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Chapter 717 Legislation

Matthew's head was buzzing and he walked out of the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion in a daze. It took him a long time to regain his senses.

He did not reject Ren Ning's suggestion.

One is that he doesn't dare, and the other is that he knows it in his heart.

As long as he showed the slightest hesitation, Prince Ning would immediately choose someone else.

For example, Allen standing next to him, or other leaders in the caravan.

Anyway, there are many people.

These people all looked the same as him. They were almost the same as the Beixiong people, so they could look like real people.

The most important thing is that Matthew has ambitions.

The Grand Duke is nothing.

As long as the Yunchui Empire stands behind, there is a high probability that his descendants will no longer have to be humble businessmen, but will be able to sit in the Duke's Mansion and accept the worship of others.

The caravan affairs were complicated, so Matthew left first, but Allen and the other man stayed.

"Your Highness and your empress," he happily took out a tightly packaged painting and opened it carefully, "you two now have another relative, a little nephew."

"Really?" Yingpan was overjoyed.

"Really." Youmeng next to him smiled and nodded.

"Years ago, when the caravan set out, the clan leader knew that we would go to Star City on this trip, so he asked a painter to draw portraits of their entire family, and asked us to bring them over to recognize our family members."

"That's it." Ren Ning and Ren Ning suddenly realized and quickly lowered their heads to look at the painting.

The man in the painting is tall and handsome with a smile on his face, while the woman is petite, delicate, gentle and approachable. They are none other than Tiele and Xili, whom they have not seen for a long time.

In addition, the two of them were holding a baby.

The baby was lying in swaddling clothes, fat and white, sleeping soundly.

Yingpan watched, tears streaming down her face.

She covered her mouth with one hand and rubbed the picture vigorously with the other hand.

It’s just that the portraits of this era are far inferior to the mobile phones or cameras of later generations.

Xi Lian, the elder sister-in-law, was okay. As for her nephew, Yingpan had tried her best to identify him, but she still couldn't see his exact appearance.

"Zhan'er, Zhan'er, look, here are your uncle, aunt and little cousin."

"Uncle and aunt?" Ren Zhan muttered and glanced subconsciously.

He was more worried about his tearful mother and concubine than the three strangers.

The little man quickly pulled Ren Ning over.

"Father, father, king, mother and concubine are crying."

"It's okay." Ren Ning smiled and touched his son's head. "Your mother-in-law didn't cry. She was just happy to see Zhan'er's biological uncle, aunt and cousin."

"Really, Father?" Ren Zhan looked from his mother to his father, feeling a little confused for a moment.

"It's true," Yingpan quickly hugged her son, "your father is right. My mother-in-law didn't cry, she was happy."

The two comforted and teased each other for a while, and then Xiao Renzhan smiled again.

I don’t know how long it has passed.

Bang bang bang.

The door to the living room rang.

"Your Highness," a respectful voice came from outside the door, "Master Du, the commander of the Jinlin Guards, would like to see you."

Du Ziming?

Ren Ning raised his head and glanced at Shi Chen, "Let him come in."

Most of what Jinlin Guard investigates are secret matters arranged by the emperor, and others should not be present.

Yingpan took Allen and Youmeng to the flower hall next door.

It was not easy to meet her mother-in-law's family, and now she had a lot of things to say to them.

As soon as the three people left, Du Ziming walked in.

"Your Highness, Du Ziming, has met."

Ren Ning nodded, "Why are you here to see me now?"

Du Ziming felt uneasy and quickly lifted up the thick folds in his hands.

"Back to Your Highness, not long ago you asked me to track down the pirated newspapers, and the Jinlin Guards did not dare to neglect it."

"Fortunately, after so many days of pursuit, the mastermind behind the pirated newspapers and the accomplices in various counties have surfaced."

"This is their detailed confession." Mastermind, accomplice?

Also "counties"!

As Ren Ning read these three words, a coldness flashed in his eyes.

In a country as big as Yunchui, public opinion is so important that it must be firmly in hand.

If those "pirating dealers" just wanted to make some money privately by taking advantage of newspapers, they would at most catch a few examples and throw them in jail or fine them some money to set an example.

But if someone joins forces to alter the contents of the newspaper to achieve some shady purpose, then they are looking for death.

Xiao Lizi, who was staying by the emperor's side, was heartbroken and quickly took the fold.

Ren Ning flipped through it casually.

"The mastermind, Ye Hexuan from Yongyu Earl's Mansion?"

Who is this?

"Your Highness," Xiao Lizi quickly reminded, "all the names of the mansions in Xingji City that begin with the character Yong are originally Hou's mansions."

Ren Ning nodded.

Since these days, Huayang County has returned a lot of military information.

Several names appeared frequently, which particularly impressed him.

For example, Lin Hanmo, Lu Fuhai, Lu Yulong and Huang Ming were the frontline generals.

Another example is Liu Yongchun, the county governor.

In addition, there is an imperial envoy, Fang Yinbao.

He was born in Yongchang Houfu.

Xiao Lizi didn't know what his master was thinking, so he continued to introduce.

"Uncle Yongyu's Mansion was originally the Mansion of Marquis Yongyu, and there are many descendants of the Ye family. However, for decades, no one has been able to stand up and support the lintel, so it became what it is now."

"Calculating the time, by the end of next year at the latest, the Ye family will lose the lintel of the uncle's house."

Therefore, it is estimated that Ye Hexuan saw that there was no hope of holding on to his family title, and seeing that the newspaper was making money quickly, he wanted to take advantage of the last opportunity to use the name of the uncle to make some money.

"Is that so?" Ren Ning raised his eyes and looked at Du Ziming.

"Back to Your Highness, the mastermind Ye Hexuan has confessed, and the reason is just as Your Highness thought."

"As for the other accomplices, most of them are landlords, officials or servants of Uncle Yongyu's Mansion stationed in various counties."

"Only a few prisoners wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and printed newspapers privately. Wei Chen has separated their confessions from Yongyu Bo's house and placed them separately."

Ren Ning scrolled down and saw several relatively thin confessions.

Open it and take a look. They are all unknown little people in the place.

cough.

Xiao Lizi next to him coughed.

"Master Du, are you sure these people have nothing to do with the governments of Star City?"

Du Ziming knew what he meant and quickly handed over.

"Back to Your Highness, after repeated investigations and verification by Wei Chen, the reason why these people pirated newspapers was indeed a sudden idea, and they don't know anyone from Star City."

"Very good." Ren Ning nodded with satisfaction.

He didn't bother to pay attention to the mud that couldn't hold up the wall of Uncle Yongyu's Mansion, and just left it to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.

After asking a few more questions, Ren Ning waved Du Ziming away.

Call ~

After leaving Prince Ning's Mansion, Du Ziming looked back at the plaque above the door lintel and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

After Ren Ning took office, investigating newspapers was the first order Jinlinwei received.

This was related to Du Ziming's future and even his life and fortune, and he did not dare to take it lightly.

Jinlin Guards put 100% of their efforts and efforts into tracking down the main and accomplices.

Now it seems that it should be a good result.

"Compared to the moody former emperor, it seems that Prince Ning is actually quite easy to get along with." Du Ziming muttered secretly.

As long as you do your job well, you don't need to think about anything else.

In the living room, Ren Ning turned to look at Xiao Lizi.

"Newspapers are related to the public opinion of the empire and cannot be careless or laissez-faire."

"Your Highness is wise."

"Inform the Ministry of Criminal Justice that a bill on printing and publishing must be produced before the end of the year."

"According to the order!" Xiao Lizi quickly wrote it down in his notebook.