"Take them all into custody and investigate and deal with them carefully."
Zhu Yunzhen ordered: "All goods will be sealed."
"yes!"
Jin Yiwei stepped forward in response.
"His Royal Highness Taisun wants to punish us. We have nothing to say, but we don't accept it."
Liu Zhixiang raised his head, looked at Zhu Yunxuan and said: "In all dynasties, the emperor's relatives and court officials have no need to pay taxes."
"But the commercial tax levied by His Highness Taisun is not only extremely heavy, but even the royal family cannot get even half of it. If you are so mean and ungrateful, isn't Your Highness Taisun afraid of the world?"
"Yes, I can't bear to wait!"
"Yes, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. Is there any reason to tax the scholar-bureaucrats?"
"It makes no sense that even the royal family has to pay taxes!"
Every official was filled with righteous indignation.
In their eyes, it is natural that they do not pay taxes.
It is enough for the imperial court to levy commercial taxes, but they should also be collected from ordinary people. Why should they pay them?
"The country has systems and the court has laws. You can't cover up the past with your clever words and orders."
Zhu Yunxuan snorted coldly and said: "As an official of the imperial court, you know the law and break the law, and you will be punished. Yet you dare to quibble, and you will be punished with an additional penalty."
"All of them will be dismissed from their official positions and sent to prison immediately. We will investigate and deal with them later."
"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, any businessman who evades taxes will be flogged fifty times!"
"Come here, execute them!"
Zhu Yunzhen didn't want to argue with these people.
In their eyes, it is natural for them to enjoy privileges.
Any damage to privileges means the court is "mean and unkind".
In their cognition, this kind of thought is deeply rooted in their bones.
What's more, it also involves his own vital interests.
It is impossible to be "convinced".
The only way is to defeat them and kill them!
After hearing the order, the Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward.
The officials present were captured one by one and executed on the spot.
Soon, there was a scream like a slaughtered pig.
At this moment, there were sudden "plop" and "plop" diving sounds from the boat next to it.
Zhu Yunzhen looked up and saw a figure on the side of the ship, holding a crossbow and aiming at him.
Zhu Yunxu's pupils shrank slightly, and in his eyes, he saw a sharp arrow coming through the air, and they quickly enlarged.
Changes happen as fast as lightning.
When it lights up, Fang Xiaotian is powerful.
"careful!"
It's too late, but it's soon.
Xu Miaojin gave a sweet shout and pushed Zhu Yunzhen's body away.
"Snapped!"
A soft sound.
The little girl's shot was like lightning, and the sharp arrow was knocked away by her.
When the man who was shooting the arrow saw that he missed the hit, he screamed a few times, as if he was cursing, and then jumped into the water and ran away.
"It's a Japanese pirate." Jiang Wei's face was as dark as ink.
Is there not only cargo on Ouyang Lun's cargo ship, but also Japanese pirates hiding there?
Do they want to bring Japanese pirates into Jinling City?
If they hadn't happened to investigate Ouyang Lun's tax evasion, they would have slipped in.
"Not only do you evade taxes, but you also dare to collude with Japanese pirates?"
Zhu Yunxuan looked at the officials who were kneeling on the ground and had just been tortured, with a cold look in his eyes.
What happened just now happened so quickly. If Xu Miaojin hadn't been by his side and had quick eyes and quick hands, he would have almost been stabbed by a sharp arrow.
All in all, this was his third assassination.
Everything can be one, two, or three.
It seems that we must strengthen our defenses in the future.
Otherwise, there is really no guarantee that the boat will capsize in the gutter one day.
"His Royal Highness Taisun Mingjian, none of us would dare!"
The people kneeling on the ground all had their faces turned pale with fear and kowtowed like drums.
Even though they were whipped and dismissed from official positions, they were still very stubborn.
After all, many of them have prominent family backgrounds.
After being dismissed from office, life can also be very comfortable.
Moreover, after serving as an official in the government for so many years, the network of relationships is intricate.
Maybe at some point, under the care of "friends", it will be reused again?
But if he gets involved in the case of harboring Japanese pirates and assassinating his grandson, then everything will really be over.
Cut into pieces with thousands of swords, confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.
Even if one day, the grandson is deposed as the crown prince, there will be no chance of him turning around again.
How could they not be afraid?
Thoughts were racing in Zhu Yunzhen's mind.
According to common sense, colluding with Japanese pirates is no more serious than tax evasion. It is a serious crime that affects the whole family. Even if someone dares to do so, he will do it secretly and not let too many people know.
Although these officials dare to collude together to evade taxes, they should not dare to collude collectively with Japanese pirates.
This is no different from gathering together to rebel.
It's impossible for people like them to get together and rebel unless their brains are kicked by a donkey.
Ouyang Lun should have done it secretly.
But it is not difficult to understand that Ouyang Lun, as the Prince Consort, evaded taxes and made money, but it is really unbelievable to risk beheading and annihilating the family to hide Japanese pirates.
It seems that his case is not that simple.
"Arrest all relevant personnel on the ship and investigate."
Zhu Yunxuan said to Jiang Wei: "You will handle this case. You must find out as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Jiang Wei responded quickly.
His forehead was already covered with dense beads of sweat.
Ouyang Lun smuggled goods and evaded taxes, so that was it.
He was not the only official in the Ming Dynasty who did this.
This kind of thing is not under Jin Yiwei's control, and Jin Yiwei can't handle it.
But the Japanese pirates almost sneaked into the capital, which was a serious dereliction of duty by Jin Yiwei.
Not to mention, His Highness the Grand Sun was assassinated again just now.
If something unexpected happens, even if he has 10,000 heads, he will have to move them all.
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On the way back, Zhu Yunxuan got into the carriage.
Although his identity was revealed on the pier, Jinyiwei sealed it tightly at that time and no one outside knew about it.
By the time the news spread, he had already left in a carriage.
Originally, they were just investigating Ouyang Lun for tax evasion, but unexpectedly, they discovered his collusion with Japanese pirates.
It's a pity that Ouyang Lun is dead and can no longer ask questions.
We can only hope that Jiang Wei can find out from other people's mouths.
The carriage clattered forward.
Zhu Yunzhen sat inside, thinking silently.
Zhu Yunwen meets Princess Anqing and Ouyang Lun.
Then Ouyang Lun secretly went to see Chang Mao, and Chang Mao met Qi Tai secretly.
Now, it was discovered that Ouyang Lun was hiding Japanese pirates on the cargo ship.
Think back to what Xu Miaojin said before about seeing Zhu Yunzhen meeting with Japanese pirates.
Could it be that this is also his arrangement?
Did Zhu Yunwen really collude with the Japanese pirates and want to do evil things?
Between Zhu Yunzhen's brows and eyes, murderous intent was gathering bit by bit.
He did not want to kill Zhu Yunwen if necessary.
No matter what, he is the second brother of the original body.
As long as Zhu Yunwen is honest, he doesn't mind providing him with delicious food and drink, so that he can enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth.
But if Zhu Yunwen was seeking death himself, then he would not be blamed.
But what exactly does Zhu Yunwen want to do?
What's the use of hiding a few Japanese pirates?
In the large Jinling City, a few Japanese pirates could not cause much trouble.
If they came to assassinate him, then being on the dock just now was the best opportunity.
But the opponent obviously didn't have any preparation, and the stabbing with crossbow arrows was more like a temporary act.
If it was carefully arranged, he wouldn't be able to escape so easily.
It would be even more difficult to enter the palace to assassinate.
After all, the Japanese pirates did not understand the language, and after all, they were not from the Ming Dynasty.
Many behaviors and behaviors are quite different from those of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Flaws are easily revealed.
If you really want to carry out an assassination, concealment is the first priority, and it is impossible to use Japanese pirates.
Apart from that, what else can they be used for?
Is it worth taking a big risk to hide the other party in the cargo and secretly bring him to Jinling?
Suddenly, lightning flashed in Zhu Yunzhen's mind.
Yang Shiqi's previous words suddenly rang out.
Could it be that they wanted to use Japanese pirates to assassinate Lao Zhu?
(End of chapter)
