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Chapter 347 An Unprecedented Major Case

The emperor's shouts of anger echoed in the huge palace, but all the servants and maids in the palace were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat, they lay on the ground and did not dare to move, for fear that they would be killed by the angry emperor. as an object of anger.

Although the Son of Heaven has a magnanimous disposition and rarely angers others because of something, any fool can see that the Son of Heaven is really furious at the moment. Even Ma Yongcheng and Qiu Ju, who have always been favored by the Son of Heaven Are the chief eunuchs lying on the ground and not daring to move at this moment?

After venting, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Ma Yongcheng, Qiu Ju and others, took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Ma Daban, if I read correctly, this memorial It should have been submitted by the government office of Yangzhou, so there is no news from Jin Yiwei on such a big matter?"

Just looking at the memorial, he knew that it was an official document submitted by the local yamen, which made Zhu Houzhao a little curious. There was no movement from Jin Yiwei on such a big matter, which seemed a little strange.

Zhu Houzhao forgot, however, that Jinyiwei, who was sitting in Yangzhou Mansion, had thousands of households, and hundreds of Jinyiwei who went to the capital were all killed, and the yamen were burned to the ground. How could Jinyiwei get news from the local area? .

It is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to not have imagined such a simple truth. Who made Zhu Houzhao so angry that he was stimulated by the sudden news, he didn't think so much at all, and subconsciously asked Ma Yongcheng and Qiu Ju.

Ma Yongcheng, who was slightly relieved, heard the emperor's question and said hastily: "Return to your majesty, it's not that there is no news from the Jinyiwei, but the fact that the Jinyiwei yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture has been completely wiped out. Where are there people?" Send the message."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, rubbed his forehead and said, "I'm so confused."

Saying that, Zhu Hou looked at Ma Yongcheng and said, "If you say it this way, Li Qing may not know that such a big thing happened in his Jinyiwei Yamen right now!"

Ma Yongcheng hesitated for a moment and said: "When this official document enters Beijing, first a few minutes will be copied, one will be sent to the cabinet, and the other will be sent to the imperial city, but if it involves the local Jinyiwei, then a copy will be copied and delivered to the Jinyiwei yamen, so if it is not released If it was an accident, General Li should have received the news."

Zhu Houzhao frowned subconsciously and said: "Such a big thing happened, with Li Qing's temperament, I'm afraid he should be on his way to the palace to see me right now."

While he was speaking, he saw a servant hurried over, bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, General Li Huan is begging to see His Majesty outside the gate of the palace."

Zhu Houzhao heard the words and said, "I really hit the mark."

Waving his hand at the little servant, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said, "Let Li Qing see you."

The little servant ran out at a trot to deliver the emperor's will, but after a while, he saw a figure striding towards him.

Walking into the main hall, Li Huan stepped forward to bow to the emperor and said: "My minister, Li Huan, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands and said, "Li Qing doesn't need to be polite, just get up without courtesy."

When Li Huan got up and before Li Huan could speak, Zhu Houzhao said to Li Huan, "Li Qing thought it was because of the silence of the Jinyiwei Yamen in Yangzhou Prefecture."

Hearing what the emperor said, Li Huan was taken aback for a moment before realizing that if he could get the news, then the emperor must have gotten the news as well.

Nodding his head slightly, Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a solemn look on his face, "Your Majesty, under my bright and clear sky, such a shocking thing happened in a dynastic city like Yangzhou Prefecture. A Jinyiwei yamen Up and down were destroyed by people, since the founding of our Ming Dynasty, such a thing has never happened, the nature is bad and the influence is bad, it can be said to be unprecedented."

Sitting there, Zhu Houzhao also had a dignified look on his face. As the emperor, how could he not know what kind of bad influence would be brought about by the destruction of a Jinyiwei yamen.

To put it mildly, it would have the face and majesty of the court, but to put it seriously, it would shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be taken lightly.

After a short pause, Li Huan said again: "I beg Your Majesty to allow you to go to Yangzhou City to investigate the case of the annihilation of a thousand households of the Jinyiwei in Yangzhou, so as to rectify the discipline."

Zhu Houzhao just pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I've confirmed this matter, and I will order you, Li Qing, to go to Yangzhou Mansion as the imperial envoy to supervise the case, and we must investigate it to the bottom."

But after the words fell, Zhu Houzhao turned to Li Huan and said, "However, even if Li Qing wants to go to Yangzhou Mansion to investigate the case, it will not take a day or two. At the Great Court Meeting tomorrow, Li Qing will be entrusted with all the meritorious officers and men. Rewards, and such a big case, at the court meeting tomorrow, it needs to be discussed by hundreds of officials."

No matter how anxious Li Huan wanted to go to Yangzhou Mansion, what the emperor said was not unreasonable, so he nodded slightly and said: "I would like to follow your majesty's arrangement."

But it was said that all the officials were going out of the city to welcome the meritorious soldiers, and the emperor held a banquet for the soldiers in the palace. All the officials had been busy for a whole day, and each of them returned home exhausted.

But it is said that in Ge Lao Wang's mansion, several court ministers are drinking tea in Wang's study at the moment.

Since Chen Wenliang, the imperial censor of the Zuo capital, was imprisoned, Wang Jia, the elder of the court, seemed to have a difficult life in the court. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Chen Wenliang and Wang Jia were in the same party.

Chen Wenliang and Wang Jia were born in the same year, and they supported each other in the court along the way, and they have been friends for decades.

This time Chen Wenliang was transferred from Nanjing to the capital to serve as the censor of Zuodu.

This is naturally a big blow to the officials of Wang Jia's party. After all, Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu, can definitely be regarded as a general of Wang Jia's party, except for Wang Jia. Apart from Ge Lao, Chen Wenliang has the highest official rank and the most prominent status.

The few officials in the study are the backbone of Wang Jia's party, the worst one is a Yuanwailang from the Sixth Ministry, and there are even senior officials at the level of ministers.

Hong Wenlong, who was the servant of the Ministry of Rites, looked at Wang Jia with a dignified expression and couldn't help but said: "Ge Lao hastily called me here, could it be that there is something wrong?"

It turned out that these people came to see Wang Jia in a hurry after receiving the news in the evening. Wang Jia called them here in such a hurry that they didn't even know the reason, so they were very curious.

The rest of the people heard Hong Wenlong speak, and looked at Wang Jia one by one, their eyes full of curiosity.

Wang Jia took a deep breath, glanced at several people and said slowly: "Not long ago, there was news from the cabinet that something big happened in Yangzhou Mansion!"

Hearing what Wang Jia said, Hong Wenlong and the others showed puzzled looks, and Hong Wenlong laughed lightly and said: "What big things can happen in the prosperous Jiangnan, if I really want to say, it is Li Huan's traitor faction. I left Jinyiwei to go to Yangzhou Mansion to handle the case..."

Just as he was talking, Hong Wenlong suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at Wang Jia with a bit of shock on his face, and said, "My lord, could it be that people from Jin Yiwei did the family raiding and extermination in Yangzhou Mansion?"

The rest of the people reacted with expressions like Hong Wenlong's. Now, in their view, only Jinyiwei is a disaster place, arresting and taking people wantonly, and committing the crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan is considered a major event.

Wang Jia shook his head slowly and said: "This matter is indeed related to Jinyiwei, but it was Yangzhou Jinyiwei's Thousand Households and hundreds of Jinyiwei who went to Yangzhou on business, and they were all killed. Even Yangzhou Jinyiwei All the yamen of thousands of households were burned to the ground.”

"puff"

An official just took a sip of tea, and just heard Wang Jia's words, he spurted out a sip of tea, his eyes widened, and his face was full of astonishment.

The person next to him even shook his hand and knocked the teacup on the table to the ground, breaking it into pieces on the spot.

All of a sudden, everyone present looked at Wang Jia dumbfounded, as if they were listening to something unbelievable.

"My lord is not joking, right? That is the emperor's own army, the Jinyiwei who represents the emperor's supervision of the place. Who has the courage to kill even the Jinyiwei, and even burn the Jinyiwei's yamen to nothing."

It's no wonder that these people reacted so strongly, it was really shocking, it was the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how much they hated and cursed Jin Yiwei behind their backs, they knew better than anyone else what Jin Yiwei represented.

Now hearing that a Jinyiwei yamen was burned to nothing, and everyone was killed up and down the yamen, if you are not shocked, that would be a strange thing.

Wang Jia looked at the crowd and said: "Who dares to lie about such a big matter, you must know that if you are not careful, it will be a terrible disaster."

As he said that, Wang Jia said again: "If there is no accident, the news may have spread by now. Whether it is Jinyiwei, Dongchang, or His Majesty, the elders of the pavilion have already known about this matter. matter."

Hong Wenlong suddenly exclaimed: "No, it's a disaster, it's really a disaster."

Seeing Hong Wenlong's sudden shock, several officials couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and looked at Hong Wenlong in puzzlement, as if they didn't understand why Hong Wenlong was yelling about disaster when it was all right.

I could only hear Hong Wenlong said solemnly: "When such a big thing happened, how could Li Huan let it go with his traitorous temperament? Maybe Li Huan would go to Yangzhou Mansion to supervise the case in person. At that time, who would know that Li Huan Will Huan take advantage of the organization to frame the court's loyal ministers? If he framed and implicated some important officials at the court in the case, I'm afraid there will be another bloody storm in the capital."

"hiss!"

Everyone gasped when they heard the words, and looked at Hong Wenlong in horror, because Hong Wenlong's worries were not unreasonable, and even if they judged others by themselves, Hong Wenlong's worries were very likely to come true, after all, if they were Li Huan's words , will never let go of such a good opportunity.

Jin Yiwei's yamen was wiped out, such a monstrous case, even if Li Huan took the opportunity to manipulate and drag one or two court elders into the water, it would not be a big deal.

It can be said that anyone involved in this case, no matter what their status is, even if they are hereditary princes, once they get involved in this case, they will not be able to escape the fate of ransacking their families.

Hong Wenlong suddenly looked at Wang Jia and said, "My lord, who the hell is he who dares to kill Jin Yiwei?"

Obviously the key point of the problem that Hong Wenlong thought of, after all, it is not an ordinary person who can do such a thing.

A trace of worry flashed deep in Wang Jia's eyes, and he said: "According to the report from the government office of Yangzhou, the Jinyiwei arrested members of the Chen family. As a result, the remnants of the Chen family attacked the Jinyiwei's yamen at night. Burn the Jinyiwei yamen to nothingness."

"Chen family of Yangzhou, a member of Master Chen Wenliang's clan?"

Hong Wenlong stood up suddenly, it was hard to imagine that an old man in his fifties was so agile, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard to imagine Hong Wenlong's reaction was so fast.

Wang Jia nodded, Hong Wenlong swayed involuntarily, stepped back a few steps like a mourning concubine, subconsciously supported the table with one hand to stabilize his figure, and said in a trembling voice: "Why are you here, why are you here?" This."

Seeing Hong Wenlong's reaction, the several officials present all showed sympathy and felt sorry for each other.

As colleagues, especially those close to the party, they naturally knew why Hong Wenlong had such a big reaction.

It is true that Hong Wenlong and the Chen family are related by marriage. Hong Wenlong's son married the Chen family's daughter, and the relationship between the two families is extremely close.

Originally, because of Chen Wenliang's crime, Hong Wenlong was worried, fearing that one day Jin Yiwei would send someone to take him away, but now he suddenly heard that it was his own relatives who did such a heinous disaster. Hong Wenlong didn't pass out on the spot, it was considered The mind is tough, if it is really a different person, it may have passed out from fright.

With a plop, Hong Wenlong knelt down in front of Wang Jia and tremblingly said: "My lord, help me, save my Hong family."

Wang Jia looked at Hong Wenlong who was kneeling in front of him, and said with a bit of misery on his face: "I'm afraid that I can't protect myself now, so how can I protect you?"

An official next to him couldn't help but trembled when he heard the words: "Why did you say that, my lord? You are a dignified old man, and all the ministers in the court, so Li Huan dares to..."

It's just that before the official finished speaking, he seemed to have realized something, so he closed his mouth.

Wang Jia glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone, I called you here today to tell everyone that if Li Huan wants to use this case to target some people, we must be his primary target. Once involved in this case In the midst of this, everyone will seek their own blessings."

Speaking of which, Wang Jia's whole body seemed to be drained of energy and energy, and his whole body was a bit aging.

Hong Wenlong and other officials lost their minds and left the palace in a daze. They got into their own carriages and horses, and when they returned to their respective residences, they didn't come back to their senses.

Not to mention how Hong Wenlong and others reacted, but to say that the sensational news spread at an extremely fast speed. First, the important cabinet ministers, and then the officials of the six ministries of the DPRK and Central Committee. Yes, almost all the officials knew the shocking news that Yangzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu was killed.

Originally, it was a great joy to receive the title of the meritorious general who triumphed the next day, but after the news of this great event spread, the atmosphere of the entire capital changed drastically, as if endless clouds enveloped the entire capital, and the eyes of one after another subconsciously They turned to the location of Jinyiwei's yamen and the direction of the imperial city.

Everyone knew that if such a big event happened, whether it was Li Huan, who was in charge of the Jinyiwei Yamen, or Zhu Houzhao, who was the supreme son of the emperor, he would definitely explode into thunderous anger.

It was late at night, the sky was not yet bright, and the people in the capital were falling asleep soundly, but many officials who had heard the news could not fall asleep. These people knew that a terrible storm was brewing at this moment, and they did not know how many people would be Died in this great storm.

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