eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 177 Who Do You Think Your Highness Is? (two chapters in one)

"Jin...Jin Yiwei?"

In the Ming Dynasty, for most people, they would retreat a little when they heard this word.

The reason why Mao Yuwen was able to walk in so swaggeringly just now was because of his flying fish suit.If he's a rustic countryman, let him get in, and one of the many eyes will see him and drive him away.

Speaking of which, Mao Yuwen was also ruthless, and even in front of so many people, he directly wiped this person's neck.Some soldiers had never seen such a scene, and their faces turned pale with fright.

Mao Yuwen showed sarcasm, "This man's words insulted His Highness, and he died without any injustice."

Then he turned his eyes and landed on the middle-aged man who was holding the corpse and crying, "Is he going to be arrested too?"

"Yes... yes." One soldier, unable to stand Mao Yuwen's gaze, nodded in a daze.

"Catch it if it's you!" Mao Yuwen walked over, straightened his crooked hat, and patted him, "Be a little bit promising. Remember a word, a soldier needs a military look."

After speaking, he left the courtyard.

But at this moment, he didn't know that the person he killed on the spot was Huang Zongliang's second brother.

After that, Mao Yuwen asked someone to take him to the Governor's Yamen.

As soon as Wang Hua heard that it was Jin Yiwei, he knew that the "vanguard" of the people sent by His Highness had arrived, so he was relieved that the situation in Zhejiang was stable no matter how chaotic it was.

"...Speaking of which, you have already arrested the chief envoy and the inspector. What about the people in their yamen?" Mao Yuwen first came to understand the situation.

"As long as they are involved in the case, they are all being arrested. It's just that the government offices in Zhejiang will be empty, and many government affairs will be delayed." Wang Hua asked: "I wonder if His Highness can make arrangements for the follow-up to take over the officials."

Mao Yuwen was not worried, "Wang Zhongcheng, just these bird officials in Zhejiang, without them, the people would live better."

What I said... can be regarded as rough and reasonable.Wang Hua and Mei Kejia glanced at each other, expressing surprise at the roughness and delicacy displayed by the commander of Jinyiwei.

"Where are the two masterminds? Can Wang Zhongcheng let me meet them?" Mao Yuwen added, "Case handling is Jin Yiwei's specialty. If Zhongcheng is worried about Zhejiang's government affairs, he might as well work harder."

Now that Jin Yiwei is here, it's okay to hand over the case.They are all people sent by the East Palace, and they don't pay that much attention.

But there is one thing that Wang Hua wants to talk about.He brought the two words written by Mei Kejia on the desk to Mao Yuwen's eyes.

"Japanese pirates... are there traces to follow?"

Judging from his reaction, Mei Kejia knew that when these people left the capital, the crown prince should have explained everything.

Wang Hua shook his head and replied: "It wasn't long after Zhejiang received the news of Tengxiang Zuowei, and we arrested him immediately. It stands to reason that it should be too late, but we don't know if anyone dared to collude with the Japanese pirates secretly. Therefore, during the interrogation Li and Dang can focus on clarifying this point. As long as they are not able to form a climate, and there is Tengxiang Zuowei in charge, then the Zhejiang case will not form a major counterattack this time."

Of course, there will always be political counterattacks.Unless it is turned into an iron case of treason.

Mao Yuwen originally wanted to try the criminals first, but when he heard about this, he suddenly had some thoughts, "Why...don't let them collude with Japanese pirates?"

Wang Hua and Mei Kejia were shocked when they said this, because they hadn't considered this direction at all.One of them is a civil servant and the other a businessman, and they would never want such a drastic change in the situation in Zhejiang.

But Mao Yuwen had a different perspective from theirs.

He spread his hands and said: "Zhongcheng is worried that someone will collude with Japanese pirates. This is the feeling given to you by the gentry in Zhejiang, which means that someone dares to do this. This is a serious crime for exterminating the nine clans. Such a person will not let you He showed himself, and told him to hide?"

For Mao Yuwen, this kind of adventure is very different from what he has experienced before.And Zhang Yong is right behind, who can turn the sky upside down?

Mei Kejia's heart trembled, when did the crown prince use such a cruel and merciless person.After thinking about it, he explained: "It's not because someone dared to collude with Japanese pirates. It's just that when Tengxiang Zuowei came, many people were desperate, and there was no way out."

"Zhongcheng, is that so?"

"Indeed."

"But the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. Isn't that what these officials say?"

"No matter how you say it, it's better if there is no chaos." Wang Hua is not a killing machine, he is an official who wants to govern one side, "When there is trouble, others will say that it is caused by His Highness's excessive behavior in Zhejiang? "

When it comes to the interests of the prince, Mao Yuwen dare not be too casual.

"Then...let's talk about it when Eunuch Zhang comes. I'll go and interrogate those two first, maybe I can learn more."

When he left, Mei Kejia bowed slightly in respect.Standing up again, he glanced at Wang Hua, seeing that his eyes were a little tight, so he guessed in his heart that this Jin Yiwei's status in Beijing was not low.However, Mei Kejia had already felt that Mao Yuwen's tone changed when he mentioned His Highness.

This kind of person is like this, the more arrogant he is on the outside, the more obedient he will be in the East Palace, because all the dissatisfaction he caused will be suppressed by the East Palace for him.

Lone minister.

But on Mao Yuwen's side, the governor's yamen found him a well-lit and clean room, but he didn't even think about taking a rest, since he didn't feel tired anyway.

So the servants murmured, after all, it was Jin Yiwei, interrogation of prisoners is addictive!
Mainly for Mao Yuwen, the governor's yamen has already caught all that can be caught on the surface, so it is natural to pry the names from Li and Dang.This Wang Hua is also capable. Before Zhang Yong arrived, he made a decisive decision and didn't give these people a chance to respond. It is estimated that these people would not be able to make a big mess even if they wanted to.

Colluding with foreign enemies or simply rebelling is not a romantic or passionate thing. It requires careful preparation and repeated choices.

In the room, there were six people who followed Tian Er and others to Zhejiang, and now three were sitting on either side, and Mao Yuwen himself was sitting in the center.

Tian Er said: "Boss, the party surnamed should be more arrogant, should we try him first?"

"Success. Bring it up."

When Dang Shanji was arrested in front of Wang Hua, he was still in a red official robe, but now he is not treated so well. He has stripped all his silk clothes, and now he is a dingy coarse linen with messy hair, even It was also stained with two straws, and it was inconvenient to remove because the hands and feet were tied.

He is a joker, and he is violent on weekdays, but now that he knows that he is going to die, he is even more violent, and he starts to growl in front of Mao Yuwen, "Who is interrogating me? Sign up and tell grandpa to take a look." Are you qualified to judge me!"

"Jin Yiwei's commander is a colleague, Mao Yuwen."

This official position is not small. In the official position sequence of the Jinyiwei, one step up, he is the commander of the Jinyiwei.

Dang Shanji's face was a little solemn, "The people from Jinyiwei, why did they get to Zhejiang?"

Mao Yuwen was crookedly embedded in the chair, a little annoyed and laughed, "I have been a Jinyiwei for so many years, you are the first one to come up and ask me questions first, I admire you, I fucking really admire you. Okay, Since you are special, I will treat you special."

Tian Er on the side stepped forward, which seemed to be a kind of tacit understanding.

"He's dishonest, break off the little finger first."

Dang Shanji frowned, but he didn't seem to want to beg for mercy immediately, but stared at Tian Er with wide eyes, "I am the procuratorate of Zhejiang! I have appointed a third-rank official of the imperial court to be in charge of a provincial criminal name!"

"It's hard enough, I like it, I like hard ones. Tian Er, you break two, let's listen first."

A person who holds a provincial criminal name has naturally seen this kind of scene, so he still has a little ability to bear it. In addition, he remembered that Li Yan had said that no matter what, his mouth must be tough.

He knew that this person had a better brain than him, so he believed it first this time.Originally, according to his own thinking, he might as well recruit Quan Te Niang, but after working with him a few times, he felt that Li Yancai was a good person.

So even though there was a lot of screams in this room, it was just screams. Mao Yuwen really didn't hear a single useful word.

It was the first trial, and Mao Yuwen didn't want to kill him, so in the end he seemed to appreciate it and said: "Dang Shanji... I have tried so many prisoners, and you are the hardest one. Let's drag it down first. Oh, correct."

Mao Yuwen knelt down and whispered in his ear: "Interrogating prisoners is something I like very much. Now let me tell you, whoever confesses first, you or Li Yancai, will suffer less torture. Tortured. I'll tell him the same in a while. How? Isn't it fun??"

This is taught by the prince, a test of human nature, tried and tested repeatedly.

But Dang Shanji didn't seem to respond.

"It's good for a stupid person. A stupid person." Mao Yuwen interrogated many people, so he concluded this way, "Gag his mouth and tell him to only listen and not speak. Take one person down."

Li Yancai's image is similar to Dang Shanji's, except that he is a lot fatter than Dang Shanji, and his mood is much calmer, and he doesn't yell when he comes up.

But Jin Yiwei's arrival made him very alert, he recognized the flying fish suit.

"The people sent by His Highness have arrived."

"You look smarter, you should be able to make smart choices." Mao Yuwen pointed to Dang Shanji who was lying on the ground, "I told him just now, the two of you, whoever confesses first will avoid being tortured. On the other hand, the other person will have to understand the means of imprisoning the prison."

Li Yancai said neither humble nor overbearing: "In the 12th year of Hongzhi, Your Highness has a clear order to strictly order Beizhen Fusi not to abuse torture. If you want to use it, you must get His Highness's consent before it can be carried out! What you are using now is lynching!"

"Then do you think I have His Highness's approval?" Mao Yuwen smiled with his slender eyes, which made people feel very sinister.

"You..." When Li Yancai was asked this way, it was really hard to say. After all, he came from the capital. "His Royal Highness really has a will? We are all scholars!"

"You are more shameless than him." Mao Yuwen hated this man very much, "Tian Er, break off his three fingers."

"it is good!"

"What?!" Li Yancai was about to go crazy. What does it mean to break off a finger? It's the same as going to the street to buy vegetables. "Where do you judge a case like this? Before you ask anything, you will be punished!"

"Jin Yiwei is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and the imperial power licenses it, so we will try the case like this. Let's do it!"

Tian Er also didn't like this scholar who was full of heart and mind at first glance, so he went up and pressed his trapped hand, and then picked out a middle finger.

With this force, Li Yancai curled up and hid back, and the expression on his face became grim, "Ah! Pain! Pain! Pain!"

In the end, he could only kneel on the ground, leaning his body up, giving his fingers a chance to survive, "...You, you ask me first, and then it won't be too late to torture you!"

Hearing what he said, Dang Shanji, who had been stretched into a ball all the time, was still making a 'woo hoo' sound, and kept twisting his body.

Li Yan didn't dare to look at him, so she shrunk her head and cried, "It really hurts too much."

Mao Yuwen couldn't help grinning, "I just said it, you are annoying. According to the rules I said earlier, as long as you say it, you can avoid torture. As for Dang Shanji...Tian Er, you take it down and give him some fresh tricks." Try it."

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute, I found that you are very sinister." Mao Yuwen walked over from there and patted Li Yancai's face unceremoniously, and then said to the people on the ground, "Do you hate him? I'll give you one Opportunity. After the punishment, I will let you speak, and you will confess at that time. Anyway, he will confess, so it is useless for you to insist. But... if the two of you confessed differently, you still cannot escape. So You'd better tell the truth, if you make it up differently, you will suffer. Even if you bite someone, you have to tell me the same name."

Because Dang Shanji couldn't speak, he could only scold him, but when he was helped up, he still made a gesture to rush towards Li Yancai, which surprised Li Yancai.

Li Yancai probably knew what he had done, so he fell to the ground all of a sudden, crying bitterly.

Mao Yuwen reminded the recorder next to him, "Recorded."

"Criminal Li Yancai, do you admit that you embezzled Wei Bin's stolen money?"

Li Yancai was crying like a tearful person, so he didn't care about talking, Mao Yuwen didn't like him so he lost his patience, "Say it or not!"

Li Yancai's shoulders trembled in fright, and after sobbing a few times, he began to confess, "Admit..."

"It is said that Zhejiang is a place where government and business are integrated. Who has given it to you?"

"I... I came here for a short time, mainly because of the three companies." Li Yancai began to cry again as he spoke, "I'm on a job, I'm wronged. Originally, I didn't want to covet those money, but not long after I took office, his party Shanji took the initiative to do it." Bureau, introduce those people to meet me, he is deliberately dragging me into the water!"

"Dang Shanji has been in Zhejiang for a long time, how much do you know about him?"

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If you continue to ask questions like this, there are many things that are really important.Even Mao Yuwen was shocked. It is impossible for this place in Zhejiang not to have a nest case!

At first it seemed that they were just people who jointly embezzled and shared a sum of money, but in fact, Qiu Zongxia, the prefect of Hangzhou, was promoted by Dang Shanji, and Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou, was the former chief envoy of Qian Shi. The Beijing official is now the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. His rank is not as high as that of the chief envoy, but he can always see the important officials of the court.

After Qian Shi left, Dang Shanji wanted to fight for power. Not long after Li Yancai took office, he began to corrupt him consciously. First, he asked the businessmen Huang, Song, and Li, who had always had economic ties with him, to arrange for Li Yancai. Beauty, take him to listen to music and drink.

After he succeeds, let him take the silver, and this time he will be a person on a boat.

But is Li Yancai such a simple person?

He was transferred from Huguang on the recommendation of Liu Daxia. According to his confession, he did not know Liu Daxia, but he did know one person, that is Cui Xiu, the right minister of Henan Province.

Cui Xiu is an ordinary person, but he has a powerful brother-in-law named Zhang Sheng.

Li Yancai became a monk halfway, so he didn't have much to say, because he came into contact with Zhang Sheng only after turning a corner, and Liu Daxia recommended him because Zhang Sheng hinted at him.On that day, Zhang Sheng didn't mention Li Yancai at all, but in fact, in the previous contact, Zhang Sheng had already let Liu Daxia know about the existence of this person through chatting.

For Mao Yuwen, what Dang Shanji said is more valuable, because he has been in Zhejiang for a long time.

After Dang Shanji scolded many times, "Li Yancai is not a human being", he now began to confess. If he didn't confess, he would be tortured for that beast Li Yancai, which he didn't want.

According to what he knew, the reason why Xu Ruoqin was so active in going to school was because the Xu family had a background in maritime business, so they were dissatisfied with Mei Kejia.The second reason is that after Qian Shi entered Beijing, he was always looking for an opportunity to bring him there as well. He also wanted to go, how should he go?Naturally, it is necessary to 'get ahead' to become famous.

Mao Yuwen was surprised when he heard this, "Although a young minister of Guanglu Temple is an official in the capital, what is it in the capital? There should be someone behind him, right?"

Dang Shanji shook his head weakly, "Then, I really don't know. You have to arrest him and ask."

"Then what about the 18 taels of silver, who is going to give it to Jingli?"

"That's not going to be sent to Beijing." Dang Shanji chuckled, "That's Li Yancai's lie, not only the governor, he even lied to me. That's what he's going to send to Jing'an County, Jiangxi. What does His Highness mean? What is the meaning of this case? How far will this case be investigated? The people I am talking about will be killed if they are killed. But I know that Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou, was born in a merchant's family, and it is rumored that he is still married to Huai. Wang is related. Do you want to investigate this too?"

"Prince Huai?!" Mao Yuwen's expression finally changed.

"That's why I said, to what extent does His Highness want to investigate? If all of us have been killed and Prince Huai's mansion has been implicated, how should we deal with it?!"

King Huai is the seventh son of Emperor Renzong, the grandson of Zhu Di.When he was first conferred the title of King Huai, his feudal land was Guangdong. Later, because the place was full of miasma and he was not used to it, he moved to Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province in the first year of Zhengtong.At this time, it is said that it is the fourth generation of King Huai, named Zhu Jiandian. In terms of seniority, it is the generation of Zhu Houzhao's grandfather.

Mao Yuwen thought, His Royal Highness did not explain this section.Once Duke Huai is involved... the main reason is that the emperor can't pass the test.

"Tsk. I have to verify what you said."

"Just arrest Xu Ruoqin for questioning."

Only now did Mao Yuwen know why Zhang Sheng committed suicide, because he was involved in it, and asked him to kill these people, how to kill them?

If anyone reports him, his family will be destroyed by then.

But if he hanged himself to death, it would be very difficult for His Highness to find out if the feudal lord was involved.

Because according to the character of the current Holy Majesty, it is very, very difficult for you to let him be cruel to someone surnamed Zhu.

With such a result, Mao Yuwen came back to see Wang Hua, and the two sat face to face, falling silent for a moment.It was about a stick of incense before Wang Hua began to speak,
"The officials involved in the case of the governor's office and the inspector's office have also been arrested. According to the beheading line drawn by His Highness, more than 3 taels of silver will be beheaded. It is estimated that more than 30 people will not survive. Zhejiang's administrative Regarding matters, I have also written to each government, and all affairs will be temporarily handled by the governor's office, so the manpower of the governor's office will also be in short supply."

"It doesn't matter. According to the distance, Eunuch Zhang will not be there for a few days." Although Mao Yuwen said so, he was very worried.

The question now is not who to arrest, how many to arrest, and whom to kill.The problem now is that it involves the feudal lord.

"If it wasn't for Xu Ruoqin, I still have a solution." Mao Yuwen said bitterly, "But it's the Xu Ruoqin's memorial, and the Xu family has something to do with King Huai!"

In this case, he didn't know whether to continue to investigate further.If the investigation is deep and the emperor is not satisfied, what should I do?

But if the investigation is not deep, Xu Ruoqin is not clear about this person.

As for Wang Hua, what he saw was another shocking side: these officials in Zhejiang are inextricably linked with each other, and they are also linked with businessmen from all over the country, and the businessmen have money.

Therefore, local officials, like Dangshan Guitar, do not have the financial resources of Xu's family, so they rely on the money to support the family's children to study in the imperial examination.

As a result, some of the officials arrested this time have relatives and friends who are officials in other provinces or Beijing.Just like Cui Xiu, the right chief minister of Henan Province, since he accepted bribes from Li Yancai, he would also bribe himself, so Henan's officialdom was also involved.

In this way, officials and officials protect each other, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is a net, and how many people are not in the net?
I can't, really kill them all, right?

So at this pace of the case, there were two problems, one was the vassal king, and the other was that it involved too much.In fact, it is essentially a problem, but Duke Huai is a bit special.

In the next few days, people like Xu Ruoqin and others were arrested one after another, and those who continued to interrogate were indeed almost what Dang Shanji said, but some details were richer.

Zhang Yong entered Hangzhou City with soldiers and horses, but he did not expect to encounter political problems.

After looking through those files, his head was about to split open. He rubbed his temples and asked, "Boss Mei, you have always been resourceful. In this situation, is there anything you can do?"

Mei Kejia only knew the surface of many things before, and it seemed that he was a little shocked when he pulled out such a deep thing. Bribing the officials with one hand, and nurturing the children of the family with the other hand, for decades, the government and businessmen in this place in Zhejiang are almost one! No wonder Zhang Sheng dare not come, the father-in-law is His Royal Highness's confidant, so he should be hesitant at this time, right?"

It's hard for Zhang Yong to deny this sentence, "If we want to arrest like this, there must be hundreds of people and more than a dozen families in Zhejiang alone! It even involves King Huai..."

"When the father-in-law came, did His Highness explain anything?"

"Your Highness said that the Zhejiang case must be made clear."

That's what I said, but in the end you try to drag Duke Huai into it.

Mei Kejia also frowned, "At this time, other considerations are actually secondary. There are many things that are decided by the king's courage. If you really do it, you will do it, so what? So at this time It can only be judged by the father-in-law, what kind of person does the father-in-law think His Highness is?"

"Nature is the master of wise decisions!"

"Then, will His Highness let the Tengxiang Zuowei, who has thousands of people, go to Zhejiang without success and leave the chaotic officialdom in Zhejiang, or will he make a decisive decision and give him a bright future?"

Thinking about it this way, it seems much simpler.But in fact, you can't do it blindly with your eyes closed.

Mei Kejia thought for a while, and suggested: "Eunuch can report the matter here to His Highness, and say that he is already under arrest. But don't kill him. It depends on His Highness's will. If there is a repetition, it will not be too late to release him. But it shouldn't be too late." Stop the action in Hangzhou and wait for the decree. The capital is thousands of miles away, and it takes two months to come and go. Of course, the father-in-law doesn’t listen to people outside Zhejiang, don’t care, just don’t know. Because whether to expand Scope, this is the decision of the court, His Royal Highness, not the father-in-law's decision."

The things became clearer and clearer. In fact, if you think about it carefully, if you just go back like this without doing anything, the crown prince will probably peel him off!
"Okay! Then arrest people! Corrupt officials will not be arrested! Zhejiang will not be peaceful!"

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　Today is only [-] words, I don’t divide it into chapters, I don’t have time to divide it, I wrote until midnight last night...I have four meetings on Thursday and Friday...I have no time during the day.

　　Also, great news! !This book has reached the lv2 debut achievement today.After looking at it, although lv3 is out of reach, keep working hard!

　　
　
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