"What?" Fang Yankong couldn't figure out what Feng Bao was talking about.
"Oops!" Feng Bao slapped his thigh, "Those anonymous letters are just to invite you here! Of course the Zajia know that they are not enough to kill you!"
"Then why don't you let us go quickly! Otherwise, my colleagues will definitely interfere with you in front of the Holy One!"
"Oh? Join me? When?"
"tomorrow!"
Feng Bao snorted disdainfully.
"You have no idea what will happen tomorrow. Let the Zajia tell you!"
He leaned back on the chair, "You will eat well and drink well tonight, and then fall asleep tired, but you will wake up after a short sleep due to the pain and the stench."
"And what about us? The Za family will send people to search your home to find the person who wrote the anonymous letter, because one of them is a servant of your house."
Fang Yankong panicked. He didn't know the contents of those anonymous letters at all.
"Then your domestic servants will rise up to resist, and eventually the person who reports them will be killed and silenced by them. Dongchang may also suffer a few casualties!"
Feng Bao took out his ears, as if he were just chatting about everyday things.
"Then, the Dongchang Council will report to the palace that you openly resisted the decree and killed witnesses and people from the Dongchang. The Jinyi Guards will then dispatch..."
Fang Yankong listened quietly, his expression becoming more and more horrified.
"Do you know what will happen then?" Feng Bao suddenly became excited and stood up from his chair.
"It wasn't just corruption at that time, it was rebellion! It was murder and silence! Hahahaha!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Wait...when your colleagues' reports are delivered to His Majesty's court...there...hahahaha...there will be evidence of your rebellion!"
Fang Yankong was completely stunned, his mouth opened in a daze.
"When the time comes... the people who plead for you... hahaha... will all be in the same party!"
The two eunuchs at the back unconsciously took a step back when they heard Feng Bao's laughter.
Feng Bao stopped his sick laughter and stepped forward to hold the wooden stake of the cell door.
"So, are you going to recruit it yourself? Or will the Za family send someone to investigate?"
Fang Yankong's psychological defense completely collapsed and he sat weakly on the ground.
Then he shouted with all his strength.
"You eunuch!"
~~
Early on the next morning, Zhu Zaijing sat in front of the imperial court and looked at Dongchang's report.
The two reports in front of me are enough to start a bloody storm.
But Zhu Zaijing doesn't need this big storm for the time being.
It is not needed at the moment.
Under the imperial desk, kneeling is Feng Bao.
"Is this really the case?" Zhu Zaijing asked.
"Long live Lord, the people below will never dare to lie!"
Zhu Zaijing touched his beard, hesitated for a while, and threw both reports in front of Feng Bao.
Feng Bao was confused.
Emperor, what does this mean?
"Yin Zhengmao and others ransacked their homes, and all their family members were sent to Liaodong. They were beheaded in public display!"
For Zhu Zaijing now, the most important thing is to confiscate his home! Search your home! Search your home!
Make money quickly!
Although more than 20 vassal kings had expressed their willingness to help the poor emperor yesterday, it would take at least a month for their money to reach Beijing from their fiefdoms.
Zhu Zaijing did the math and found that more than 20 vassal kings had contributed money, and a total of 3 million taels of silver could be sent to the national treasury.
It's pure silver, not grain or cloth.
This is equivalent to a whole year of tax money in the Ming Dynasty.
Enough to support the treasury for half a year.
But before that, they still have to rely on Yin Zhengmao's family assets for support.
After all, the three of them combined have more than 600,000 yuan worth of property.
Niang Xipi!
They are all minor officials of sixth or seventh grade, but they actually have so much property!
Although their rank is not high, the official position in the Sixth Section is very important.
A typical small official has great power.
There are many functions in the Six Sections, one of which is to supervise the Six Ministries.
The Censor of the Procuratorate focuses on supervising officials and general agencies across the country, while the Six Sections supervise the business of the six ministries. The two agencies are not subordinate to each other and can impeach each other.
Each subject is assigned to one person from the Shizhong, one person from the left and right, ranging from four to ten people from the Shizhong. Their responsibilities are "to be in charge of attendants, admonishment, divination, collection of relics, and inspection of the affairs of the six ministries and hundreds of departments."
So naturally there are many people competing for this position.
The supervisory department! I understand!
"My slave understands!" Feng Bao happily picked up the report on the ground.
"Then...Your Majesty, where is this second report?"
This second report was Feng Bao's report to those who pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, which involved many people.
Zhu Zaijing really doesn't want to engage in a major purge now, because he doesn't have military power, and he won't be able to control the situation once chaos breaks out.
So press this for now.
"The report still has some grammatical errors. You can take it back and correct it. When I ask you for it, you can send it back!"
What grammatical error?
It's a good question, and Zhu Zaijing doesn't know if there are any grammatical errors.
Let Feng Bao figure this out for himself. The important thing is that this report disappears temporarily.
Upon hearing this, Feng Bao understood that the emperor did not want to make any big moves for the time being, so he nodded and said, "I understand!"
After Feng Bao left, Zhu Zaijing also walked out of Qianqing Palace.
He wanted to go visit the cabinet room.
Let’s take a look at the new cabinet team.
After a while, Zhu Zaijing came to the cabinet to check the room.
Zhang Juzheng was the only one in the room who was reading silently.
Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Juzheng looked up and saw that it was the emperor!
"I see your Majesty!"
"Taiyue is free of charge!"
"What are you looking at? So early in the morning?"
"Return to your majesty, I am looking for a left turn!"
"Oh! It's the same sacred book as Zizhi Tongjian!"
When Zhu Zaijing said this, he couldn't help but think that the better the people are, the harder they work!
Zhang Taiyue, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Prodigy! A figure who became famous throughout the country as a teenager is now a member of the highest leadership of the Ming Dynasty, but he still keeps studying.
Life-long learning!
"As expected of Zhang Prodigy!" Zhu Zaijing said.
Zhang Juzheng didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, so he asked instead, "Why did your Majesty come so early?"
"Oh! I just want to see how the new cabinet team is doing. I'm looking forward to your performance!"
"Your Majesty, everyone in the cabinet is working hard to alleviate your worries and benefit the people!"
Zhu Zaijing expressed doubts about this.
If you fight less for me, you will be regarded as Amitabha.
After walking around and looking at their usual office space, Zhu Zaijing sat down.
"Come on, Taiyue, sit down too!"
"No minister is qualified to sit in front of His Majesty!" Zhang Juzheng said in fear.
"Hey! Just sit down if I tell you to!"
Zhang Juzheng could no longer refuse, so he carefully sat on the chair next to Zhu Zaijing.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down, the emperor asked Zhang Juzheng, "Taiyue, do you dare to offend everyone in the world?"
Zhang Juzheng was surprised and didn't understand why the emperor suddenly asked himself this question.
But the emperor's tone didn't seem like he was testing.
Zhang Juzheng was puzzled for a while. Although he didn't understand the emperor's true intention, he still said, "Your Majesty, I think I don't have the courage!"
