The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 323 The Forgotten Prisoner
Xia Yuanji has been in Jinyiwei's prison for almost two months.

The reason is very simple, because when Liu Sheng came here with sweet potatoes and other crop seeds, Xia Yuanji found the blank document at the same station and felt that there might be something wrong with it.

After returning to the household department to report on his work, he reported this matter to the top.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Yiwei came and took him to the prison.

However, this matter has passed for so long, but no one came to interrogate him, and no one told him what crime he had committed.

"My lord, it's time to eat."

The young jailer came over with a few plates of dishes and rice, and his words were more polite.

"Can you spread the word for me? I was wronged. There must be a big problem in it. It's a matter of great importance and there is no delay."

Xia Yuanji didn't take the food immediately, but said with a serious face.

"My lord, don't embarrass me. Don't say that I'm just a small jailer. Even if you can really say that, your lord, you have been in this prison for so long, you should understand a little bit."

"Don't be hungry, let's eat the food as soon as possible."

The young jailer said helplessly, such conversations had actually happened many times in the jail.

That is to say, the young jailer has a good temper, and he will answer two sentences every time.

If the old jailer came over, he put down the food and left straight away.

Xia Yuanji took the food helplessly, and began to eat in the cell.

Compared with the ordinary prison cells outside, the conditions of the imperial prison are much higher.

At least in terms of smell, it is not so pungent, and the sanitary conditions are much better.

One is that those who enter here are basically officials, and the other is that the emperor will also come here in many cases.

If it is so bad that it disgusts the emperor, it is a crime of disrespect.

"I have to live well. Only when I live can I have hope. The forces behind this scene are very powerful. I was arrested as a sixth-rank official, and no one cares about it until now. It can be seen."

"Only by letting His Majesty know about this matter, can the hidden dangers in it be completely resolved."

While thinking about it, Xia Yuanji began to struggle to eat.

The appetite for food in the prison is not very good, but basically every meal is somewhat meaty. Apart from looking dirty, Xia Yuanji actually gained a little weight after staying for two months.

At this moment in the Jinyiwei yamen, Song Zhong came to the lobby with several boxes of files.

"Your Highness, Lord Liang, here are the files of all the prisoners currently in custody, a total of 270 people."

"These three boxes are those who have been convicted, those who are being interrogated, and those who have not been convicted and interrogated."

In other words, there are currently almost 300 officials involved in Jinyiwei Prison.

This is the prison under the normal state. If there is any big case, more officials will be involved.

For example, in the case of Guo Heng, the Imperial Prison could no longer accommodate them.

Zhu Ying nodded lightly when she heard the words, and asked casually: "What is the biggest official position in this prison now?"

Song Zhong hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, I am the head of the household department of the Sichuan Administrative Department."

Zhu Ying was not interested at first, but when she heard that it was from Sichuan, she couldn't help asking: "Why are the heads of the household department in Sichuan arrested in the capital? How much money has been embezzled?"

The household department is Daming's money bag. Generally speaking, as long as there is a crime, [-]% of it is related to the treasure.

This made Zhu Ying a little interested.

Song Zhong said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, Xia Yuanji, the head of the Household Department of the Sichuan Chief Secretary, came across sweet potatoes and other crops that His Highness brought from the Western Regions on his way back to the capital to report on his duties earlier."

"Then it might be a problem with the blank printed document, so this caused Xia Yuanji to conflict with it."

"Xia Yuanji, who came back to the capital, inquired about the sweet potato in private, and was reported by Jin Yiwei secretly, so he was directly detained and sent to the Imperial Prison."

In fact, at that time, Jin Yiwei didn't know that the goods were sweet potatoes, but because the person Xia Yuanji provoked was a disciple of His Royal Highness, so don't worry about it too much, and detain it first.

It is easy to get in, but difficult to get out of this place.

When you come in, you don't need any process or approval.

But when this is released, there is only one seal of approval in the process, but one cannot be missing, and if there is one missing, there will be accountability.

After all, it is related to His Royal Highness, who would want to spread such a thing, naturally they all avoided it, anyway, it is you who drag me, and I drag you.

The officials of the household department knew that Xia Yuanji was taken away by Jin Yiwei, so they didn't dare to ask more questions.

So it was successfully staged that the officials of the sixth rank of the Ming Dynasty were just like this in the imperial prison of Jinyiwei.

If it weren't for Zhu Ying's casual question, I really don't know how long the prison will last.

"Xia Yuanji?"

Zhu Ying was slightly taken aback when she heard this, the name seemed somewhat familiar.

Just not very impressed.

As a human being in two lifetimes, Zhu Ying's memory is much better, and some subtle things in her previous life can be recalled in a random manner after a little meditation.

"Zhu Di Money Bag" Xia Yuanji.

Such a word popped out in Zhu Ying's mind.

Immediately, the name became familiar.

"Your Highness knows him?" Song Zhong asked cautiously.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "It's okay. I read the memorial from Sichuan earlier. This person is in the Sichuan household department. He is a good minister and can really do practical things."

"Go and let him go, bring him here and meet him."

Song Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Highness orders."

In prison.

Even in a prison cell, Xia Yuanji did not stop his pace of learning, but there were no books, and most of the time he could only rely on memory to calculate.

The walls of the prison cell are full of words.

And these characters are exactly the famous Jiuzhang arithmetic in ancient and modern times.

Nine Chapters of Arithmetic is a classic of academic calculations by scholars in Ming Dynasty today. It is divided into nine chapters: Fangtian, Corn, Decline, Shaoguang, Business Merit, Even Loss, Profit and Deficiency, Equation, Sentence Unit.

What Xia Yuanji is studying now is the annotated version of "Nine Chapters" written by Liu Hui in the fourth year of Emperor Jingyuan of Wei Yuan during the Three Kingdoms period, which is considered extremely perfect.

Compared with the later generations, although the level of Nine Chapters Arithmetic is not high, it is also comprehensively advanced from junior high school, close to the level of high school teaching.

At this time before the rise of the Western Renaissance, Jiuzhang Arithmetic can be said to be the most advanced applied mathematics in the world today.

This classic is also a must-read for household officials.

Just when Xia Yuanji was thinking about a difficult problem about Shanggong, the young jailer suddenly came over happily and said, "My lord, His Royal Highness wants to see you by name, so follow me to take a bath and change clothes."

When Xia Yuanji heard the words, he paused first, and then asked pleasantly, "It's true!"

"This is His Royal Highness, there are still fakes."

As the young jailer spoke, he quickly opened the cell door.

Xia Yuanji followed immediately.

Of course, at this moment, Xia Yuanji didn't know that His Royal Highness was Zhu Ying, so he thought it was Zhu Yunwen.

Because he was locked up too early, the cell was also isolated from the outside world.

It is naturally impossible for the jailer to tell the prisoners about the current situation outside.

This also caused Xia Yuanji's impression to remain in the past.

At this moment, Xia Yuanji made some calculations in his heart, and sure enough, the canonization ceremony of His Royal Highness is over.

While taking a bath, Xia Yuanji suddenly remembered that he and Huang Zicheng had a good relationship.

Perhaps through His Highness the Grandson, we can find out the mastermind behind the blank document.

　Go to bed early and get up early, later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)