Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 103 Dongchang's Counterattack

Zhu Houzhao's statement is quite satisfactory, and it is natural to do so according to the procedures and procedures, but there is nothing outstanding about it.

After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, the ministers had different expressions. Some of them stroked their beards and nodded, looking relieved, while others didn't take it seriously.In fact, Zhu Houzhao’s position as the prince is now stable. As the saying goes, if you do more, you will make more mistakes.

Especially a young and energetic prince like Zhu Houzhao, more often such a young and energetic prince wants to express himself, but Zhu Houzhao makes people feel down-to-earth. The first one.

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and nodded lightly, as if he agreed with his son's statement, turned his head to look at He Neng beside him, and said, "Let Yang Peng come over!" Zhu Youtang's gaze turned again Shou Ninghou, and then said: "Shou Ninghou, defend yourself!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Marquis Shouning bowed, and then said slowly: "The steward at home is only going to Yangzhou to do some business, and has nothing to do with the officialdom. Besides, the steward of Marquis Shouning's mansion is not an official. How he has the ability to plant and harm others is impossible to talk about. If there is real evidence, Ben Hou will naturally not defend it, let alone just the steward of Shouning Hou Mansion, even if Ben Hou did such a thing, That should be severely punished.”

Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be admitted, and Marquis Shou Ning is not stupid, so what Marquis Shou Ning said was righteous, and what he acted was filled with righteous indignation.

When the ministers saw Shou Ninghou's mouth, they could only sigh helplessly in their hearts. All fools knew that Shou Ninghou was talking nonsense and turning black and white.

The steward of Shouninghou Mansion, he represents Shouninghou, not to mention ordinary businessmen, even officials rarely dare not show face.The third-rank official in front of the prime minister, not to mention the fiery uncle of the country?It's just that this matter cannot be exposed, after all, there is no evidence now.It is not the purpose of civil officials to impeach Shou Ninghou. Their purpose is to want the high-level court to intervene in Yangzhou's affairs.

Now Yang Lian and others are making a lot of noise in Yangzhou, and someone must take care of him. Once someone is sent, Yang Lian will not be able to make a fuss anymore.

Zhu Youtang nodded, and said with a serious face: "Stand aside! If it is really found out that there is something wrong, I will definitely punish you severely."

The ministers were far from disappointed after hearing what Zhu Youtang said, they knew that this would happen, and this was not the first time they had impeached Marquis Shouning.The focus is not on the Marquis of Shouning. Once Yangzhou goes to the senior officials and Yang Lian from Dongchang is suppressed, the people in the Marquis of Shouning's mansion will naturally stop making trouble.Although Shouninghou was brought along, their goal was Dongchang.

Zhu Hou looked at his father's appearance, and sighed in his heart. Sure enough, his acting skills were not enough, and Dongchang's secret letter had already been handed over.

What happened in Yangzhou, whether it is Zhu Houzhao as the prince or Zhu Youtang as the emperor, they are very clear in their hearts.Zhu Houzhao remembers very clearly that Yang Lian’s memorial in Dongchang clearly stated that the officials of the Salt Road and the salt merchants colluded with each other to turn the official salt into private salt for great profit. That was very ugly.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao felt that this was the first time that his father wanted to kill someone after the outbreak of the Yanzheng case, but now he acted like I didn't know.

Not long after, Yang Peng walked in from the outside, and everyone's eyes were on Yang Peng. In fact, everyone knew that no matter what Yang Peng said, it was hard for Dongchang to get out of this matter.Once someone is sent to investigate, Dongchang may suffer a loss.The imperial envoy must not belong to Yang Peng, you are the subject of investigation, and you should avoid suspicion.

No matter who the civil servants are, it is difficult for Dongchang to explain. After all, the civil servants are in the same position when it comes to cracking down on eunuchs.

"The factory ministers see the emperor!" Yang Peng quickly saluted after entering the hall.

Zhu Youtang nodded, and then said: "Someone impeached your adopted son Yang Lian to blackmail the salt merchants in Yangzhou under your banner and run rampant in the area. I will invite you to defend yourself. Tell me!"

"Go back to the emperor, this servant knows about this!" Yang Peng saw that he had been prepared for a long time, and said calmly: "But this is not some kind of harm, nor is it some kind of blackmail, but that Yang Lian is on an errand. The title book on Yang Lian, Dongchang has long been informed that the officials of the Yangzhou Salt Road, in collaboration with salt merchants, have turned the official salt into private salt, and are selling a large amount of private salt as official salt, making great profits." Yang Peng presented a copy of the question book with both hands.

"There is such a thing?" Zhu Youtang rushed to Yang Peng in surprise, and his tone was full of disbelief: "Submit the test book!"

Yang Peng quickly walked forward, and then presented a copy of the title book to Zhu Youtang.

After receiving the question book presented by Yang Peng, Zhu Youtang glanced at it for a few times, and his face suddenly became ugly: "It's unreasonable, the court doesn't know about such a big matter, what about the inspector? What do you eat? Nan Zhi What about the officials of the Li Li? With the salary of the imperial court, this is how they work for me?"

The ministers were shocked, the official salt was turned into private salt, and the private salt was being sold as official salt. How dare the salt road officials and salt merchants in Yangzhou be so bold?

"My lord, here is another memorial. This inscription was handed over by Qi Huan, the magistrate of Yangzhou." Yang Peng quickly took out another inscription: "The magistrate of Yangzhou has already found out about the private salt, but the salt The business situation is strong, so he dare not send the test book easily. However, Qi Huan, the prefect of Yangzhou, has been secretly collecting evidence for these years, and many of them are about Liu Qi, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou."

"Qi Huan, the prefect of Yangzhou, asked Dongchang to hand over the copy to the imperial court, and at the same time, Qi Huan, the prefect of Yangzhou, also asked someone to hand over the copy to the Nanjing Tongzheng Department."

Zhu Youtang's face sank like water, and he said in a deep voice, "Submit it!"

Naturally, Yang Peng didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly presented the inscription of the prefect of Yangzhou.

Looking through the inscriptions of Qi Huan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, Zhu Youtang slapped the Longshu case suddenly, and said angrily: "You are extremely bold. After so many years, the imperial court has no knowledge of these things. Nanzhili is still the imperial court. South Zhili? This is complicity, this is corruption and perverting the law."

The ministers were all dumbfounded at this moment, and many of them looked at Feng Qi, Youqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, quite amusingly.

Everyone in Dongchang was caught off guard. If it was Yang Lian's copybook, it would be easy to handle, but now the prefect of Yangzhou has also made a copybook, and it was handed over through Dongchang.The title book that was also handed over to the Nanjing General Administration Department has not been heard yet. This matter is a big one.

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