Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 12 Li Banghua

After inspecting the Yongwei Camp and returning to the Hall of Martial Arts, it was the end of Shen Shi, Zhu Youjian bathed and changed clothes under the service of the maid, and it was already dark after dinner.

At this time, entertainment activities are very scarce, it is too early to go to bed, it is only around 7:[-] in the evening, if you don’t sleep, you have nothing to do, you can’t talk about life and ideals with a few eunuchs.

Zhu Youjian's heart moved, but he thought of a few things. He opened his mouth and told Wang Chengen next to him: "Dear companion, tomorrow you arrange some smart, literate men to go to Huangzhuang to help Liu Chao. There is such a big man over there. Although the stall has not started yet, once he gets busy, he can't handle it alone. Remember, it is not for people to fight for power, and Liu Chao is the main one over there. Then, send a message to Luo Yangxing to let Jinyi guards everywhere Visit the strange folks and skilled craftsmen. Anyone who is well-known in the local area, no matter what kind of carpenter, blacksmith, stonemason, farming expert, weapon casting, etc., as long as they find out clearly and have skills, they will be hired by the local government. Useful. Remember, it’s an employment, not a forced release. Those who enter Beijing will be given 20 taels of An Jiayin per household, and the family members are willing to follow the unified arrangements for housing in Beijing. Another thing is to let Jin Yiwei go to the Jiangnan area to visit a man named Wu You A famous doctor of sex, let him come to Beijing to see him."

Wu Youxing is an epoch-making celebrity in the medical field.Historically, plagues were rampant throughout the country in the late Chongzhen period, Zhili in the north and south, and even nine deaths in ten households in Shandong.There are often more than a hundred families in a lane, and none of them can survive, and none of the dozens of families survives.Doctors tried to treat it with prescriptions for typhoid fever, but to no avail.

Wu Youxing personally experienced each epidemic, accumulated a wealth of information, then devoted himself to research, and wrote a new book "Plague Theory" based on his experience.The theory he put forward for the plague broke the traditional Chinese medicine's cognition and treatment of the plague, and provided prescriptions for the epidemic, such as Dayuanyin and Sanxiaoyin, which achieved very good therapeutic effects.

This is a great talent, he must be used to the best of his ability, and I can provide him with a better platform so that his talents can be maximized.

After finishing the order, Zhu Youjian went to the side hall and fell asleep.

In a house in the east city of the capital, Li Banghua, the royal censor of Zuoqian, was having dinner, and his old wife and son were at the same table.

Although he is the royal censor of Zuoqian capital, his family's regulations are not big, the two courtyards, the front yard is lived by the old servant's family who has followed him for many years, and Li Banghua's family of three lives in the backyard.He has only one son and one daughter, and his daughter has already been married, leaving only his old wife and his son Li Ruobin who is studying in the Imperial College.My son is [-] years old. He has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and his grades are excellent. He passed the entrance examination last year and is preparing to take the Shuntianfu Township Examination this fall.

The son is already engaged. The in-law is the youngest daughter of the head of the Ministry of War, Kim Hyun. She is a quiet and gentle girl. As long as the son passes the provincial examination this year, he will get married next year.

The ancients paid attention to eating without talking. After dinner, Li Banghua went to the study to read as usual, while his son went back to his own room to study.

Li Banghua is in his sixties, and he is very satisfied with his son.Smart and studious, calm and generous, I have pinned a lot of hope on him.

It was getting dark, and the old servant had already lit a candle. Li Banghua sat at the desk and picked up a book. Instead of reading it, he fell into deep thought.

The current situation was turbulent, and I was promoted by the emperor, from the idle job of the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry to the position of the Zuoqian capital censor. Although the ranks were almost the same, they were all three grades, but the power was very different.Since I took office, I have lived up to my prestige and impeached many corrupt officials, but the situation has not changed a little because of my efforts
Today, Daming is troubled by internal and external troubles, like a small boat in a storm, which may capsize at any time.Alas, His Majesty is smart and frugal, and diligent in political affairs, but his temper is a bit hasty.I hope that the sage can turn the tide and save the people from the fire and water.

While meditating, there was a rush of footsteps outside, "Master, I have something important to report!" Outside the house was the voice of the old servant Liu Zhong.

Li Banghua said, "Come in."

Liu Zhong pushed open the door and entered, holding a wooden box about one foot square in his hand.He has followed Li Banghua since he was a child, and now it has been decades. He says he is a servant, but in fact Li Banghua treats him like his family.

"Liu Zhong, what did you take?"

Li Banghua asked with a frown.

As the censor of the Zuoqian capital, he supervised all the officials and had a lot of power. Many officials gave money, fields and shops under various banners, but Li Banghua refused.It is his principle that it is difficult to be righteous when one is not right. When he saw the wooden box, he thought it was money and goods sent by someone in the dark, so he felt unhappy.

I told my family a long time ago that no matter what kind of gifts are brought to the door, they are not allowed to accept them. Why is Liu Zhong so ignorant this time?Just about to get angry, Liu Zhong said: "Master, just now the villain heard someone knocking on the door in the gatehouse, but when he opened the courtyard door, there was no one there. He only heard someone say something in the dark as evidence of sincerity, and then he saw the door The villain dare not make decisions about this wooden box, so I have come to ask the master to make a decision!".

"Oh? Take it here quickly!"

Li Banghua hurriedly ordered.

Liu Zhong handed over the wooden box, and Li Banghua opened the wooden box. Inside were a few pieces of paper, which seemed to be confessions and testimonies, because there were red handprints on them. As a senior official of Yushitai, Li Banghua had also participated in many There are few joint trials, so you can understand it at a glance.

He picked it up and quickly flipped through it. After a while, he read it, and said: "Go back, don't let anyone know about this!"

Liu Zhong retreated in response.

After Liu Zhong closed the door and left, Li Banghua sat down and began to think.This is a testimony of the sincerity that the House of Boss stole and plundered, causing death and maiming. The evidence is sufficient, and the families of the victims all have their fingerprints.The question is, who sent this?To investigate such cases, not ordinary people can obtain evidence. It requires superb means and a large number of manpower. Could it be done by someone who has a grudge against Cheng Yibo?It is unlikely, because it is impossible for civil servants to raise evil servants, which will hinder the reputation.

Xun Qi's power is not as good as before. At most, he can raise a few guards and thugs. It is impossible to have such a big power.

Military generals are becoming more and more arrogant now, looking down on these declining families.

Who did it?With a sudden movement in his heart, he knew who it was, and only that organization had such great influence.However, isn't Jin Yiwei getting weaker and weaker in recent years?Why are you so dedicated all of a sudden?Could it be the emperor?
Thinking of this, Li Banghua suddenly became enlightened.He quickly walked back to the desk and sat down, writing quickly in the memorial book that had been laid out a long time ago, and a quarter of an hour later, a memorial to impeach Mr. Chengyi was finished.Li Banghua picked up the playbook and read it again, and found that there were no omissions. After drying the ink, he stuffed the playbook into his sleeve, and then went to the bedroom to rest.

The next day, Zhu Youjian woke up at around [-]:[-], and Wang Chengen recruited a maid to help him get dressed, and then went to pass the meal. Zhu Youjian stretched his legs and bent over to do radio gymnastics.

The sun was scorching hot in the morning, extremely hot and dry, after only a short activity, the clothes I just changed were already soaked, so I had to go to bathe and change again.

After changing his clothes, Zhu Youjian felt refreshed, and after a long meal, it was almost midnight, and he was about to order Wang Chengen to send someone to Jinyiwei to deliver the decree.

After entering the palace to salute, Luo Yangxing said: "My lord, I have sent someone to throw the letter at Li Banghua's house last night, leaving a message to see his old servant go in with a wooden box before leaving!"

"No one else saw it?" Zhu Youjian asked lazily.

"Please don't worry, my lord, my subordinates are still meticulous in their work. Besides, it's getting late, and Li Qian's capital is always deserted in front of the imperial censor's gate, and no one sees it!" Luo Yangxing said.

"That's good, this matter is done well. Once Jin Yiwei cheers up, I'm still satisfied with the efficiency of the work! Just in time, I'm going to send someone to find you, and I want you to do a few things!"

"I beg your majesty to order!"

Zhu Youjian repeated the few things he ordered Wang Chengen last night, and finally said: "You must tell the guards in all places to be diligent and conscientious. The overall situation of the people's livelihood. We must carefully investigate to see if there are real materials, and we must not be slack and perfunctory. I will not hesitate to reward those who meet my wishes!"

Luo Yangxing swore that he would go back to the government office after receiving the order. Zhu Youjian guessed that the courtier's memorial should have reached the Secretary of General Affairs, so he asked him to stay and wait for the order, and then sent someone to get the memorial.

Zhu Youjian talked to Luo Yangxing one after another. After half an hour, Li Erxi and another little Huangmen came back carrying a basket full of memorials. After putting down the basket, Li Erxi picked up a book from the top and presented After reporting it to Zhu Youjian, he said: "Your Majesty, this is the memorial of Master Li, the imperial censor of the Zuoqian capital that you ordered, and this servant put it on it specially!"

After Zhu Youjian took it, he glanced at him approvingly, and praised him, Li Erxi beamed and smiled extremely happily.

I opened Li Banghua's memorial and glanced at it for a while, because I already knew it in my heart, so I put it down after reading it.

He said, "Luo Qing, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"I respectfully listen to the holy order!"

Luo Yangxing didn't dare to make decisions for the emperor, he didn't dare to answer, he just acted like a good baby.

Zhu Youjian pondered for a while, thinking about how to deal with this sincere uncle.

To say that stealing by stealth and killing people, this happened from time to time among those relatives.Although the Xun Qi has gradually declined until now, civil servants look down on them, because there have been no outstanding figures in the mansion for more than a hundred years, so even the influence on generals has become smaller and smaller.

Nominally, the relatives are in charge of the Beijing camp, but they only care about making money on weekdays and don't care about training at all. As a result, the Beijing camp with tens of 10 people has no combat effectiveness at all.Even so, there are still some people who rely on the shadow of their ancestors to run amok, oppress the good, and have a bad reputation among the people.

Especially the House of Chengyi, after Liu Kongzhao succeeded to the title, he had a lot of bad deeds and his food was extremely ugly.As long as he took a fancy to the shop, he tried every means to grab it, and many legitimate businessmen broke their homes and ruined their businesses.

The land under his name is more than [-] mu, and a considerable part of it was bought forcibly at a low price by taking advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters.In history, when Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, after the emperor hanged himself, some of his relatives opened their doors and surrendered, in vain of the kindness that Daming had shown them for more than two hundred years;

"I passed on the word of mouth that Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity uncle, disregarded human life and illegally seized other people's property. The amount was huge, and the people's grievances were boiling! Since the title of Earl of sincerity will be cut off, those who hurt people's lives in his house will be executed! Return the victim! The rest of the property will be confiscated, and the whole family will be distributed to Qiongzhou. If there is any pardon, there will be no pardon! In the future, there will be similar people who will use it as an example, and they will never be forgiven, and Jin Yiwei will execute it!"

Just as Wang Chengen was going to the cabinet to deliver the decree, Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered his promise when he reviewed the Yongwei camp yesterday, and stopped him and told him: "You go and let the cabinet draft an order, and the promise I made to the officers and soldiers in the Yongwei camp yesterday Write it down, and issue it to the world after printing!"

Wang Chengen bowed to receive the decree, and Luo Yangxing followed him to the cabinet.

(End of this chapter)