Zhang Mingwei patted his forehead and said in a funny tone, "Looking at my memory, I have forgotten that martial law is currently under way in the capital!"
Yes, the capital has been under martial law since the arrest of Chen Xinjia. The streets are full of patrolling soldiers, where are the common people?
It's just that this martial law does not exist at all for Zhang Mingwei, so he forgot about this martial law when he was busy with things.
After Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, he counted the time and said to Chen Yuanyuan, "Martial law has a great impact on the livelihood of the people in the capital. Judging from the time, the inspection troops should have arrived in Shanxi. It is estimated that the martial law will be lifted in a few days. At that time, let people sell newspapers."
"Yes, sir!" Chen Yuanyuan agreed after hearing this, and then replied, "Then I will go prepare the contents of the next newspaper!"
Zhang Mingwei nodded, watched Chen Yuanyuan leave, and then said to Zhu Yuyao, "Let's go to the Jinyiwei Yamen and take advantage of the martial law in the capital to clean up the people in the prison. Then, the martial law will almost be lifted!" "
"People in the prison?" Zhu Yuyao was a little surprised when she heard this. I wonder who Zhang Mingwei was talking about?
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In the innermost part of the Jinyiwei Prison, Zhou Yanru, who had nothing to do, leaned on the fence next door and said to Chen Xinjia over there, "Since the last interrogation, it seems that you have committed a serious crime? Come on? , tell me, I can help you with the details, maybe I can help you get out of jail!"
Chen Xinjia remained as usual, ignoring him and hiding alone in the darkest place in the cell.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Zhou Yanru didn't care, and continued to chatter, "If my guess is right, either you are guilty of the cashier thing, or you were impeached due to Songjin's defeat?"
"Think about it, Wang Dehua, Wang Zhixin, and Liao Guolin, who is greedy for refugee money, all turned somersaults on the word money. Your reputation, Chen Xinjia, is actually not small. Haha, how about it, did I guess wrong? ?”
"..." Chen Xinjia ignored him at all, still in a daze.
Zhou Yanru looked at him, feeling a little gloating in his heart.
This Chen Xinjia ignored him when he was first imprisoned in imperial prison, which made him very dissatisfied. Therefore, after being imprisoned in this prison for a long time, I am bored anyway, so it is a rare pleasure to have some fun with Chen Xinjia.
"The Battle of Songjin, I wonder what you think? Is it possible that you are better at fighting than Hong Chengchou? Come on, tell me, what is your record, how many bandits have you eliminated or defeated? How many captives have you killed? You’re still here to point fingers, who do you think you are?”
Hearing this, Chen Xinjia couldn't hold it back, turned around and shouted angrily, "You..."
As soon as the word "you" came out of his mouth, he thought about it again and couldn't help but sigh. If possible, he would really like the court to punish him for this crime.
Today, he is very worried. The consequences of the big case of interfering with captives on the Ming Dynasty are simply unimaginable. Although the Duke of Guo said that he would be lenient after confessing, he is still not sure at all. If he is lenient, what will happen to him? How to open up one side of the net?
Zhou Yanru didn't expect that Chen Xinjia would be stimulated to react today, and he couldn't help but become more interested, so he took up the topic of the Battle of Songjin and started talking about it again, "Actually, if you ask me, you are just a judge. You are not even a Jinshi, but you have climbed to the high position of Minister of War. Is it because of this that you want to rush to make a name for yourself to silence everyone?"
No matter what he said, Chen Xinjia had already turned his back again.
When Zhou Yanru heard this, he was not discouraged at all and continued to nag about Chen Xinjia's background.
Originally, he would have to wait until he got boring before he would end his nagging for the day. But this time, while he was chattering, he heard some movement. Then several imperial guards came to the door of the cell where he was detained and shouted to him, "Come out quickly, don't let the Duke of the country wait!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but be stunned. After being locked up for so long, he finally thought of him!
At this moment, he was even a little excited, finally he no longer had to be locked up in this hellish place!
So, he stood up quickly, still in the mood to say hello to Chen Xinjia and said, "Don't you want to hear my nagging anymore? No, we will never see you again!"
In his mind, he was imprisoned because he offended the emperor when he impeached Duke Xingguo. It had been such a long time, and the emperor must have thought of him only after his anger had subsided.
Come to think of it, I am the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty after all. Is it possible that he has been imprisoned in the imperial edict and punished just because he impeached his subordinates?
Now that he has been locked up for so long, it is already considered punishment. When I see Duke Xingguo later, it will be fine if I just keep a low profile and admit my mistake or something!
Thinking like this, Zhou Yanru was in a pretty good mood and followed the captain of the Imperial Guard.
Not long after, when I arrived at the lobby, I didn’t even remember what the chief assistant’s pretense was. When I saw Duke Xingguo sitting on the throne, he hurriedly stepped forward humbly to salute, “I have met the Duke, the Duke. everything is fine!"
However, Zhang Mingwei would not be polite to him, but shouted with a cold face and a little dignity, "Zhou Yanru, I will only give you one chance, you have to think carefully!"
Zhou Yanru couldn't help but be stunned by calling him by his name so unceremoniously. When I came back to my senses, I immediately felt a little bad. It wasn't like I could just say a nice word and let him go.
He was still thinking when he heard Zhang Mingwei ask, "Tell me, what is your relationship with Fushe? And how did you become the chief minister, and how did Fushe manipulate the imperial examination? Tell me everything you know." Recruit the truth!"
Zhou Yanru heard this unexpectedly and was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
It can be said that this is his biggest secret and also the most shameful secret. Of course he knew what the consequences would be if this secret was exposed.
Suddenly, Duke Xingguo, the commander of Jin Yiwei, asked him. Although I was just asking him, not talking about his things, it was like a thunderbolt hitting his forehead.
Zhang Mingwei looked at Zhou Yanru who fell to the ground and couldn't help but sneered and reminded him, "My patience is very limited and I will only give you one chance. If you are unwilling to recruit, that's no problem. I can give Wu Changshi a chance!" "
These words hit Zhou Yanru hard again.
If he might have had some luck before, he felt that Duke Xingguo was just scaring him. But at this time, Wu Changshi's name was also mentioned, which showed that Duke Xingguo knew a lot.
After coming back to his senses, Zhou Yanru knew that as long as the factory guards were really attentive, things like this would not be difficult to investigate. After all, no matter how secretive he was, many people knew that he could manipulate the imperial examination and use money to pave the way for him, and that could never be hidden.
Thinking of the consequences of these things being brought to light, Zhou Yanru was sweating all over his body, and his clothes were soaked in just a short time.
Zhang Mingwei looked at him and knew what was going on. He just snorted coldly, then stood up and left. At the same time, he said, "Since you don't want this opportunity, come on and put him back in prison."
As soon as he heard this and saw that Duke Xing was about to leave, Zhou Yanru was frightened. He rushed forward quickly, raised his head and said sincerely and in panic, "Duke, Duke of Guo, I will recruit you, I will recruit you!"
Duke Xingguo said that it is better to be given a chance to confess than to be confessed by others.
After hearing what he said, Zhang Mingwei sat back down and listened to Zhou Yanru start to confess in shock. Naturally, Zhu Yuluo must have been listening, and the clerk was recording the confession.
After half a day, Zhou Yanru finally finished his confession and was escorted back to the imperial prison in a state of despair.
Chen Xinjia was a little surprised when he heard this news. He didn't know who was being taken into the prison in the imperial prison. When he turned around and saw that it was Zhou Yanru, he was a little surprised.
In his opinion, Zhou Yanru's crime was just to contradict the emperor, and it was not a big crime. After being imprisoned for so many days, it was indeed possible to be released.
As a result, Zhou Yanru was not only escorted back, but he also looked as lost as he was when he confessed and was returned to prison.
This time, it was his turn to become curious. What happened to Zhou Yanru to look like this?
After the Jinyi Guardsman locked the door and left, Chen Xinjia was firstly curious, and secondly disgusted by Zhou Yanru's face before, so he took the initiative to come over and asked through the fence, "Zhou Yanru, what crime did you commit to be raped by Duke Xingguo?" Was it discovered?"
Zhou Yanru was in the worst mood at this time. He was worried about himself, so he had time to pay attention to him.
Chen Xinjia couldn't help but sneer when he saw this. I don't know why, although his situation is also very bad, he actually feels a sense of pleasure at this time.
So, he asked again, "Let me guess, what is your crime? It should not be an ordinary bullying of men and women; stealing and adultery is possible, but it is not like this; corruption and perversion of the law..."
Zhou Yanru didn't expect that Chen Xinjia's mouth would be so vicious, and he would dare to orchestrate the theft and adultery of his dignified chief assistant. Suddenly, he let out a wild beast's howl and rushed towards Chen Xinjia.
Chen Xinjia was startled at first and quickly took a few steps back. After finding out that it was safe and seeing Zhou Yanru's angry look, he was happy and started making arrangements again.
Seeing this, Zhou Yanru turned all his worries and uneasiness into anger towards Chen Xinjia.
As a result, a rare scene occurred in the Jinyiwei Prison. Two former important officials of the imperial court began to curse each other across the fence.
Zhang Mingwei doesn't know about this situation yet, but even if he knew it, he wouldn't care.
At this time, he took Zhou Yanru's confession and entered the palace with Zhu Yu'ao to meet Emperor Chongzhen.
If the case of the Shanxi businessmen and the captives may only involve a little more civilians, the case of official fraud and manipulation in Fushe will definitely shock the officialdom.
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