eldest son of Ming dynasty

The sun at noon in autumn is not very warm, but it is still dazzling when it falls on the tip of the knife.Wang Sheng was nervous in front of Dao Feng, but he was not a very timid person, and he was still calm after all.

"After today, your life and mine are like duckweed in the water. It doesn't make any difference whether I take my head today or tomorrow."

A little admiration rose in Mao Yuwen's heart, "Honestly speaking, you are the most spine-chilling civil servant I have ever seen. It's a pity that you chose the wrong path."

In fact, Wang Sheng said that since the palace is doing it, why can't other people do it.It's not so ignorant.

Take the "Beijing Army Occupation" during the Hongzhi period as an example,
When the emperor first pulled out the Beijing camp and transformed it into a construction team, there have been constant honorable relatives following suit.After all, how many things can Hongzhi build alone?There was no silver at all for him to make it.

Shouldn't it be made for this Lord Hou today and for that uncle tomorrow.

The so-called upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Whatever you do, the people below will do.

Generally speaking, this is normal.

There is a very subtle human nature that needs to be understood... that is, since the emperor did this, he actually accepted it in his heart, or he didn't think it was a very vicious thing.So if other people who are close to you also want to imitate, generally there will be no problem.

Just like the Beijing army occupied the service, Hongzhi nodded. He thought it was not a big problem, but since he could make it for himself, why couldn't he make it for his relatives?
I can't justify it.

In addition, if something really went wrong, what about the emperor... It's actually hard to say.

Because of things, there must be a reason.

That is to say, why is the country like this? There was no such thing in the first place, but now it does. Go back to the root cause, why?

Because it is the head of the emperor!

In this way, many emperors would be embarrassed to pursue it, because he knew it was his own fault, and he desperately exposed it. Isn't this slapping himself?
So what Wang Sheng said was not arrogance.

He felt that the emperor would not pursue such a matter, and if he did, it meant that the emperor himself did something wrong.

But in fact, Zhu Houzhao does not have that thin-skinned mentality, if I can do it, so can you?I smuggled and took the money for the country and the people, what are you doing for it?
In Zhan's house, the woman's crying and screaming began to increase, and it all started.

When the thing really happened, Wang Sheng felt relieved. A dead pig is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water, so it can do whatever happens.He only felt that Mao's language should be a bit vulgar, and he didn't understand many reasons.

But Mao Yuwen ignored him and entered the house by himself.

Once inside, a row of middle-aged and elderly people kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The superiors have mercy, the superiors have mercy! The villains are all wronged!"

But one person remained calm from beginning to end.

Mao Yuwen went to the chair prepared by his subordinate and sat down, "Who is Zhan Xiushan's father?"

"Little old man." A thin old man with a half-black and half-white beard took half a step forward, and seemed to be the head of the Zhan family.

"Where is his son?"

No one came out, not a single junior.But Mao Yuwen knew that Zhan Xiushan actually had two sons.Probably escaped, let alone him.

"Old man, your son died in Beijing. You know that, right?"

It has happened for so long, old man Zhan naturally knows, and he also knows everything because of this person in front of him!

Mao Yuwen caught the hatred in their eyes, "Don't look at me like that. I never thought of killing him, and neither did Your Majesty. The man who killed him was named Mu Bin. After this catastrophe, you descendants of the Zhan family If you have a grudge, take revenge, but don't seek revenge from me. As for today...that's your own fault. The Zhan family is in the smuggling business, right?"

Old man Zhan was not moved.

"Okay, now I have plenty of time, let's grind slowly, I don't believe you can't grind your teeth."

Wang Sheng outside still didn't dare to start a fight with Jin Yiwei.

Jin Yiwei's identity is too special, if it's just three or two, then it's not impossible to make up your mind to kill them secretly, and then find a way to hide it.But there were more than [-] people, and there was a deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei.

If you lose a life, the nature changes.Because this shows that there are traitors and thieves.

Even if it was made into a bandit attack, it would be fake. Bandits have no money, but they are not brainless. Who would choose to rob Jin Yiwei?
He had no choice but to return to the magistrate's yamen.

In fact, there are already people waiting in the yamen.

An old man with a goatee, his face is round and round, he looks a little young, except for his gray hair, he looks like a rich man who hasn't suffered too much.

Wang Sheng was in a bad mood, and he didn't treat this person as a guest, so he drank water fiercely on his own.

After a while, the person sitting opposite him spoke first, "Is Fu Zun annoyed for not stopping Jin Yiwei?"

Wang Sheng was too angry to speak.

"Jimbo's account won't stand up to investigation. Fu Zun is drinking tea here at this time?"

clang!
The teacup was thrown on the table angrily.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Wang Sheng was a little annoyed, "This Mao Yuwen is the deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei! He was sent by the emperor himself! I was very lucky to be able to block him last time! If your palace is capable, it would be great! Tell the emperor to bring this person back to the capital!"

The old man's eyebrows twitched, feeling a little offended in his heart.

"At this time, you want to quarrel with me? Do what makes loved ones hurt enemies? Wang Sheng, you shouldn't be so narrow-minded."

Wang Sheng snorted angrily, "Anyway, I don't know what to do. I've thought of so many ways, and none of them dared to stop the Deputy Envoy of Jin Yiwei!"

"Did you not tell him that this matter has something to do with the palace?"

"I said it! Why didn't I say it!" Wang Sheng was furious, "But this guy is nicknamed Mao Mao, people don't listen!"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "So, this is a person who will die with us."

After a while,

Yuan Zhuang, the governor, and Zong Fu, the procuratorate, also arrived.

They were obviously worried, so they had to go to Raozhou Mansion to have a look.

A few cobblers sat in the room anxiously.

In the end, it was the old man who spoke. He was the long history of the palace, and the long history was the biggest court official in the palace.At first, the imperial court sent these people to monitor the prince, so there is a saying that "if the king has ever done it, he will ask the history".

But after a long time, Chang Shi and the Wangfu colluded together.

Because the imperial court had very low requirements for the prince, as long as there were no major events such as rebellion, the emperor would not bother to care about it.And most princes are not rebellious.So this 'surveillance' duty is useless.

Chang Shi later figured out the routine, and the emperor didn't care about the big things.Then it's better to please the prince, because there may not be a big event in your life, why do you say you want to offend the prince?

In addition, it is very difficult to be promoted in the long history of the Ming Dynasty. Unless the prince you serve suddenly becomes the emperor, it is almost impossible.

"At the moment, the only thing left to do is to catch the emperor. After the old man goes back, he will persuade the prince to submit a letter of pleading guilty. As long as he takes the initiative to plead guilty, a few taels of silver should not make the emperor angry. And if the investigation continues, the imperial court will lose its face." .”

"Apology? Doesn't that mean there is no silver 300 taels here?" Yuan Zhuang couldn't understand, "If an apology is useful, why didn't Tan Changshi persuade Duke Huai to ask for it earlier?"

"In the past, didn't you think you couldn't find this level?"

Zong Fu and Wang Sheng sneered.It turned out...it was pointing at them and pushing forward!

None of them, however, denied the offer to plead guilty.

After all, they are relatives and brothers, if they go to war for a few taels of silver, the emperor would be too unkind.

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in the capital.

After following the imperial decree to open the sea.

Apart from the noise of other officials, the actual memorials from the southeast are not very optimistic.

The emperor decreed that all messages should be expedited within [-] miles. Zhejiang and Jiangxi are closer, so the emperor can know what happened eight or nine days ago, and Fujian is farther away, but half a month is enough.

"Businessmen in Zhejiang are unmoved...the so-called unmoved means that they don't take the imperial court's Shibosi seriously. What should be done is what it should be. Fujian is suppressing bandits, and Jiangxi is even arresting a merchant clan. not!"

Zhu Houzhao counted all these difficulties,

In fact, there is also a court.

The difficulties presented by each province are different. Fujian is bandits, Jiangxi is clansmen, and Zhejiang is gentry.

Jin Gui and Wang Xian accompanied the emperor, standing on the left and right in front of the royal case.

"Bandits can be suppressed," Zhu Houzhao analyzed little by little, "Wang Shouren has the talent of a soldier, and after he has suppressed the bandits, he will have the military power to worry about major events. Jiangxi involves my family affairs, and an imperial decree should also work. Zhejiang? ..."

While thinking, another message came from outside.

Wang Xian was younger and had good legs and feet. He quickly walked over to take the memorial from the eunuch.

After Zhu Houzhao opened it, he briefly glanced at it, and then slammed it on the table, "It's Mao Yuwen's memorial. Although the Zhan family in Poyang is not clear about Prince Huai's mansion, it is mainly related to the Li family in Qiantang, the Zhang family in Lanxi, and the Xie family in Yuyao. Everyone has something to do with it."

There are ministers from the imperial court in these places.

It's not that these ministers are leading their families to deliberately seek profit.But once the local people are related to the ministers of the DPRK and China, they will find a way to make some money for themselves.

Among them, some people are not so strict if they discipline their families.

Besides, who doesn't have a friend in society?So in fact, the scope also exceeds these common surnames.

Jin Gui and Wang Xian were also watching what the emperor was going to do.

Zhu Houzhao's expression was flat, "When Zhan Xiushan's case started, it should have been agreed. Whatever is found out is what is found. My officials should not have forgotten it?"

"Your Majesty." Jin Gui knelt down, "A lot of court officials are involved in this, if this is the case...the court will be in chaos!"

"You are always afraid, thinking that this is messed up, that is messed up. What is the mess? I am sitting on the dragon chair. Kai Hailing has really gone to the place, but who dares to raise the king's flag to rebel?"

It is normal for local accidents to spread to Beijing.Zhu Houzhao was prepared for this.

"According to the original agreement, arrest whoever should be arrested." Zhu Houzhao tilted his head and looked at Liu Jin, "Send some more people from Dongchang to Jiangxi. Go and bring King Huai here. Mao Yuwen Please report this letter to the residence."

Fujian should not have to worry too much.Mainly Zhejiang.Those gentry, the emperor does not speak, and the officials and officials will protect each other for some time. After all, no one wants to be inward.