Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 65
As the evening approached, it was meal time. In the private room of Hongfu Restaurant, Taichang once again ordered a large table of famous Suzhou dishes to enjoy a drink with everyone.

This time, Wu Yangsheng and Xu Yunzhen were missing, but Zhang Yunfang and his wife, the magistrate Ni Yuangong were added, plus a little baby who didn't understand, and the banquet was even more lively.

After everyone was full, Taichang asked Wu Wan'er to go back to the prefect yamen guest house with Zhang Yuanfang and his wife to rest, while he took the others and the accompanying Jin Yiwei to the imperial shop.

However, this time he did not bring dozens of brocade guards, but hundreds of brocade guards.

At this moment, Suzhou City has slowly begun to recover, and there are no longer a few people scattered on the street, and there are many more people near the Huangdian.

Jin Yiwei cleared the way, so naturally no one dared to block the way, and soon, everyone came to the Huangdian and the porcelain shop.

With a wave of Taichang's hand, Jin Yiwei immediately surrounded the Huangdian and the adjacent porcelain shop in a tight circle.

He ordered Jin Yiwei to clear out the customers in the adjacent porcelain shop, and at the same time led everyone to the imperial shop.

There was still no customer in the Huangdian, and in the dim light, the waiter was reading a book with his legs crossed.

However, he shouldn't be reading a good book, because the expression on his face is too obscene.

As soon as Taichang saw this guy, he became very angry. Without thinking, he waved his hand and said, "Take it!"

The two Jin Yiwei rushed forward without hesitation, lifted the guy up from the chair, clasped his hands behind his back, and pressed him to the ground.

This guy really didn't expect that not only would someone enter the store at night, but they would also attack as soon as they ran in. It was only when he was pinned to the ground that he roared angrily as if he had just woken up from a dream: "What are you doing, who are you, do you know who I am?"

I do want to know who you are.

Taichang stepped forward and said contemptuously: "Tell me and listen, who are you?"

This guy didn't know whether he didn't listen to what was going on outside the window and only read messy books, or he was too lazy to ask people about Taichang's appearance, so he didn't recognize the current emperor.

He naturally recognized Jin Yiwei, but he didn't seem to be afraid at all.

He said arrogantly: "Tell you, my uncle is Mr. Matang Ma, why don't you hurry up and give up!"

Ma Tang?

WTF?

Taichang couldn't help looking at Cao Huachun who was at the side.

Cao Huachun hastily whispered in his ear: "Ma Tang is the original supervisor of ceremonies, under Lu Shou's sect. It seems that he should be the shopkeeper of this imperial shop."

Oh, it turned out to be a small steward from the sixth rank.

The names of these eunuchs are really useless. Fengyu of the Yumajian is called Chen Feng, and Suitang of the Supervisor of Rites is called Matang. It's all a mess.

No wonder this guy is not afraid of Jin Yiwei, it seems that Ma Tang has also joined Wei Zhongxian's sect.

Alas, I didn't think about it so much at the beginning, and asked Wei Zhongxian to clean up the eunuch with the palm print of the 24th prison in the inner palace. That guy didn't take the opportunity to save all the interests of Concubine Zheng's family outside the palace!

Is it a great thing for a small chief inspector to take refuge in Wei Zhongxian?
Taichang couldn't help snorting coldly: "Where's Ma Tang?"

Hey, something is wrong!
Ordinary people would be shocked when they heard that it was the steward of the palace, but this person actually looked contemptuous and called his uncle by his name!
The waiter who was looking at the store finally came to his senses, he heard that the emperor is here today, so the person in front of him could be the emperor, right?

He trembled all over and said tremblingly: "You, you are the emperor?"

This guy is really slow to react!

Taichang couldn't help snorting coldly: "I'm asking you something."

What an emperor!

The waiter was so scared that he trembled all over and said: "Go back to the emperor, my uncle is at home."

at home?

Taichang thought for a while, and then ordered: "Luo Yangxing, take 200 people with me to have a look, and the others stay here and guard."

After speaking, he said coldly to the waiter in the shop: "Lead the way."

This Ma Tang is the key person. As long as he is caught, the matter of the Huangdian can be almost clarified. Others must not be as clear as this guy.

That's why Taichang decided to take people to Zhuomatang himself.

Anyway, the city defense of Suzhou has been taken over by the imperial guards at this moment, and the surrounding streets are also full of Jinyi guards, so he doesn't have to worry about his own safety.

Ma Tang's residence was not far from the Huangdian, he turned a street and walked less than a hundred steps to arrive.

Before Taichang could speak, the guard outside the gate of Ma Mansion pointed at them and shouted: "Who are you, don't you know where this is?"

Don't you know that I have come to Suzhou today?

The eunuchs sent from the palace were so arrogant that even their subordinates didn't know who they were!
Taichang didn't bother to talk too much, he just waved his hand and said, "Take it, go and open the door."

Several Jin Yiwei rushed up immediately, knocked down the two guards at the door in twos and twos, and then rushed in through the small door next to it.

After a while, the door was opened.

Taichang looked at Ge Cheng, then at Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou, and then ordered: "Luo Yangxing, take 100 people to guard the outside, Cao Huachun, take 100 people in, and arrest all the people inside. Ma Tang ran away."

Luo Yang and Cao Huachun hurriedly said that they obeyed the order, and then led the people to get busy inside and out.

Soon, the Ma Mansion, which was originally quiet, screamed again and again, and various noises continued.

After about a quarter of an hour, Cao Huachun stepped out quickly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, everyone inside has been arrested, and Ma Tang is also here."

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, lead the way ahead."

He followed Cao Huachun into the room and had a look, and a sullen look appeared on his face.

This matang probably spent almost all the money he got from greed.

The Ma Mansion is so luxurious, it rivals the Imperial Palace!

He went to the courtyard of the main hall to have a look, and he was even more angry.

This dead eunuch actually recruited more than a dozen family guards and more than 20 old maids. On the steps in front of the main hall, there are six or seven gorgeously dressed little girls kneeling.

No need to ask, this is three wives and four concubines married.

Damn you, and without that thing, you have more wives than me!

He walked into the main hall with a face full of anger, took a seat at the head, and then said coldly to Ma Tang who was kneeling on the ground with his hands tied behind his back: "Ma Tang, are you guilty?"

Ma Tang hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant and servant did not do anything against the heavens and reason!"

Is killing only a crime?

Taichang still said coldly: "Tell me, how much have you been greedy for, and who are your accomplices?"

Can this be said?
Ma Tang thought for a while, and then said slyly: "Your Majesty, the servants are not greedy for anything, the servants are all here according to the palace rules, and everything that should be handed over is handed over."

Palace rules, right?
Alright, I will let you know what the rules are in the palace now.

Taichang immediately snorted coldly: "Drag it out, first hit twenty big boards again, and appetize him."

The four Jinyi guards immediately dragged Ma Tang outside without hesitation, pressed him to the ground and beat him violently.

After playing the twenty big boards, when he came back, Ma Tang was already grinning in pain and sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but sneered and said: "Well, this appetizer is not bad, can you tell me, if you don't tell me, I'm going to give you a big meal."

My God, there is a big meal!
Ma Tang was already used to enjoying himself outside, so he was so delicate and fleshy, so he could withstand such a severe beating there.

He immediately became honest, whatever Taichang asked, he would just say what he said.

This time, Taichang finally understood.

It turned out that industries such as official kilns and tea mountains were jointly managed by the household department and the local government. After Wanli released the mine supervisor and tax envoy, the eunuchs in the palace took the opportunity to seize these, and then sent their cronies Eunuchs run imperial stores all over the country.

After these eunuchs went to the local area, they threw the imperial store aside as a cover, and then recruited their relatives to open the store by themselves.

In this way, they took all the revenue of the imperial store and the profits of the official kiln and tea mountain industries into their own pockets.

Taichang originally thought that they were colluding with local officials. After a long time, they have formed their own industrial chain, from production to transportation to revenue. Dare to come to Huangdian to fight the autumn wind.

This is also the reason why Ma Tang opened a store here to make money after the downfall of Sun Long and Sun Zhixie, because they are not a system at all, and they don't have much connection with each other. Woolen cloth.

Hmph, it's no wonder that the inner treasury is empty. These dead eunuchs have robbed me of all my money!

(End of this chapter)