Zhengde five years, April.
Three generals, hundreds of civil and military officials, the Tiedan Shenhou, and a dozen Dongchang and Jinyiwei senior officials reported to the emperor and exposed Liu Jin's seventeen major crimes.
[Asking for bribes, accepting bribes, embezzling, excluding dissidents, and framing Zhongliang. In order to increase his power, Liu Jin established a special agent organization "Expert Factory" on top of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to supervise officials and people, creating an atmosphere of terror. If officials of all sizes disobeyed, they were all attacked, persecuted, and even imprisoned and died unjustly. 】
Above the court, Zhengde was shocked and ordered Liu Jin, who was on the verge of death, to be arrested and interrogated.
The next day, the emperor personally went out to raid Liu Jin's home. Millions of taels of gold and silver, as well as counterfeit seals, jade belts and other prohibited items were found from his home. Two daggers were also found in the fan that Liu Jin often held.
Facts speak louder than words. Zhengde was furious when he saw this and finally believed the fact that Liu Jin was treason. He issued an edict to execute Liu Jin Lingchi and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to make statistics on Liu Jin's corruption and the impact of related bills.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue stayed up for three days and nights and finally calculated that Liu Jin was really causing harm to the country and the people.
All bills of the national treasury and internal treasury are in huge deficit. The amount of gold involved in corruption is as much as 2.5 million taels, more than 50 million taels of silver, and countless other treasures.
As for why only more than one million taels were confiscated, it must be because Liu Jin was a cunning old man and had a private treasury. The Ministry of Punishment has ordered people to investigate and must make up for all the losses to the court.
A series of policies made by Liu Jin when he was the governor were all abolished at once.
for example:
One: Abolition of officials.
During this period, Liu Jin dismissed thousands of officials in Tianshun, Shaanxi Trilateral General System and other places. After this incident, they were all restored and reused.
Two: Suppress grace.
During Liu Jin's reign, the court's measures to suppress Enyin mainly focused on two aspects: official gifts and ministers' Yinzi.
During his time in charge, he narrowed the scope of gifts for civil servants and relatives. That is, those who are of the first grade and have political achievements from the first grade can receive additional gifts. Officials between the second and fifth grades, regardless of their political achievements, will not receive additional gifts.
Honorable ministers must have military merit, second-rank civilian service or above, and must have outstanding political achievements before they can receive additional gifts. If their political performance is mediocre, no additional gifts will be given to any officials regardless of their rank.
Such actions have really chilled the hearts of the world's scholars, officials, and nobles, and must of course be abolished.
Three: Hanlin official transfer to subordinates and foreign appointments
Previously, in terms of promotion methods, the "Ming Huidian" said: "All vacancies in Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy's official posts will be filled from the cabinet."
After Liu Jin came to power, this time it was changed to a list drawn up by the Ministry of Personnel and decided by the emperor. More importantly, many Hanlin officials were transferred to subordinate officials and local officials.
Such an act was against the laws of our ancestors. It is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Jin brought disaster to the country and the people!
Half a month later, Liu Jin served her sentence.
There were three executioners in the execution ground taking turns executing the execution. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who are late must make 3,357 cuts of meat, one cut at a time, and the knife must not touch the vital parts. Within three days, the prisoner's flesh and blood gradually changed into a human form, but he could not die.
Because it was a public execution, there were many onlookers, many of whom brought money to watch. The purpose of bringing gold and silver was to exchange for a piece of skin and flesh.
Most of these were enemies of Liu Jin. Some were directly or indirectly persecuted by Liu Jin, and some were relatives who were persecuted to death by Liu Jin. They scrambled to get a piece of Liu Jin's flesh and took it home to pay homage to their relatives.
After the memorial ceremony is completed, an iron frame is placed over the fire, brushed with oil, and the meat is roasted and swallowed to show relief from hatred.
...
Shangguan Haitang walked blankly on the road holding the little yellow cat. No matter the dignitaries or ordinary people, most of them were dressed in new clothes and went about their daily lives.
There are various snacks around the streets, such as Gejia candied dates, Guanxiang Kouguangjia soup, Zhongwa Qianjia sheep rice, sweet bean soup in front of the grocery store, fake wild fox, golden belly soup, raw fried lung, stone belly soup, Fake roasted deer, fried quail...
There are many interesting performances at the intersections of various roads: sword dancing, wrestling, spitting fire, and tightrope walking. The Jiaofangsi also trained a hundred horses in advance and let them dance on the wooden planks raised by hundreds of strong men.
Yamen and guild halls and shops in various places are decorated with lights and colorful decorations. In the downtown area, colorful curtains are hung, and dance pavilions and singing stages are carefully decorated everywhere.
As soon as Liu Jin died, it seemed that the entire capital suddenly came to life. The entire court, including civil and military officials, seemed to be very happy.
But what are they happy about? Shangguan Haitang was a little confused.
Moreover, she felt that her adoptive father's eyes seemed to have become terrifying. After Liu Jin's death, he suddenly became cold, stern, and even longing.
…
Hulong Villa.
Celebration banquet.
Zhu Wuwu picked up the wine glass and stood up: "Today I want to toast you all first, because I didn't tell you all the arrangements in advance and made you worry. I'm sorry."
"Cheers!" Cheng Shifei said happily.
"Meow meow~"
After drinking, Yun Luo said curiously: "Uncle Huang, we all thought you committed suicide."
Zhu Wuwu felt a little complacent: "After Yidao's incident, I knew that Liu Jin would definitely find an opportunity to frame me. So I looked for an opportunity to use this bitter trick and waited for him to show his fox tail first.
In this way, we can seize evidence of his crime, kill him in one fell swoop, and eliminate future troubles forever. "
Su Xin asked with concern: "What about the silkworm in your belly? I saw you fainting from pain many times. Do you know how worried I was about you at that time?"
"Su Xin, I'm sorry. If you don't act more realistically, how can Liu Jin believe it? It's actually an old friend of mine: the most amazing man in the world, 'Master Wuhen'. He is familiar with the world's strange poisons and their treatments."
He once gave me a 'Ten Thousand Poisons and Insect-Repelling Pill' that I have been researching for many years. Its effect is to eliminate all kinds of strange poisons in the world and can also kill all kinds of poisonous insects. I had already taken it before I entered the prison.
I had already calculated that Liu Jin, knowing that I was very powerful, would definitely resort to such despicable methods. That day, after I sucked the Celestial Silkworm in your body into my stomach, everything inside me was indeed burned for a moment, and the pain was unbearable. Even with my unparalleled skills, I couldn't do anything about it.
But half an hour later, the medicine took effect, and the silkworm died in my belly that day. "
Su Xin frowned: "Then what happened to that sword at that time? I saw it pierce your heart with my own eyes."
At that time, she saw with her own eyes that the Lord Shen could not bear the humiliation and died in front of her. At that moment, she suddenly understood what it meant to be heartbroken.
Iron Claw Flying Eagle stood up and said: "Of course the sword was prepared by the villain. The sword is eight inches long, but only three inches penetrate the body. The injury is real, but it will not hurt the internal organs."
Haitang and others looked at their old rival, the stall owner of Dongchang, in surprise. It turned out that he was the most hidden spy of Hulong Villa.
The key point is that he acted so much like him, they wanted to kill him countless times and then hurry up!
"Meow meow~" the little yellow cat jumped on top of the flying eagle, looking up to the sky and roaring.
Several people suddenly smiled knowingly.
Fei Ying quickly showed a simple, awkward and polite smile.
The current scene seemed a bit exciting to him. He had just betrayed a master, and then in front of his new former master, he was living in harmony with another last master.
However, Shenhou said seriously: "Fake wounds will never deceive Liu Jin, and I also took the elixir 'Turtle Breath Pill' given by Mr. Wuhen, and even my breathing and the movement of my five internal organs stopped.
This is what I want to teach you today: to succeed, there must be sacrifices, and to win a battle, many people must die. A little physical pain is nothing, removing a big harm to the country is the most important thing! "
After hearing this, everyone was immediately in awe.
It is said that it is very simple to do this, but the danger involved is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
For example, what if Cao Zhengchun, who had such magical skills, suddenly got into trouble in the prison and took advantage of the fact that the god prince was controlled by the fairy feather needle to kill the god prince with a violent palm?
This time, although they won a great victory, everyone was still afraid.
Zhu Wuwu turned to look at Wan Sanqian: "Of course, I would like to thank Brother Wan for your help this time. If it weren't for Brother Wan, many plans would be like water without a source or a tree without roots, and would be difficult to implement at all."
Wan Sanqian smiled and said: "My efforts have paid off, Haitang has agreed to be my wife."
Zhu Wuwu looked at Shangguan Haitang and confirmed, "Is that so?"
Haitang nodded: "Yes, foster father, our wedding date has been set!"
Everyone present looked confused, and no one commented on the marriage. You know, Yidao is still healing, and he also loves Haitang deeply.
With Yida's temper, will there be any exciting dramas then?
"Bah chirp, bah chirp" the little yellow cat was looking forward to it while eating the melon seeds.
When the time comes, will he stand on the side of money or on the opposite side of his friends, which really makes him a little troubled.
"Haha!" Zhu Wulan smiled with satisfaction: "The owner of the No. 1 village in the world and the owner of the No. 1 village in the world are getting married. This is truly the No. 1 wedding banquet in the world. Come, Su Xin, you and I will toast them first and wish them in advance. They have been together for hundreds of years and will always be united!"
"Okay, sir!" Su Xin said gently.
The daughter's family always wants to marry, and now she has finally determined her inner choice, Zhu Wuwu is her best match.
Zhu Wuli's eyes widened: "Su Xin, what did you call me?"
"My husband!"
Zhu ignored the corner of his mouth and almost couldn't maintain the demeanor he had maintained over the years.
Today, we have eliminated the enemy and taken back Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Forbidden Army. Outside the city, there is an army of 300,000 people who were forced to come by Liu Jin. Wan Sanqian married his adopted daughter who admired him the most, and there was no shortage of food and grass.
In this way, the picturesque land is about to fall into his hands. Su Xin expresses his love again at this critical moment, which is simply a triple blessing.
His life is complete!
"Hmm?" Su Xin suddenly felt dizzy, holding on to the table, and then fainted.
Zhu Wuwu quickly supported him: "Su Xin, Su Xin? The miracle doctor of joy!"
When everyone helped Su Xin into the house, the miracle doctor arrived soon. After looking around and asking questions, Zhu Wuwang was a little confused.
"God, the Heavenly Silkworm poison that Miss Su Xin took was extremely poisonous, which caused his aging disease in advance. If he cannot find the third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom within seven days, he will definitely die!"
His life is not perfect again.
"Father, what's wrong with Miss Su Xin? What do you want from me?" Haitang came over and asked respectfully.
Zhu Wulan said coldly: "Order to go down and find out all the files about Tianxiang cardamom for me. Also, you must find the third Tianxiang cardamom for me before midnight in seven days, otherwise, Immediately behead without mercy!"
Haitang was speechless.
Such a foster father is so strange.
"What, didn't you hear clearly?" Zhu Wu said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
…
The second day, Hulong Villa, Zhongyi Hall.
"Look, look for it quickly, why can't you find it?" Zhu Wuli was furious.
It has been twenty years. He has been preparing hard for twenty years and endured countless hardships to build Hulong Villa, just to collect all the intelligence in the world. In the end, it was of no use at this critical moment.
big eater! waste!
"Father, don't worry, give us some time." Haitang said helplessly.
"I'll give you time, but will God give me Su Xin some time?" Zhu Wuwu wished he could look up to the sky and scream.
Why did fate play such a trick on him?
"Holy Lord, the Holy Lord has spoken: Even if God Marquis Tiedan enters the palace and explains the collection of the secrets of the ten generals and the garrison of 300,000 troops outside the city, there will be no delay!"
"yes!"
After receiving the oral order, Zhu Wuwu turned around and scolded his subordinates who were kneeling to receive the order: "Look for them quickly!"
"Father, please go to the palace first, we will look for him sleeplessly." Haitang comforted him quickly.
Zhu Wuwu nodded: "Your Majesty, when did you not come to me, why did you come to the palace at this time? It's so unreasonable? Okay, I'll leave this place to you for the time being.
Haitang, you know how important Su Xin is to me! "
After saying that, he turned around and left.
The current situation did not allow him to delay for a moment.
A long while.
Imperial study room, entrance.
Zhu Wulan looked indifferent and walked out swaggeringly.
Today, his identity is no longer the same, and he no longer needs to assume any humble posture.
The emperor's uncle, the owner of Hulong Villa, is not involved with Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and he is supported by hundreds of officials. Who in the world can do anything to him?
Since the emperor wants a reason, just find one and give it to him.
Cao Zhengchun came up to him and said with a smile: "Honor, long time no see. Today I heard you and the emperor arguing in the study room outside. You are neither humble nor arrogant. It really opened my eyes!"
Zhu ignored his hands and said, "Mr. Cao, I don't know if the deal we agreed on before can still be fulfilled. As long as you give me the news about the third heavenly fragrant cardamom, I can agree to you no matter what the conditions are."
Cao Zhengchun stretched out his orchid finger and looked around him with a smile.
"The method you used this time, Shenhou, really amazes me. If I think about it carefully, if I am still in the position of the governor of the East Factory, what if I have unparalleled martial arts skills? I am afraid that I will be pulled down by you.
Surrender to death, retreat to advance, high, really high! "
"Meow meow!" The little yellow cat was dissatisfied.
[Don’t praise others, this cat is also very smart and witty! 】
Cao Zhengchun remained silent for three breaths before continuing: "Shenhou, do you think I still care about those things with my current martial arts skills?
Even if I wanted to, I might establish a 'Wugen Sect' in this palace like the Shaolin Wudang and it could be passed down for hundreds of years. "
Zhu Wuwu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Indeed, both Brother Wan and Haitang have seen your methods.
However, in this life, you must have something to ask for. For the sake of my sincerity, even if you ask me to kneel down and kowtow, even if it means licking your toes, I will be willing to do so. "
Cao Zhengchun was stunned and thought for a long time with his hands behind his back.
"God, when I saw your body with my own eyes that day, to be honest, I was actually quite disappointed.
I'm thinking, after a few decades, it would be boring if I were the only one left in the world, with no other familiar friends or enemies.
Therefore, I can give you the third heavenly fragrant cardamom, just as you owe me a favor. "
"It's a deal!"
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