The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 324 Jueshengwei Comes to Seek Support
After being rescued by a group of jail guards, Xia Yuanji finally returned to his original appearance.

Then he was brought by Jin Yiwei to the lobby of the yamen to meet the grandson.

According to the etiquette system, Xia Yuanji naturally cannot look directly at His Highness the Grandson, so as soon as he entered the lobby, he kowtowed and said, "The guilty minister Xia Yuanji, I pay my respects to His Highness the Grandson."

"Get up." An unfamiliar voice came.

Xia Yuanji was a little puzzled. His Highness Grandson hadn't seen him for a few months, so why did his voice change?

After getting up, he dared to look up.

It doesn't matter.

The next moment, Xia Yuanji's knees became weak, and he kowtowed again, and said in a trembling and fearful voice: "The guilty minister Xia Yuanji, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

As soon as these words came out, the whole length of Yaque fell silent.

In fact, very few people have compared Zhu Ying with Prince Zhu Biao.

Although Zhu Ying's appearance is indeed very similar to the prince Zhu Biao, if this matter is always mentioned, on the other hand, it will also vaguely mention the identity of His Highness the grandson.

The identity of His Highness the Grandson is of course unquestionable, and this is also the consensus of all officials.

Those who still insist on this point have no ability to stay in today's court.

As for this matter, no one knows what the amiable His Royal Highness the Grandson thinks.

Everyone saw His Highness the grandson, who seemed to be very gentle and easy to talk, and he had hardly seen him when he was angry.

But everyone who had dealt with His Highness the Grandson felt apprehension, fear, even fear in their hearts.

This may sound like a contradiction, but it is.

Even Song Zhong, or Guo Zhong who has been following Zhu Ying, their sense of existence is very weak.

This was completely covered up by Zhu Ying, and no one dared to say a few more words when His Royal Highness Taisun did not ask questions.

"Bold, open your dog eyes and take a good look. In front of you is the grandson of His Majesty, the eldest son of the Crown Prince, His Highness the Grandson of the Great Ming Dynasty." Guo Zhong paused for a moment, then reacted immediately, and sternly reprimanded him.

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji lay down on the ground, carefully looked up, and only then did he discover the clue.

Sure enough, His Royal Highness the Grandson in front of him was extremely young, which did not match His Highness the Crown Prince.

It's just that the appearance, temperament, and body shape are too similar, which led to the initial mistake.

Hearing the words of the eunuch next to him, Xia Yuanji was also depressed.

When Daming gave birth to his eldest grandson, he had no idea.

But depression is depression, even if you don't understand the situation at this time, you can only apologize first: "The guilty minister has eyes that don't recognize the face of the saint and grandson, Your Highness forgives the sin."

Zhu Ying had nothing to worry about, and said, "Those who don't know are innocent, get up. You've been in this prison for too long, and it's normal that you don't understand some changes outside."

Zhu Ying's tone was more friendly. He had a good impression of Xia Yuanji, although this was the first time they met.

However, some information from previous lives said that he was an honest person.

His own blank document was passed on through so many post stations, so others don't know about this, but Xia Yuanji is the only one who insists on it.

And the old man didn't specifically issue an order, or stamp the blank document.

This shows two things, one is that Xia Yuanji is bold and dares to speak out, and the other shows that he has a delicate mind and can detect changes in details from the clues.

This kind of talent is more than a hundred times better than too many officials in the court.

Every talent, especially in the current Ming Dynasty, is very precious and precious to Zhu Ying.

The popularity of culture is not high, and the proportion of scholars is pitifully small compared with the common people in the world, and the talents who emerge from them are even more proud.

Therefore, even if officials who made mistakes, Zhu Ying didn't want to say that they were executed directly, but made the best use of everything.

Not to mention Xia Yuanji.

Xia Yuanji also lived up to Zhu Ying's expectations, the first thing he did when he got up was to bow and bow and say, "His Royal Highness, the guilty minister has a performance."

Zhu Ying nodded and said, "Let's talk."

Xia Yuanji immediately regained his spirits, and hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, on the way back to Beijing from the Chief Secretary of Sichuan Province to report on his duties, the guilty minister came across a group of freight transporters in the post."

"Seeing his sneakiness, the criminal minister felt suspicious, so he checked his passing documents at the post station."

"Sure enough, this group of people used blank documents. The seal has been stamped before the person arrives."

"Ran Chen reported the matter after returning to Beijing, but was sent to prison by Jin Yiwei."

Xia Yuanji called himself a guilty minister, not that he was guilty of the blank document.

At the beginning, the offender was an example, but the later offender was because of disrespect to Zhu Ying. It is a crime of disrespect to make the wrong person.

Theoretically speaking, Zhu Ying could execute him according to the law of the Ming Dynasty just by relying on this one.

After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, even Sapphire, who was always beside her, had weird eyes.

The other Jin Yiwei didn't even look sideways, but the corners of their mouths twitched.

Zhu Ying said bluntly: "What you said is correct. The blank documents used by this group are indeed used, but the goods used for the blank documents are high-yield crops and grains transported from the Western Regions by my palace."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yingyou said: "In this regard, in order to be able to quickly transport this high-yield crop, my palace violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and it was indeed inappropriate."

"On this point, Master Xia has been wronged for no reason. It's just that this high-yield crop involves the supreme secret of Ming Dynasty, especially during the transportation at that time, which is even more critical. However, if there is any loss, it will involve the people of the world. "

"That's why Jin Yiwei is also paying close attention to it. It was Master Xia who talked about this matter, which made Jin Yiwei's heart tremble. After all, the news had not been leaked before, so he immediately detained Master Xia."

"Looking at it now, it was also a misunderstanding, and it caused Master Xia to suffer during this period of time."

Song Zhong's eyes moved slightly, there was actually a trace of moisture.

As for the surrounding Jinyiwei, a warm current passed through their hearts.

Since Jinyiwei was relocated in Hongwu 15 years ago, its reputation has been completely stink.

In the previous three major Hongwu cases, the murder of Zhongliang was inevitable. Of course, the emperor couldn't bear the title, and Jin Yiwei was the one who took the blame.

Jin Yiwei is very prestigious outside, and it is inevitable to be spurned behind his back.

Inside and outside the court, no one has ever spoken out for the Jinyiwei, and today's incident of helping the Jinyiwei to explain can be said to be the first time since its establishment.

Listening to this explanation, Xia Yuanji finally understood the reason for his unexpected disaster.

However, since His Royal Highness was involved, Xia Yuanji had nothing to say.

"The guilty minister deserves what he deserves, but I don't know what kind of product this high-yielding crop is. Please ask Your Highness to clarify."

Xia Yuanji was a little puzzled when he heard the name Gao Chan.

The household department is in charge of money and food, and is naturally familiar with all kinds of agricultural products, and it is also his job. Xia Yuanji wanted to know what the so-called high yield was.

After Zhu Ying heard the words, he didn't answer immediately. Song Zhong, who was next to him, coughed lightly when he saw this, paused, and then took a step forward and said: "This is the product that His Highness Taisun obtained through hard work from the Western Regions, and can produce thousands of catties per mu." food."

"Currently, it has been planted in the capital. The first batch of grain obtained is about a thousand catties per mu, and it is being distributed to the common people."

Xia Yuanji was horrified and said, "In this world, there are really thousands of catties of grain per mu."

Song Zhong scolded: "The facts before you, do you have to doubt His Highness?"

Xia Yuanji hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The guilty minister is ignorant, it's just that he has never heard of it for many years, thousands of years from ancient to modern times. Hearing so much, he loses his mind and rushes against His Highness."

Zhu Yingdao: "The world is full of wonders. Outside of the Ming Dynasty, there are thousands of miles of territory. There are some magical crops that no one in the Central Plains has heard of."

"These crops were also obtained by accident, and it would be difficult to find them if they were not planted accidentally."

"Now that these crops have grown, they will naturally know about it when Director Xia returns to the household department to report on his work."

Xia Yuanji quickly said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Ying nodded and said: "For you this time, you have suffered a disaster, but I am very pleased with this kind of spirit. To be an official, you have to be like Mr. Xia, who is not on good terms with each other. Proper issues must be dealt with strictly.”

"Some trivial things may seem inconspicuous, but in fact they have planted terrible disasters. This time, Master Xia suffered a crime, but I hope that Master Xia will not be scrupled because of this, and he will act as before in the future."

"What this Daming lacks is talents like Mr. Xia."

Hearing the approval from His Highness the Grandson, Xia Yuanji was moved, and felt that the sins of the past few months were not in vain.

Xia Yuanji replied with a choked tone: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Yingdao: "After Mr. Xia went to the household department to report on his work, he took a rest for a day or two to recharge his spirits, and then came to Kunning Palace to look for this palace. There just happened to be some things in this palace that needed someone like Mr. Xia. .”

Xia Yuanji's ability is unquestionable, and the person who can be called "Zhu Di's money bag" is naturally not in vain, and he must be skilled in arithmetic.

Now that the fifth factory will be built, there is a shortage of talents under Zhu Ying's command.

It's okay to talk about general affairs, but in terms of arithmetic, Zhu Ying really doesn't have many available.

Among the disciples under his command, Huyou is a good player, but naturally there are not many real talents.

In places like the Western Regions, it is difficult for those with a little bit of talent to come under Zhu Ying's command. Even a few scholars, Zhu Ying regards them as treasures.

What's more, it involves arithmetic, which is extremely advanced knowledge for the present.

The classics related to arithmetic are almost inaccessible to ordinary people, and they are basically controlled by the court.

Most of the accountants among the folks are also messed up in their arithmetic. The so-called muddled accounts are similar in all chambers of commerce, and only some big families can cultivate excellent accountants who understand arithmetic.

Among them, the officials of the household department can be regarded as the top level of Ming Dynasty in terms of arithmetic.

In some opera novels, many people are fooled by arithmetic, but they are all true records.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

Although Xia Yuanji didn't understand why it was Kunning Palace, at this moment, naturally, he couldn't ask any more questions.

No matter how many doubts there are, maybe after leaving the Jinyiwei Yamen, they should be able to know after arriving at the Ministry of Households.

After Xia Yuanji left, Zhu Ying ordered: "Send all these files to the Department of Public Security of the Ming Dynasty."

Then he said to Lan Yu: "Mr. Liang, the matter of these files will be handed over to the Department of Public Security. It should be no problem."

Lan Yu quickly assured: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely go all out."

Zhu Ying nodded and said: "Don't let a bad person go, and don't wrong a good person. From today onwards, the Secretary of Public Security, I hope that Liang Guogong will pay more attention to it, especially for officials who persecute the people, they must be severely punished."

Lan Yu said in a deep voice, "I obey the order."

At this time, Sapphire felt some pressure in her heart.

The dossiers left by Jin Yiwei must be very tricky and involve a lot.

His Royal Highness Taisun suddenly handed over the dossier that was originally in charge of Jin Yiwei to the Department of Public Security. Lan Yu speculated about the intention of this, fearing that the reputation of the Department of Public Security would not be so good in the future.

But in the face of His Royal Highness's arrangement, there is no room for him to refuse.

And just when Zhu Ying was about to leave, Jin Yiwei suddenly came in and replied, "Your Highness, outside Jin Yiwei's yamen, Commander of Jueshengwei Yang Zhongkai asked to see him."

The absolute guard?
When Zhu Ying heard about this guard, she didn't understand.

There are many guards in Ming Dynasty, there are five or six hundred guards inside and outside alone, and there are more than two to three thousand in the guards.

After Song Zhong's explanation, Zhu Ying finally understood the existence of Jueshengwei.

The responsibilities of Jueshengwei and Jinyiwei are similar, but the composition of the guards is all deaf-mute.

The deaf-mute relationship, so it is more pure in loyalty, and it is difficult for outsiders to get in touch.

Zhu Ying had no contact with him before, because the Juesheng Guard was a secret guard, not in the Ministry of War and the Dudu's Mansion, but directly under the emperor's jurisdiction. The salary of this guard was also paid out of internal funds.

Jueshengwei was also responsible for some assassinations of heroes earlier.

After Zhu Ying understood it, she also became interested. She didn't know why Yang Zhongkai was looking for her all of a sudden, so she said, "Let him in."

Yang Zhongkai is a thin old man in his 50s with white hair.

But the most eye-catching thing is his eyes, which are very clear and bright, without the turbidity of the old people at all.

After coming in, he bowed and knelt down, and then some sign language.

Zhu Ying couldn't understand sign language, but Jin Yiwei has a lot of talents, so naturally there are translators.

"My minister, Yang Zhongkai, pays homage to His Royal Highness the Grandson."

In fact, just this sentence, Zhu Ying can guess it even without translating it.

All the officials said this when they saw themselves.

"Get up." Zhu Ying said.

Before the sign language could be interpreted, Yang Zhongkai straightened up and typed out some sign language.

Although she was old, she was not dissatisfied with the speed of sign language at all, which gave Zhu Ying a feeling of Taoist seals, as if she was about to take out a piece of talisman paper and perform some Taoist spells in the next moment.

Jin Yiwei next to him quickly translated: "I came here rashly and asked His Highness the Grandson to forgive me, but it was impossible. The Jueshengwei wanted to ask His Highness the Grandson for support."

Zhu Ying was a little puzzled and said, "What kind of support does Jueshengwei need? Let's hear it."

As soon as Zhu Ying finished speaking, Yang Zhongkai immediately responded with sign language at the speed of Jieyin.

And Zhu Ying also realized that Yang Zhongkai knew how to read lips.

(End of this chapter)