Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 461 The Rules Have Changed
Dai Hongde stared at Dai Hongyi's head, his eyes were bloodshot.

The eldest son Dai Zhiguang's face was pale, and he wanted to leave the cabin but he didn't have the guts.

"Has Xu Zhiqiong's fleet been let go?" Dai Hongde asked.

"Let it go, according to father's order, just opened the channel."

"Take a fast boat, find someone to block the channel immediately, and call Guo Zhongbin, I want to see if Daxuan still has rules!"

Guo Zhongbin was Dai Hongde's disciple, and he had seventh-rank yin and yang cultivation. Dai Hongde immediately wrote a letter, and wrote more than a dozen letters in one night, and sent them to the important officials of various ministries in the capital.

……

In fact, Dai Hongde didn't need to worry, Xu Zhiqiong didn't plan to leave at all.

After the channel was opened, the warship stayed in place. Shan Yan urged to lift the anchor quickly. Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Don't go, and wait until the merchant ships are cleared before leaving."

Shan Yan stared round her eyes and said, "Then when will we have to wait?"

Mo Chi said from the side: "Young Lord, the merchant ships at the Sanjiangkou cannot be dispersed. According to the rules of the Dai family, every ship must be checked carefully. Even if we wait for a year, the merchant ships will not be cleared."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "I just gave Dai Hongde a big gift, if he knows what is good and bad, he should change this rule."

After waiting for about half an hour, the merchant ship not only did not disperse, but the channel was blocked again.

Shan Yan was very annoyed, and Mo Chi said aside: "It seems that Marquis Yun gave a big gift in vain, and Lord Dai doesn't appreciate it at all. Let me remind you, he has a deep foundation in the court, and I'm afraid there will be many ministers Ready to impeach you."

"Don't worry, I have also prepared a generous gift for the ministers," Xu Zhiqiong turned to Tao Huayuan and said, "Make a magic circle and send this emerald west mountain to the high official's family."

……

Bao Jingzhong, the servant of the Criminal Department, received the letter from Dai Hongde in the study, after reading the letter, he immediately burned it on a candle.

"Xu Zhiqiong, my child's blood feud has finally been avenged."

He immediately wrote down the memorial and prepared to present it in person tomorrow.

He knew more than one was going to play.

He knew how deep Dai Hongde's roots were.

The next day at the court meeting, Minister of the Household Department Wan Xingbang, the new Minister of the Ministry of Officials Zhao Yuangang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs Deng Encai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry Ji Youquan, Minister of Dali Temple Mo Shouxin... more than a dozen officials, large and small, all prepared memorials and prepared Impeach Yunhou Xu Zhiqiong.

They endured Xu Zhiqiong for a long time, and at this moment they were finally about to explode.

The reason for the impeachment of Xu Zhiqiong is very simple. The antecedents are not asked, only the result.

Xu Zhiqiong killed people in Sanjiangkou and left letters to the family members of the deceased.

Lantern Lang has the power to enforce the law in the capital, and he can kill people completely before accusing him of crimes.

But if he left the capital, why would he kill people?Why kill good people indiscriminately?

So cruel, so rampant, but he asked Daxuan if there was any kingly law!

The courtiers were gearing up in the Daqing Hall, and Emperor Chang Le, who was sitting on the dragon chair, could even hear their gnashing of teeth.

But Emperor Chang Le did not listen to the report according to the procedure of the court meeting, but asked his servants to carry the emerald rockery up.

After looking at the emerald water and the exquisite workmanship, Yan Anqing exclaimed, "It's really a rare treasure."

Emperor Changle smiled and said: "Yan Shoufu is a knowledgeable person, so do you know how much this emerald west mountain is worth?"

Yan Anqing shook his head and said, "I don't dare to make a judgment, this kind of treasure is probably priceless."

"How can it be priceless, no matter how expensive it is, there must be a price."

Yan Anqing still shook his head: "Pricing is not what I'm good at."

Emperor Chang Le was surprised: "Is there anything in this world that Yan Shoufu is not good at?"

Yan Anqing sighed, "There are specialists in surgery."

All the ministers heard that something was wrong, Emperor Chang Le and Yan Anqing sang together, as if they had written the script in advance.

The few courtiers who originally planned to play the memorial quietly put away the memorial and watched the situation quietly.

Emperor Chang Le nodded and said: "What Yan Shoufu said is reasonable, the one who specializes in art and is good at making prices should be our household department, Wan Shangshu, let's make a price, how much is this thing worth?"

Wan Xingbang's heart shuddered, realizing that something was wrong.

Ever since Emperor Changle succeeded to the throne, Wan Xingbang has been unpopular.

The reason is very simple, he is a member of Nufu Sect.

Before his death, Wu Ziqing, a generation of honest officials, said that Wan Xingbang led him into the Nufu Sect. At that time, Xu Zhiqiong already knew that Wan Xingbang was a member of the Nufu Sect. Zhiqiong naturally told Emperor Changle about this.

But Emperor Chang Le never touched Wan Xingbang, he sent people to spy on Wan Xingbang, hoping to get more inside information about Nufu Cult from him.

But since Emperor Changle succeeded to the throne, Wan Xingbang seemed to have severed contact with the Nufu Sect, and never showed any flaws.

Emperor Chang Le didn't wait all the time, he would take out Wan Xingbang and beat him up from time to time.

Some people will become cautious in adversity, but some people will choose to take risks. Wanxingbang belongs to the latter category.

Today he wanted to take the risk and play a book, taking the opportunity to frighten Xu Zhiqiong.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Chang Le was given the opportunity to beat him.

"Wan Aiqing, I am asking you something, what do you think is the price of this emerald?"

Wan Xingbang pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know much about jade and the like, so I dare not make a rash estimate."

Emperor Chang Le was surprised: "As the Minister of the Household Department, you don't know the price of jade?"

Wan Xingbang bowed his head and said: "I feel deeply ashamed."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know the price, but do you know the origin of this emerald west mountain?"

"I don't know."

Emperor Changle said: "This emerald west mountain was given to me by Yunhou. Everyone recognizes Yunhou. He owes me twenty thousand taels of silver, which is not enough. Now he is going to send Yu Xianguo as an envoy. He is afraid that I will demand the debt. Use this emerald west mountain to repay the debt,
I said this is not acceptable, where did you get this emerald, you have to tell me clearly, if you are corrupt and pervert the law, I will not forgive you,

Yunhou said that this was a gift from a businessman named Dai Hongde in Sanjiang County.

Isn't this blatantly bribing the court officials?This businessman surnamed Dai is too courageous!
I am very angry and want to punish the businessman, but Yun Hou said that the businessman is a good man and has been serving the court secretly.
I am collecting grain from the south these days, and Dai Hongde is worried that some people will pass it off as good, so he simply buys the grain himself and sends it to the north after the inspection is correct.

Not only food, cloth, porcelain, pearls, jade, pepper, no matter what kind of business, the Dai family collects it all, and it lasts for decades. In these decades, he has never asked the court for a penny of salary. You say, we Daxuan which official can do this?

When Yunhou told me, I still didn't believe it, let alone such a big business, can he handle it by himself?
Yunhou also specifically asked about this matter, he said that there are still many people in the capital who help Dai Hongde take care of business. "

When the words fell to the ground, the Daqing Palace was completely silent.

At this moment, everyone gave up the idea of ​​impeaching Xu Zhiqiong.

Emperor Chang Le looked at the officials and asked: "Which one of you has helped Dai Hongde take care of business?"

All the ministers bowed their heads at the same time, without saying a word.

"Wan Aiqing?"

Wan Xingbang quickly denied: "I don't know Dai Hongde, I never knew that there was such a person in Sanjiang County, Your Majesty knows that!"

Emperor Changle smiled and said: "I'm not asking you Dai Hongde, I'm asking you how much this Emerald Mountain is worth, is it enough to pay off the debt of Yunhou?"

"This, this, I think, since it is emerald, it should be worth twenty thousand taels of silver."

"Twenty thousand taels is less. I think this piece of emerald is worth at least a million taels. Wan Aiqing, since you are the secretary of the household department, you should know a little bit about business. I will give you three days to make this jade Emerald Xishan was sold to me for one million taels of silver, and I'm waiting to ask you for the money!"

Wan Xingbang didn't dare to say more, Emperor Changle looked at the officials and said: "What else do you want?"

The ministers bowed their heads and remained silent.

Emperor Chang Le got up and said: "Nothing, let's retreat."

After the dynasty was dispersed, He Fang found Emperor Changle: "Your Majesty, Dai Hongde has colluded with all court officials to occupy Sanjiang Estuary and plundered for many years. I think this matter should be strictly investigated."

"It is true that we should investigate strictly, but we can't let Zhiqiong investigate anymore," Emperor Changle sighed, "Zhiqiong is alone outside, and the situation is very dangerous, such things that offend people have to be done by someone else.

Let him go all the way south first, and let him see for me what the world of Daxuan has been ruined by these bastards! "

……

Dai Hongde waited for a day, and at night, he finally received a secret letter.

The secret letter is not signed, and it is impossible to tell which adult's handwriting it is.

There are only two lines written on it: "The imperial envoy is coming, let Yunhou quickly, and merchants from all over the place."

Dai Hongde burned the letter, sat silently for half an hour, and told his eldest son Dai Zhiguang: "Let go."

"Did you let go of your luck?"

"Open the channel and let go of all passing merchant ships."

"But our business..."

"The business is gone," Dai Hongde gritted his teeth, "After decades of painstaking efforts, a family's foundation was destroyed by this Huangkouzhuzi."

……

At Sanjiangkou, ships from all over the world left, and it took a whole night to clear up.

Mo Chi stood at the bow of the boat and repeatedly sighed: "The Dai family has occupied the Sanjiangkou for dozens of years, and even my Dayu's grain-selling boats have been seized by him many times. I think I, Dayu, want to win a small profit from him, but I don't know what to do." No matter how many tricks were used, Xu Zhiqiong only took a few days to subdue Dai's arrangement."

Shan Yan said: "Government and business collusion, occupying one party, this kind of thing is not uncommon in our Da Yu."

"That's why a capable minister like Xu Zhiqiong is needed to eradicate this group of scum."

"Xu Zhiqiong's methods are too overbearing, if he hadn't gained the trust of Emperor Chang Le, he would have been unable to do anything if he was being constrained everywhere."

"Emperor Chang Le trusts him," Mo Chi nodded, "I also trust people like him."

A shout came from the cabin:

"Thief boy, what are you going to do again, you are too bullying, I will fight for you..."

Mo Chi sighed, "It would be great if I didn't have this hobby."

At dawn the next day, when the fleet was about to weigh anchor, Dai Hongde boarded the ship and apologized to Xu Zhiqiong.

"Dai has blind eyes, and he hoped that Lord Hou will take care of what he offended before."

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "Lord Dai, don't say anything about Haihan, I don't have such a big heart, you should worry more about yourself, gather up the money you have earned over the years, and let yourself live for a few more days. "

Dai Hongde was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, Daxuan has its own rules, and Dai is a person who abides by the rules, so naturally he can keep his life."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Let me advise you one more thing, just this one, Mr. Dai, the rules have changed."

(End of this chapter)