Jiangxi. Go and bring King Huai over." Mao Yuwen Please report this letter to your residence."
Fujian should not have to worry too much. Mainly Zhejiang. Those gentry, as the emperor, did not speak, and the officials protected each other for who knows how long. After all, no one wanted to turn the knife inward.
