Start with Baihuguan

Chapter 318
When Li Huan opened his mouth, it wasn't just Wang Jia and Chen Wenliang who felt something was wrong, but the others also felt something was wrong.

Especially among the nobles, headed by British Duke Zhang Lun, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, and Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo, all of them looked at Chen Wenliang with half-smiles.

In fact, Chen Wenliang relied on his old qualifications, and there were many former disciples and old officials in the court who were waving the flag and shouting, so it was a cynicism to them.

Even several times, these nobles were so angry that they wanted to go up and beat up the old man severely.

It's just that Chen Wenliang relies on the old to sell the old, and he is a noble minister in the Qingliu, even they have nothing to do with Chen Wenliang.

In fact, Chen Wenliang wanted seniority, seniority, contacts, and his age, so even the emperor had to respect him.

But at this moment, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others were inexplicably full of expectations. Based on their understanding of Li Huan, Li Huan was not the kind of talkative person.

It can be said that anyone who is targeted by Li Huan will be fine if he has no stains on himself, but if there are any stains, then his fate will definitely not be so good.

Think about the former cabinet elder Xie Qian, who was not a veteran of several dynasties, and was even an important minister when the first emperor died. In the end, Li Huan seized the opportunity and directly made him ruined.

Of course, the premise is that these people have their own reasons. Anyway, they have never seen Li Huan frame some innocent people.

As for whether Chen Wenliang has any problems himself, to be honest, if Chen Wenliang has no problems, no one will believe it.

What's more, just now Lin Pingzhi has revealed the details of the Chen family behind Chen Wenliang in front of everyone.

The Chen family is a large salt merchant entrenched in Yangzhou, not to mention that few of them who can become salt merchants are clean, but the unclear relationship between the Chen family and the Tatars outside the customs is enough to prove the problem of the Chen family Definitely not small anymore.

Judging from Chen Wenliang's expression and reaction at this moment, one can see the tension and apprehension in Chen Wenliang's heart.

Some people looked at Chen Wenliang with worried expressions, while others showed gloating expressions.

At this time, Li Huan looked at Chen Wenliang and said slowly: "Li wants to ask Mr. Chen, what did the Chen's caravan send to the Yiliha tribe in March last year, and what did it send to Dayan Khan in September?" What did you send..."

Hearing Li Huan's question, Chen Wenliang was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to think of something, his complexion suddenly changed, but he tried his best to keep calm, but just by looking at his expression, a fool can see that Chen Wenliang The panic in my heart.

"I...my Chen family has always been fair and law-abiding. What the caravan sells is tea, porcelain, cloth and the like. These are recorded at the checkpoint in the border town. If Master Li doesn't believe it, you can send someone to check the customs clearance records. .”

As he spoke, Chen Wenliang's trembling voice gradually became much more stable, and at the same time, a firm look appeared in his eyes.

Even after Chen Wenliang finished speaking, he bowed to the emperor again and said: "The old minister is the ministers of the court, so he naturally knows what he can do and what he can't do, and he strictly requires the children of the clan to abide by the court laws and regulations, and never dare to do it." For such violations of law and discipline, please give your Majesty a lesson."

Zhu Houzhao took a look at Chen Wenliang, who had a look of grievance, and said slowly: "If the Chen family is as the Qing family said, it has always been law-abiding, and everything has been done in accordance with the court's laws. For a loyal minister like Chen Qing's family, he is so loyal."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao turned to Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, do you think this makes sense!"

Li Huandang even bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty's words are true."

But at the next moment, Li Huan changed his voice, and said to Chen Wenliang with a sneer on his face: "Since Master Chen said that the Chen family abides by the law and never violates the law, then Li wants to ask Chen Wenliang My lord, where did the Yiliha tribe get the three hundred sets of armor, more than ten thousand catties of refined iron, and the thousand pairs of strong bows? Who traded the one hundred thousand catties of refined iron that Dayan's tribe got?"

When he said this, Li Huan's voice suddenly rose, and he even took a few steps forward, staring at Chen Wenliang with a cold and stern look in his eyes, his words were full of questions.

"What? Three hundred pairs of iron armor and a thousand pairs of strong bows, this... These are military weapons that are strictly prohibited by the imperial court!"

There was a look of astonishment on someone's face, and they looked at Li Huan and Chen Wenliang in disbelief.

What Li Huan said was really shocking. Previously, everyone thought that Li Huan had caught the Chen family's handle, and the Chen family was just sending some salt and iron to the grassland.

Although it is also said that it violated the laws of the imperial court, it is not too outrageous. After all, even if the imperial court strictly prohibits it, salt and iron are still smuggled to the grassland by some unscrupulous businessmen.

But if salt and iron items are more or less acceptable, then if it involves armor, strong bows and other ordnance materials, the nature is much more serious.

More importantly, where did the iron armor and strong bow come from? If Li Huan did not frame Chen Wenliang, then where did the Chen family get the iron armor and strong bow, which are strictly forbidden to circulate among the people.

When Li Huan's voice just fell, Chen Wenliang shook his body slightly, his face turned pale, and he shouted in horror: "Slander, you are slander."

Yelling, Chen Wenliang's face was as pale as paper and he pointed at Li Huan, and at the same time he knelt down to the emperor whose face became so gloomy: "Your Majesty, the old minister was wronged. It was Li Huan who framed the old minister. I ask your majesty to do it for you." The old minister is in charge."

Many officials who had previously responded to Chen Wenliang looked at Chen Wenliang with a look of dread at this time, and even some officials who were close to Chen Wenliang subconsciously distanced themselves from Chen Wenliang.

It is really that Li Huan's revelations are too shocking. If this matter is really confirmed, then one can imagine what will happen to Chen Wenliang.

At that time, if Li Huan takes the opportunity to implicate Chen Wenliang's accomplices in the court, does it mean that they may become the targets of Li Huan.

Many people's hearts were full of remorse, why did they get on Chen Wenliang's pirate ship on a whim.

Of course, some officials whose relationship with Chen Wenliang can only be regarded as ordinary have the possibility to disentangle their relationship, but the few officials who have an extremely close relationship with Chen Wenliang have no chance and possibility to disentangle themselves at all.

Just like Du Yang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, as Chen Wenliang's son-in-law, it is a good story in the court that Weng's son-in-law is an official in the same dynasty.

Just now, Du Yang was one of the vanguards in the impeachment of Li Huan and Wang Yangming. Because of his relationship with Chen Wenliang, Du Yang became a member of the Ministry of Industry, one of the six ministries, at a young age. It can be said that his career has been smooth sailing.

But at this moment, Du Yang's forehead was covered with cold sweat, his eyes were full of fear, and he couldn't help shouting loudly: "Li Huan, you traitor, you actually falsely accused the boss of being innocent. Like water, no one in the court knows, no one knows, Your Majesty knows a lot, so how can you be deceived by your sweet words."

Speaking of which, Du Yang bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for Mr. Chen."

Following Du Yang's opening, several officials who were close to Chen Wenliang stood up and spoke bluntly, saying that Li Huan had framed important officials of the court, and implored the emperor to make decisions for him.

Li Huan looked at these officials as if he was looking at a clown, but he didn't pay any attention to them at all.

On the other hand, Lin Pingzhi sneered and said, "Du Yang, you are the son-in-law of the Chen family. Everyone in the court knows everyone. Han Zhi, you are the closed disciple of Chen Wenliang..."

When the details of several officials were revealed by Lin Pingyi, Du Yang, Han Zhi, and Chen Wenliang all turned pale and prostrated themselves on the ground, crying out to the emperor for grievances.

But in this situation, anyone who is not a fool can see that Li Huan is really not framing Chen Wenliang, otherwise, Chen Wenliang would not be so panicked.

With a bang, Zhu Houzhao slapped the dragon chair, his face was covered with frost, he stared at Chen Wenliang and the others coldly and said, "Bold Chen Wenliang, don't you hurry up and recruit from the truth?"

Zhu Fu on the side said darkly: "Your Majesty, I am very curious as to where the armor and crossbows that the Chen family smuggled to the grassland came from. Could it be that the people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry colluded with the Chen family..."

Before Zhu Fu finished speaking, among the officials, the expressions of the officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War changed dramatically. Immediately, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War all stepped forward to bow to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no such thing as this." Perhaps, even if the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry have the courage, they would not dare to disclose taboos such as armor and crossbows."

The British Duke Zhang Lun looked at the few people whose foreheads were covered with cold sweat with a half-smile and said: "Then can you explain where the armor and crossbows that the Chen family smuggled to the grassland came from? Is it possible that besides the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, there are people who can privately manufacture taboo items such as armor and crossbows?"

Zhang Lun and Zhu Fu, who were impeached by these officials before, can be said to be full of anger. Although they did not know the news of Li Huan's return beforehand, let alone that Li Huan had caught Chen Wenliang's handle, but They are not relentless at this moment when they are getting worse.

The ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of War and other officials can clearly see the fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, and their faces are full of panic.

Although they insisted in front of the emperor that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry would never let the armor and crossbows flow out, but they knew better than anyone else in their hearts that with the greed and means of many officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, the treasures of the treasury It is not uncommon for the armor and bows and crossbows stored in it to be used in various ways.

Even just what they know, every year, a lot of armored items are taken out of the treasury by officials big and small, and then resold to various forces.

The hundreds of armors and thousands of bows and crossbows that Li Huan mentioned are quite astonishing. They seem to have no such records in their impressions, but this does not mean that they are sure that the armor and crossbows are not from their own government. Because they can't guarantee whether the officials under their control have cheated and handed over the ordnance stored in the treasury to the Chen family behind their backs.

Zhu Fu stroked his beard, sneered, stared at the few people and said: "Everyone, you should think it through before reporting to Your Majesty. You must know that this is a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the entire family."

All of a sudden, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of War and other officials, both large and small, looked panicked, but they dared not speak any more.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao's face was even more ugly. The officials of the department that supervised the manufacturing and management of ordnance were not sure whether the ordnance smuggled by the Chen family came from them. What does this mean?
Several elders at the side looked at each other, Li Dongyang sighed softly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I would like to strictly investigate the case of Chen's smuggling of salt and iron ordnance."

It was originally a situation of impeachment of Li Huan, but it turned out to be manipulated by Li Huan, and Chen Wenliang, who impeached him, became the target of strict investigation.

Li Dongyang opened his mouth, and Yang Tinghe, Wang Jia, and Liu Yu also spoke together.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao let out a cold sweat, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "Come here, put Chen Wenliang in prison, let Jinyiwei and Dongchang jointly investigate the case of Chen's smuggling, we must investigate to the end, no matter who is involved , will never tolerate it."

Zhu Houzhao obviously didn't have much trust in the Sansi Yamen, so he directly ordered that the case be handed over to Dongchang and Jinyiwei for joint investigation.

Seeing this scene, the officials of the Sansi Yamen opened their mouths one by one, and finally closed their mouths. No one dared to speak at this time to provoke the emperor who was in a state of anger.

After all, Chen Wenliang, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, one of the three yamen, was himself involved in the case, which made them embarrassed to speak for a while.

Could it be that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is going to investigate the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?

Although it is reasonable according to the procedure, the emperor directly ordered Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate and deal with the case, which has already shown the emperor's thunder and anger. case, and no one dared to come forward to express objection.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Chen Wenliang, who had been screaming for grievances, could not help but almost fell to the ground. Suddenly, Chen Wenliang got up from the ground with red eyes, rushed towards Li Huan and shouted: "Li Huan!" Bandit Huan, this old man killed you..."

But before Chen Wenliang rushed to Li Huan, Lin Pingzhi kicked Chen Wenliang fiercely, and directly sent Chen Wenliang flying.

Chen Wenliang, who fell heavily to the ground, fainted immediately.

Looking at Chen Wenliang, who fell to the ground with disheveled hair, for some reason, many officials felt a bit of sadness in their hearts. Just a moment ago, they were important ministers in the court and extremely noble, but they fell into the abyss all at once before and after a cup of tea. As a prisoner.

[During the period of double monthly pass, brothers who have monthly pass will drop it. 】

(End of this chapter)