Crossing the Swordsman: Lin Pingzhi, the Swordsman of Evil

Chapter 559 The Turning Point of the Ming Dynasty
After Lin Pingzhi told Gu Jinfu the news, Gu Jinfu was also taken aback.

He has been favored by the emperor since the Jiajing Dynasty. It has been more than 40 years now.

After all, when Jiajing was assassinated and the strict party was raided, it was a big deal.

But these things are nothing compared to the things committed by the eight Shanxi merchants.

After all, no matter how greedy Mr. Yan Ge is, at best it is only Daming's internal conflict.

But the eight major Shanxi merchants are actually traitorous.

Gu Jinfu couldn't help but swallowed his saliva after listening to it and said, "This matter is really important. I don't know who else knows about this matter right now?"

Lin Pingzhi replied: "Because of the seriousness of this matter, the lower officials are clear about it. So besides me, there are only a few thousand households and a few hundred households who are in charge of investigating this matter, and the rest of Jinyiwei don't know about it." Something. I originally planned to wait for Yuan Qianhu and the others to have an idea, and then I would draft a memorial and report it to the emperor. I didn't expect Eunuch Gu to arrive so soon."

After thinking for a while, Gu Jinfu said: "It's better to keep this matter secret at the moment. Your Beizhen Fusi has been concentrating on interrogating these arrested people recently. The rest will be handed over to our Dongchang. Don't let this matter be caught by others. I know. Our family will go back to the palace to report this matter to the emperor. Just a few businessmen in the district cannot cause such a big storm. There must be their accomplices in the court. Confidential."

Lin Pingzhi clasped his hands and said, "It's natural. After all, I'm a newcomer and don't have much experience in working as an official. At this time, Eunuch Gu's Dongchang needs to bother."

Gu Jinfu said: "Naturally, everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and we share the worries of the emperor. We should help each other. It's just that as seniors, our family will rely on the old to sell the old, and give Mr. Lin a few golden and jade good words. That's us on the job. You should act according to the emperor's order, you must not interfere with the court situation, and you must not wantonly cause trouble."

Lin Pingzhi said, "Your official understands."

Afterwards, the two exchanged the ceremony, and Gu Jinfu hurriedly left Beizhen Fusi.

After all, Gu Jinfu is someone who will be useful to him in the future, so Lin Pingzhi personally sent him out of Beizhen Fusi before giving up.

Lin Pingzhi looked up at the gray sky at this time, he took a deep breath, and then said meaningfully: "It seems that the sky is going to change!"

As Lin Pingzhi expected, after Gujin Fu returned to the palace and informed Emperor Wanli of this matter, Emperor Wanli was furious.

But Emperor Wanli did not say anything, but continued to watch the music and dance as if nothing had happened, and wandered around the harem.Just explain that Gu Jinfu and Lin Pingzhi made a secret investigation together.

Then a list of the eight major Shanxi merchants was published, and then Jin Yiwei and Dongchang personally took action and went to Shanxi to search their homes.All these black sheep were arrested, and after the trial of the three divisions, the nine clans were punished.

Although a bit unexpected, Lin Pingzhi's unintentional move indirectly saved the Ming Dynasty.

Because these eight Shanxi merchant families are the eight traitor families known as the "Eight Imperial Merchants" in later generations.

These people were all traitors, and as citizens of the Ming Dynasty, they provided a lot of prohibited materials to Nurhachi's Houjin regime.

Therefore, after the Tartars entered the customs, they were named "Eight Great Imperial Merchants".

During this period of time, Lin Pingzhi was like a spectator, drinking tea, reading files, and even picked up the four contemporary classics and other leisure books to read.

Of course, there are three other books in this era, but there is no Dream of the Red Chamber.The book that replaced Dream of the Red Chamber in this period is Fengshen Yanyi.

And the rest was handed over to Dongchang and the thousands of households under his command.

These people are very concerned about this matter, after all, this is a big case.

A big case is equivalent to a big credit.Lin Pingzhi gave them this opportunity to make meritorious service, and they naturally had to seize it.

Soon it was the end of the new year, and everyone from Yihua Palace also moved into the Lin Mansion in the capital one after another.It's just that compared to being cautious before, this time they went directly to Lin Pingzhi's home.

Because there are so many things going on in the court, and no one cares about it right now, Mr. Lin, the governor of Beizhen, bought a few servants to enter the mansion, such a trivial matter.

At the end of the new year, Lin Pingzhi was singing and dancing at his home in the capital.

Although Emperor Wanli still did not summon Lin Pingzhi, he still rewarded Lin Pingzhi with a lot of things.

Lin Pingzhi was sitting at the table, and in front of his eyes were two charming little beauties, singing with their beautiful voices that winter is coming and spring is coming, and all things come back to life.

The two who sang this song are Qu Feiyan and Li Xingyao.And Mrs. Li was playing the piano and accompanied by Mrs. Li.

Although Li Xingyao entered the mansion in the name of someone below, after all, no one really used this "eldest lady" to order her around.

On weekdays, cleaning and other things in the mansion are handled by other Yihua Palace disciples including Mrs. Li.

And Li Xingyao taught Qu Feiyan to sing every day.

Lin Pingzhi is in a good mood now, he didn't expect his goal to be achieved before his plan even started.He was naturally very happy about this surprise.

Although Lin Pingzhi was singing and dancing at home, he indulged in sensuality.

But outside the Lin Mansion, things have completely changed.

Although it's been less than a month, the efficiency of Jinyiwei and Dongchang's work is not blown out.

Although they are usually very generous, it's just that they don't take it seriously. They may turn a blind eye to some trivial matters, but when it comes to such big things, they are naturally fighting. Twelve points of spirit.

After repeated tortures by Dongchang and Beizhen Fusi, those arrested in Qianzhuang confessed one after another.

With their confessions, Dongchang and Beizhen Fusi raided Shanxi with lightning speed, bypassing the governor of Shanxi and local magistrates, and directly took down the eight major Shanxi merchants.

Although there was a lot of resistance, but in front of the Communist Party, it was nothing more than a mantis' arms.

After taking down the eight major Shanxi merchants, they immediately notified the local government to arrest their relatives, and then escorted them to the capital for trial.

During this time, almost all the prison cells in the capital were full.After all, the rich families of this era, or small local families, will repair genealogy.

The imperial court arrests people according to the genealogy list, and naturally it catches one person at a time.

In addition to those businessmen outside, there are also many things happening in the court at the moment.

That was when Emperor Wanli began to "use the subject to play".

After all, the eight major Shanxi merchants confessed many court officials who were in the same rank as them.Small fish and shrimp are irrelevant.But this is a big matter, and this case involved a lot of important officials in the court.

But these important ministers in the court are all the most important cronies, so now Emperor Wanli has committed a difficult situation.

This case is undoubtedly his best chance to eradicate his cronies and regain power.But this matter is very involved, but if it is severely punished, there will be more than thousands of officials involved.The Ming Dynasty will inevitably suffer injuries.

But if this opportunity is missed, Emperor Wanli will feel regretful again. After all, there is no better opportunity for reform than this.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli spent this year in panic.

(End of this chapter)