Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 503 Xungui Banqueted, Laughed and Laughed at Qingtian Ce

Duke of Wei.

A singing and dancing banquet was going on, and Xu Wenjue invited more than a dozen nobles from Nanjing, several well-known literati, and more than a dozen famous Qinhuai courtesans.

The Qinhuai famous prostitutes are also graded, except for Wu Xiaoxiao, those invited by Xu Wenjue are only second- and third-rate.

As for the dancer troupe with more than twenty members and the orchestra with seven or eight members, they were raised by his family.

Although raising dance troupes and orchestras cost a lot of money, Duke Wei is not short of such money.

The reason for holding this banquet is that in the past seven or eight days, more than a dozen commissioners of Qingzhang in Yingtian Mansion have been tried for crimes.

With the help of people with good intentions, these dozens of cases spread rapidly, and were exaggerated and distorted, which caused a considerable impact, and greatly reduced the trust of many people in Yingtian Mansion in Commissioner Qingzhang.

There are more and more gossip about land tax reform in the DPRK and China, and even some important ministers have expressed dissatisfaction with the land tax reform.

Under such circumstances, not only the commissioners of Qingzhang became more cautious in their work, but Qingtian's speed was greatly slowed down.

Some people even feel that under such circumstances, the imperial court will inevitably back down and re-evaluate the feasibility of the "land tax reform", and maybe let it go.

Knowing this, many nobles who are representatives of the big landlords in Nanjing felt relieved. In order to release the pressure accumulated in the past half a month, they urged Xu Wenjue to hold this banquet.

Xu Wenjue sat at the main seat, and Wu Xiaoxiao, a famous courtesan, sat beside him.

The six nobles who are closer to him on the left and right sides of the hall are: Deng Wenyu, Marquis of Dingyuan, Zhang Gongri, Marquis of Longping, Li Zushu, Marquis of Linhuai, Sun Weicheng, Marquis of Huaining, Liu Zuochang, Marquis of Anyuan, and Xu Hongjue, Marquis of Yongchang.

It can be said that among the seven old marquises in Nanjing, only Lingbihou Tang Guozuo did not come.

The singing and dancing sound is not noisy, so everyone can chat while drinking and enjoying beautiful food.

"I heard that a few days ago, another commissioner was sentenced to death with a reprieve for sleeping with someone else's concubine. It's really satisfying."

"That's right, a mere official, dared to clear our fields. It's like an old birthday star eating arsenic and getting tired of working."

"Back when Zhang Juzheng ruled the government for seven or eight years, Qingtian didn't dare to kill us. Today, he only sat on the dragon chair for half a year, but he couldn't help but attack us. I'm afraid I forgot. If it weren't for the help of our ancestors, they Zhu Where did the family come from?"

"Marquis Longping, please be careful with your words." Xu Wenjue was still not drunk, but was taken aback by Zhang Gongri's words, and hurriedly reminded him, "If this word gets out, something big will happen."

Zhang Gongri was only slightly drunk, and realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, so he drank his head down and pinched the woman next to him with his big hand, making the woman give him a blank look.

Soon, a literati whose family had [-] mu of fertile farmland said, "Your Majesty is still too young. Seeing that we have a lot of land, he wanted to attack us. I don't even think about it. Without us, how will the Ming Dynasty be stable?
The crimes committed by these Qingzhang commissioners are just the beginning. If the land tax reform continues, there will definitely be big troubles.At that time, it will not be the case that the court judges one or two people to end up. "

"good."

The crowd smiled and nodded.

They all know in their hearts that if the land tax reform continues, especially in the second step, even if nothing happens, the people under them will make trouble.

Now these dozen or so cases of commissioner Qingzhang are just a warning from them to the court, nothing more.

Liu Zuochang, the Marquis of Anyuan, was relatively well-informed about the matter of clearing the land, and he was deeply involved in the matter of Qingtian. At this time, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone, as far as I know, many important officials in the court are dissatisfied with the land tax reform. Trust them There will be action soon.

Coupled with the fact that more than a dozen Qingzhang commissioners committed crimes, the iron-like facts are in front of us. I believe His Majesty will stop decreeing to suspend the Qingtian soon. "

"It would be great if that was the case."

"Come on, let's make a toast to the early end of the evil government!"

"Dry!"

A group of honorable and literati landlords were drinking happily and having fun with prostitutes, when they heard a series of exclamations and shouts outside, followed by dense and heavy footsteps.

What happened?

All the dignitaries and literati were in shock.

One or two people with relevant knowledge exclaimed, "Not good! There are a lot of sergeants!"

Someone else looked at Xu Wenjue and asked anxiously, "Duke Wei, what's going on?"

Xu Wenjue looked confused, "I don't know."

Someone wanted to leave the living room, but was chased back.

Immediately, the sound of clashing swords and armors sounded, and a large group of imperial guards rushed in with swords, causing dancers, musicians, and prostitutes in the hall to flee in panic and exclaimed.

Most of the dignitaries and literati were also very scared, but some were stunned, or they didn’t believe that the Imperial Guard dared to touch him, so they stood up and shouted sternly, "What are you doing? Do you know where this is?"

The Imperial Guard who entered first didn't pay any attention to them at all.

But soon, the imperial guards stepped aside, and a general and several royal guards walked in.

The two leaders are Deng Peng, the general of the third battalion of the second town of the Imperial Guard, and Li Zhenwu, the Fusi town governor of Jinyiwei South Town.

Deng Peng looked solemn, staring at the people in the hall without speaking, while pressing his hand on the handle of the knife all the time, as if he would draw the knife to kill someone at any time.

Li Zhenwu, who was wearing a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, looked around the nobles with a smile on his face, and said, "Oh, there are so many marquises and uncles in Wei Guogong's mansion, which saves us a lot of effort. "

Seeing Li Zhenwu, these nobles and literati finally panicked.

Now who doesn't know, Nanzhen Fusi is specially used by the emperor to deal with people like them.

Previously, the grain merchants were hoarding, and the Nanzhen Fusi dispatched, but many large grain merchants were ruined.

Zhang Gongri couldn't help but said: "Li Zhenwu, we are all Daming Lords, and we are living with the country, so don't mess around!"

These words seem to be threatening, but they are actually a sign of guilt.

Li Zhenwu looked at him, withdrew his smile, and snorted coldly: "Your Majesty allows you to retire with the country. If Your Majesty does not allow you, you will retire today!"

After speaking, he took out an imperial decree and read it himself.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Today, Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusi found out that Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue, Dingyuan Hou Deng Wenyu, Longping Hou Zhang Gongri, Anyuan Hou Liu Zuochang... and others ordered servants, plotted, and designed to frame There were [-] cases involving Qing Zhang Commissioner.

Now Jin Yiwei and Imperial Guards are arresting and bringing them to justice, and they will be interrogated strictly. Anyone who dares to arrest by force will be killed on the spot, regardless of life or death!This! "

After listening to Li Zhenwu read the imperial decree, many nobles and literati (big landlords) involved in it were stunned, and some even fell to the ground.

Xu Wenjue, who was sitting on the master's seat, was also stunned, and then he scrambled over and shouted with horror on his face: "I don't have a master to send servants to obstruct Qingzhang, I am wronged!"

The other dignitaries and literati (landlords) reacted and shouted for injustice.

Liu Zuochang, Marquis of Anyuan, pointed at Li Zhenwu and shouted: "It must be your Jin Yiwei who forged evidence and slandered us! I want to see Your Majesty, but I don't accept it!"

Li Zhenwu ignored him at all, but clasped his fists at Deng Peng next to him and said: "General Deng Shen, let the soldiers arrest people."

Deng Peng nodded, and immediately ordered the soldiers to arrest him.

Almost all the nobles and literati who participated in this banquet were on the imperial decree list, and Li Zhenwu chose to arrest them at this point. It can be seen that his Jin Yiwei has long been eyeing Xu Wenjue and others.

Seeing the imperial guards arresting people, some nobles panicked and tried to escape from the window of the side hall, but they were easily captured and beaten.

Fortunately, these people were counselors and did not carry weapons. No one was arrested by force on the spot, otherwise they would have been killed on the spot.

After Xu Wenjue and others were arrested, Li Zhenwu personally led a team to seize the accounts, treasury and other important items in his abdomen.

As for the key personnel involved in the case, such as the chief housekeeper Xu Changfu, they have long been controlled by the imperial guards or Jin Yiwei outside, and none of them escaped.

After sealing up the treasury and leaving Duke Wei's mansion with many ledgers, Li Zhenwu not only stopped to look back inside, but sighed, "I don't know how much of it can be kept in such a rich place after this time."

After sighing, he smiled and led people away.

As for the sealed Wei Guogong's mansion, it will be temporarily guarded by the imperial guards.

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(End of this chapter)