Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 43
Zhao Yi led a group of people from the Jinyiwei, and swaggered back to the Qianhu Office. It was time for lunch. Seeing that the school captains were still immersed in the victory just now, Zhao Yi's heart moved, and he hurriedly He ordered people to take the money they just copied, and went to the best restaurant nearby to order a few tables of good meals. At the same time, he ordered the school captains to take Wang Zhong's so-called "rebellious party" to the lobby for immediate interrogation.

Searching the commercial street is only the first step in Zhao Yi's plan. It is still too early to end the matter. The most important thing now is to firmly control the commercial street in his own hands. If the people behind the commercial street come If you intervene, you will fall into Zhao Yi's trap, so that these people will be involved together. If these people are sensible, they will obediently send the oil and water from the commercial street to the Thousand Households.

Smashing the commercial street is just to let the merchants know who is the real master of the commercial street. If the behind-the-scenes figures are also cleaned up, those merchants will be completely surrendered. Obediently hand in the money on a monthly basis.With money, Zhao Yi can establish prestige in front of this helper, and can do many things.

The order has been issued, and Liu Sili, who stayed behind, arranged all the things properly. After all, Liu Sili has more methods than Zhao Yi for Jinyiwei's torture and other things. I saw a few school captains pulling Wang Zhong and others into the side room In less than half an hour, Wang Zhong was dragged back by the captain. The half-dead Wang Zhong drooped his head, looking as if he was about to pass out.

Baihu Li Jiajun bowed his hands to Zhao Yi and said, "My lord, Wang Zhong and others have confessed."

Zhao Yi sat behind the table in the lobby, answered, and then his eyes slowly fell on Wang Zhong, and asked slowly: "Wang Zhong, what do you want to confess?"

The lieutenants used many means to extort confessions, and they had a lot of experience. Although Wang Zhong looked like he could only breathe a sigh of relief, it was actually a skin trauma, not even a muscle or bone injury. At this time, Wang Zhong still had the arrogance of the past. , collapsed on the ground like a dead dog, and heard Zhao Yi's question, he quickly struggled and knelt on the ground, desperately kowtowed and apologized, sobbing: "Back to the adults, the villain should not meddle in the affairs of the commercial street, the villain is convicted."

Zhao Yi frowned slightly after listening. He was obviously dissatisfied with Wang Zhong's confession. He smiled coldly and said, "This is your confession? I'm asking you, are you a traitor?"

It’s not easy to recognize the word Luan Dang. Wang Zhong is a well-rounded person, otherwise he wouldn’t have been working in a commercial street full of fish and dragons for a long time. Hearing the word Luan Dang, Wang Zhong kowtowed as if struck by lightning. Ru Dasuan said: "My lord has wronged you, even if you give the villain so much courage, the little one wouldn't dare to be that chaotic party!"

Zhao Yi chuckled, and replied calmly: "Oh? You said you are not a rebellious party, so my lord asked you, why did you appear in the area where my Jin Yiwei should be in charge? And when my lord was searching for the rebellious party? Could it be that you took people to the commercial street to catch up with the rebellious party after you learned the news that my lord was going to search for the rebellious party? I don’t know if the nine-thousand-year-old old man knows that you will save your dog’s life if you do this?”

At this time, Wang Zhong was already in a panic, and his small eyes were already spinning. After a long time, Wang Zhong seemed to have made up his mind and gritted his teeth: "My lord, the villain is definitely not a chaotic party. The reason why the villain Appearing in the commercial street is entrusted by others."

Zhao Yi smiled when he heard this, and said, "Oh? Entrusted by someone? Who entrusted it, and what is it entrusted to?"

Wang Zhong happily replied: "My lord, the villain is entrusted by the big boss of the commercial street. The big boss of the commercial street is Mr. Yang Chongtai. Mr. Yang entrusted me and my brothers to take turns in the commercial street. To ensure the safety of the commercial street, I am afraid that someone will make trouble in the commercial street and affect the operation of the commercial street. Mr. Yang is an official of the court, and I am entrusted by him, so how could it be a chaotic party? I beg your lord to investigate clearly." Everything has been explained, if I don't say anything, I'm afraid my little life will really be gone.

Zhao Yi asked: "The imperial court ordered the official, what position does Master Yang have in the imperial court?"

"Minister of Money and Grain of the Household Department"

"He's the one I'm looking for." Zhao Yi had already learned about the commercial street from Li Baihu and Liu Sili, and the purpose of detaining Wang Zhong was just to frighten Wang Zhong. Wang Zhong would be worried about his life in the end. The mastermind behind the scene of this commercial street was involved, and most of Wang Zhong's current psychology is still a fluke, hoping to use Yang Chongtai to suppress himself, and on the other hand, he can escape himself from the chaos of the party. It's just that Wang Zhong couldn't figure it out. Before Zhao Yi went to the commercial street to search for the chaotic party, he had already set his calculations on Yang Chongtai's head.

I just heard Zhao Yi say: "Sili Liu, since the case has involved the imperial court officials and the major case of rebellion, I have to investigate the case thoroughly in order to repay the emperor's kindness. In any case, I must invite Mr. Yang Chongtai. Here you come, you can't let the court officials be slandered, you should go to Lord Yang's mansion immediately to pay a visit, and you must explain the matter clearly to Lord Yang, and tell Lord Yang that this matter involves a rebellious party, please be sure to come to Lord Yang A trip to Qianhusuo."

Liu Sili hesitated after hearing this, but still gritted his teeth and left quickly.

Zhao Yi asked someone to pour the tea, and sat behind the desk to drink the tea slowly. At this time, Zhao Yi was already hungry, and the food and drinks he ordered the captains to go to the restaurant had already been bought, and they came from the side room Zhao Yi couldn't help complaining in his heart because of the scent of wine and vegetables: "It would be fine if Wang Zhong couldn't be recruited earlier, and I have not eaten yet. After drinking a few sips of tea, I am getting more and more hungry." Thinking of this, Zhao Yi Yi looked around, and saw that the school captains were also full of food, it seemed that everyone was hungry.

But if the matter of the head of the household department is not resolved now, Zhao Yi's meal must not be delicious. This matter depends on suddenness, and the most feared thing is delaying time. It dragged on for a long time, and when they realized it, even Zhao Yi had ten heads that were not enough to be chopped off.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi immediately cheered up and sat down solemnly with his hands on the table.

In this way, half an hour later, Yang Chongtai, the head of money and grain of the household department, came in calmly, and Liu Sili followed into the lobby. Wang Zhong turned his head with difficulty, staring at Yang Chongtai, the head of money and grain Wearing casual clothes, he walked slowly into the lobby, and couldn't help calling out to Mr. Yang.

Yang Chongtai's eyes did not look at Wang Zhong from the beginning to the end. Yang Chongtai is not young anymore. Although he is dressed in casual clothes, he still can't help exuding the aura of a superior person, and his eyes are even more aggressive and sharp. Looking at Zhao Yi intently.

Although Yang Chongtai, the head of money and grain, is in charge of the world's money and grain, but behind his high position and weight is a high place. I don't know how many people in the court are staring at him. If he is not careful, he will be doomed. If you want to be stable, you need to manage it up and down. Part of the money for management is taken from the household department, and most of it still needs to be paid from these businesses in the commercial street.Now a thousand households of Jinyiwei brought people to smash their golden jobs. When Yang Chongtai heard the news, he didn't believe it at first. After he sent his servants to check it out, he realized that it was true. People who have been around for ten years will soon realize the seriousness of the problem after careful calculation.

Seeing Yang Chongtai enter the lobby, Zhao Yi stood up and saluted Yang Chongtai, and at the same time hurriedly sent someone to serve tea, and then respectfully invited Master Yang to sit down.

Yang Chongtai was not polite either, he sat on the chair with a straight face, looked Zhao Yi up and down with his eyes, and then said coldly: "I don't know why Zhao Qianhu invited me over?"

Zhao Yi ignored Yang Chongtai's attitude, and still said with a pleasant face, "I just want to ask my lord a small matter." Zhao Yi pointed to Wang Zhong at the bottom of the hall, and said, "My lord, please look at the kneeling people in the hall. Is your lord entrusted by your lord to be on duty in the commercial street? This person also slandered your lord, saying that most of the business in the commercial street is your lord's, and there are rumors that lord Yang is using his power for personal gain, taking money from the imperial household department for personal gain Although I have only entered the imperial court as an official not long ago, I have heard of the reputation of you, Master Yang. Go ask your lord to verify it. If your lord doesn't know him, he must be slandering the court officials. The officials will definitely punish him severely. As Jin Yiwei is His Majesty's personal soldier, the officials will never allow anyone to slander the court. Commander."

After listening to Zhao Yi's words, Yang Chongtai couldn't see any fluctuations on his face, his deep eyes just swept across Wang Zhong's body, and Wang Zhong quickly called out: "Master Yang!"

Yang Chongtai ignored Wang Zhong, and said to Zhao Yi without hesitation: "Zhao Qianhu, I don't know this person, and as an official ordered by the imperial court, I wouldn't go into the market to do business, it's just ridiculous."

"Ah..." Wang Zhong was astonished after hearing Yang Chongtai's words, and shouted with ashen complexion: "Master Yang, you can't just ignore death...Master Yang."

Yang Chongtai stood up calmly, and said with a slight smile: "I hope you Jin Yiwei can find out about this matter. This is definitely a misunderstanding. If there is nothing else, I will leave. The Ministry of Finance still has a lot of things to do. The officer will deal with it."

Zhao Yi quickly got up with a smile on his face, walked down to the hall and said: "That's natural, Mr. Yang has a lot of things to do every day, I just ask you to confirm, Mr. Yang please."

Yang Chongtai also said in a friendly manner: "There is no need to send them off, Zhao Qianhu will continue to be busy with his business, and must investigate this matter thoroughly." After finishing speaking, he ignored Wang Zhong's roar and walked out of the lobby calmly.

Out of the hall, a cold light flashed in Yang Chongtai's eyes, he snorted coldly, and murmured: "Dare to bully me, let's wait and see."

The reason why Yang Chongtai is busy disregarding his relationship with Wang Zhong is because many people in the court are discussing that he is taking advantage of his position to enrich his own pockets, and there is a lot of trouble. Impeaching myself has been exhausted recently. If it is revealed that I am doing business with money from the Ministry of Households, once there is too much noise, those old foxes in the cabinet will definitely treat me as an abandoned child in order to calm things down. Abandon it. At that time, not only will the future be hopeless, but also his own life will be lost. At this time, Yang Chongtai can only choose to throw away the car to protect the handsome, and discard Wang Zhong like garbage.

But give up and give up, since I have suffered from Zhao Yi's dumbness and been severely slapped by Zhao Yi, it is like being slapped in the face by Zhao Yi in public. For this account, he will definitely be with Zhao Yi Yisuan, it's just not the time yet.

Yang Chongtai sat in the sedan chair parked outside the gate of Qianhu House, leaned on the soft couch in the sedan chair, and said indifferently: "Get up in the sedan chair and go back to the residence, there is still... go and send someone to Dongchang to hand over a greeting card. I will ask you tomorrow." Host a banquet at the residence and invite Eunuch Zeng from Dongchang."

(End of this chapter)