Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 106 The Prisoner's Dilemma and Uncompromising Materialism
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the five arrested spies of Dongying were separated into five rooms and detained, and they were bound all over their bodies, for fear that these people would commit suicide.

The people in the Ministry of Punishment did not understand the meaning of this. The head catcher Zhang Sihuai, who had a scar on his face, came out of a room, shook his head and said, "What's the use of this method? They are all interrogated as usual, and there is no useful information at all. What kind of medicine does your little highness sell in the gourd?"

"Hey, there are three fires for a new official to take office, let alone supervising the country. I heard that this little highness is only in his teens. What means can he do? It's just playing prestige."

The arresters chatted, and in the dark prison, one arrester took out a newspaper: "There is a war in the northern Xinjiang, and these things that don't have long eyes dare to come out during the military parade in the imperial city. The Japanese pirates in the east have disturbed my coast for many years. They should be beaten just like the northern border barbarians."

"There will be. The military parade is really mighty. My dad went to the scene to watch it, and when he went home, he gave him a set of punches excitedly. We, such a mighty master of Ming Dynasty, will definitely make the four barbarians surrender."

Zhang Sihuai, the head arrester, was still thinking about Zhu Zhanchang's move to detain several people separately: "I heard that Your Highness meant to come here at noon today. If it's true or false, come to our prison of the Ministry of Punishment? Will those palace nobles come here?"

"Don't say a little, Your Highness, Your Highness is Your Highness. Men are the most taboo for others to say that they are young. Be careful and cut off your head."

At this moment, they heard the voice of Liu Guan, the minister of punishment.

"His Royal Highness, you go this way, be careful, the road in the prison is not good, you should be worried."

The specially amplified voice made all the jailers and the prisoners stand up straight, as a notification to them that this little His Royal Highness had really arrived.

The Minister of Punishment, Liu Guan, is a slightly fat man with a medium build. He was demoted once last year, and he has just been reinstated this year, so he should be careful.

The guards in the prison looked at Zhu Zhanchang curiously. This highness, dressed in luxurious clothes, was incompatible with this dark prison.

"Zhang Zhaotou." Following Liu Guan's shout, Zhang Sihuai trotted all the way to the front of the two.

"Zhang Sihuai, the head of the Ministry of Punishment, has seen Lord Shang Shu and the Fifth Highness."

Zhu Zhanchang said, "Zhang Zaitou, are you all divided according to what I said yesterday?"

"It's divided."

"Take me to see the prisoner who has spoken first."

Zhang Sihuai brought a few people into the cell. In a separate cell, a middle-aged man covered in blood was locked. Zhang Sihuai handed over a document with his information written on it.

Li Quan, 38 years old, a native of Yingtianfu, a tea merchant, originally from Shandong, moved to Yingtianfu since his father's generation.

Just looking at this profile, this person can't be a spy, he is an authentic local, and he is also local when he gets married and has children.

"Your Highness, he was tortured yesterday, and he opened his mouth. His father is a spy of Dongying. He came to Yingtian Mansion during the chaos at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. It has been 40 years."

"Tsk tsk, for 40 years, I still haven't forgotten my mission." Zhu Zhanqian couldn't help but sigh, these spies are really firm enough.

But this further shows that Dongying's penetration of Daming is far from a one-day event, and its heart can be punished.

"You said you were from the Toyo Ashikaga family, but the truth?" Zhu Zhanchang spoke slowly.

"Yes, my lord, yes my lord, my wife and children are all from the Ming Dynasty, and they are all innocent. I hope that my lord will let them live."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at Zhang Zhantou: "Did you arrest his family?"

"Caught, the spy's family is very likely to be a spy. They have been arrested, otherwise this old boy will not speak. Your Highness, don't listen to these people, and you won't be able to tell the truth if you don't teach me a lesson."

Zhang Sihuai was afraid that this young His Royal Highness would be influenced by these people by pretending to be pitiful.

But a good auto mechanic, his heart is more resistant to freezing than antifreeze.

"Who is the current general of the Ashikaga family?"

"It's General Ashikaga Yoshichi."

"What are you doing for this imperial city military parade?"

"My lord, you promise me to let my wife and children live, and I will say anything."

Zhang Zhaotou pulled out his whip: "You bastard, are you qualified to negotiate terms?"

Zhu Zhanchang gestured for him to sit down, squinting slightly at the man in front of him.

Since there are weaknesses, the interrogation is simple.

"I can guarantee the safety of your wife and children, tell the identities of the other four people one by one, your purpose, and how many spies you have in the city. After the trial of you, I will interrogate the other four people. If the testimony is correct, Come on, I'll send a part of your wife and children to see you last time."

Zhu Zhanchang's words shocked Zhang Sihuai and Liu Guan, the minister of punishment, in their hearts. This child-faced Highness is cruel.

Li Quan was trembling with fright. He was already scared of being severely punished yesterday, and this spies who had been undercover for a long time, and who were born outside, married and had children, were far less determined than the one sent by Dongying, and it was better to break through.

The other four had better willpower than him, but they didn't commit suicide on the spot, and they shouldn't be dead.

As long as it is not a dead man, there is a chance to pry its mouth open.

"Can you write?"

"Yes... yes."

"Bring a pen and paper, write down all the information of the other four, and the head arresters will verify them one by one, as well as your other accomplices in the city. If there is a mistake, you will meet a certain part of your wife and children. What part of your wife do you like? The face, or the legs."

Li Quan was so frightened that his liver trembled, he picked up the pen and started writing, the handwriting was crooked.

While Zhu Zhanchang was writing, he whispered to Zhang Zoutou: "Zhang Zhaitou, wait for the information he wrote and let people take the portraits of the criminals to verify them one by one. These people should have been hiding their identities in the city for a long time. Now, if you want to catch it, you have to uproot it."

"Understood, Your Highness is brilliant."

"If there are accomplices in the city, they should not be able to hide their arrest. From the beginning of the military parade to the present, the city is under martial law. I hope not to be run away."

"What about after Your Highness has verified the information?"

Zhu Zhanchang thought for a while: "Tell the other four people about this information, you don't have to tell them who said it, just let them know that one of their accomplices has corrected them, and I also promised to let him go. Family members and others will be treated the same if they are willing to tell all the information."

"To summarize the information of the five people, the information that several of them know may be different, and more people can be pulled out. If someone lies, find a corpse, and select a part to scare them according to what I just said."

"Your Highness is brilliant."

They were interrogated separately and obtained more information. The five people did not know what the other people said. For the sake of their family's survival, they would definitely give useful information as much as possible.

The dilemma between the prisoners, denial or confession, in the Ming Dynasty, no matter how they choose, they must die when they are spies, and they can only use their family as a threat.

The softest bones have already opened their mouths, and the next step is to pry their mouths open one by one.

After Zhang Sihuai learned of Zhu Zhanchang's thoughts, he stood on his back with cold hair on his back. Who is this His Royal Highness? The interrogation method used is a game of human nature. It is terrible to have such a mind at this age.

"His Royal Highness, it's up to you to interrogate later, we are fortunate to learn more." Liu Guan immediately showed his favor and flattered.

"No, my appearance is not suitable for interrogation. I just said that because I opened my mouth before. Others have to send a few experienced veterans. Don't worry, it's better to have a vicious face, and give them enough. pressure."

Under the prisoner's dilemma, the trial of prisoners has become easier. Zhang Sihuai and others are experienced arresters. They tried seven, seven, eight, eight in one afternoon, but the results were far beyond everyone's expectations.

Looking at the confessions compiled by the five people, there is a slight discrepancy in general, but the difference is not big. Because the five people received different information, the discrepancy is not serious. Several people stated that the purpose of this operation was to assassinate Zhu Di.

There was only one thing on which five people came out with three answers, their commander.

Three people, including Li Quan, identified the commander as one of the two dead, one of the other two identified as another dead spy, and the youngest person identified the commander of the operation as Li. spring.

This is interesting, five people have three answers, and it happens to be one of the most critical questions.

Zhang Sihuai sorted out the information, copied all of them in two copies and packed them up: "Give it to Lord Shang Shu, and send the other copy to the palace to the Fifth Highness. There must be no mistake, and it should be done quickly."

After the messenger left, Zhu Kuai asked, "Chau Tou, this method of interrogation is okay, let them bite the dog and bite the dog."

"I will use this method in the future. I don't know what other means the Fifth Highness will use next."

"It is said that the five princes of the head catcher are not yet 10 years old, this scheming method..."

Zhang Sihuai glared at him: "You can talk about the emperor too?"

When the case report was handed over to Zhu Zhanchang, Zhu Zhanchang was about to go out and met Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao was arranged by Zhu Di to come back and is now in Zhu Zhanchang's courtyard.

"His Royal Highness, it's been a long time."

"Master, I have to go to the punishment department first."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, it's getting late today, let me report back tomorrow, there are more important things tonight."

After all, Yao Guangxiao had different identities, so Zhu Zhanchang had to let someone take the words back first, and he sat down with Yao Guangxiao to drink tea.

Yao Guangxiao took out the tea from his clothes, Zhu Zhan had a black line, this guy really disliked the tea in his yard.

As soon as the tea filled the house with the fragrance, he also understood why Yao Guangxiao despised his tea.

"His Royal Highness is getting colder and colder, and my old body is also a little tired. I'm afraid I won't be able to walk for long."

"Master, you are strong, let alone leave, you can run."

"His Royal Highness, don't console me, I know my own situation."

Zhu Zhanchang didn't understand whether Yao Guangxiao was pulling family or something else.

Yao Guangxiao took a sip of tea: "His Royal Highness, this time Your Majesty's Northern Expedition is huge and has unprecedented morale. When the army gathers to attack next year, the world may be settled in one battle."

"The northern barbarians have been harassing the Ming border for many years, looting and slaughtering should have this king's teacher's northern expedition to raise the country's prestige in the grasslands."

Yao Guangxiao said meaningfully: "However, the poor monk looked at the sky last night and made a calculation."

"Is the master counting this Northern Expedition?"

"Ah."

"How is the hexagram?"

"Naturally, it is a sign of victory, and this hexagram is considered superfluous. With the morale and combat strength of the Ming army at this time, the Tartars in the north are simply unable to fight our army."

Speaking of this, Yao Guangxiao made a big turn: "I tested the national fortune for Daming again, and the national fortune was prosperous, but the direction of the fortune was not in the north, but in the west, which is quite confusing."

Zhu Zhanchang Han Mao stood upside down, in the West, can this old monk really foretell destiny?Is there really such a thing as fortune-telling in the world?
Pressing the shock in his heart, Zhu Zhanchang asked tentatively: "Master, are you accurate? The Western Regions don't mean much except beautiful women."

"Go further west, but the Fifth Highness doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas."

Zhu Zhanyi smiled: "Master is not the same."

The two looked at each other and smiled. The two of them were the two most staunch supporters of materialism in the Ming Dynasty.

"His Royal Highness, just now I saw that the Ministry of Punishment sent a secret report, can I show it to the poor monk."

Zhu Zhanchang took out the secret report without the slightest hesitation: "Your Majesty said before the expedition, ask the master's opinion on everything, and the master can help you can't ask for it."

The two read the report of the Ministry of Punishment together, and Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly after reading it.

"These people are 22 years old, and they are all over [-] years old, and all of them have been in Dongpu for at least ten years. Some of them were even born in Ming Dynasty. The penetration of Dongpu into my Ming Dynasty is far more than that on the surface. There are many people on the scene, the Japanese thieves have been coveting the land of the Central Plains for a long time."

"Master, do you think you can take this as an opportunity to send troops to Dongying?"

"Not for the time being. The barbarians in the north have not been eliminated, and small countries such as Jiaozhi in the south are full of trivial matters. If we go across the sea again, it will be a waste of national strength. At that time, the three sides will be attacked.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang listed Dongying as a country not to conquer. The variables of naval battles are too large, and it is difficult to fight against the wind and waves at sea. Therefore, although Dongying often disturbs the coastal areas of Daming, Daming never counterattacks its homeland.

Not only Dongying, but Zhu Yuanzhang's non-conquering countries, many of them are island countries or places in the past that need to be sailed.

"But Master, Dongying's heart can be punished."

"The time has not come, so I can't be in a hurry. Right now, Daming's biggest enemy is still the barbarians in the north. I hope Your Majesty can subdue those barbarians this time, so that I can recuperate in the Central Plains. The poor monk saw the steam engine. If you give me another ten years of Daming, Maybe you can go to Dongying."

Zhu Zhanchang also nodded, but he felt that within ten years, the development of technology would definitely be faster than Yao Guangxiao predicted.

"What do you think of the entry and exit points in the master's statement, the most critical point is wrong."

Yao Guangxiao pondered a little: "Four of the five identified the dead, and one identified the living. The dead can't speak, but the living can always speak. To dig out more spies buried in the ground, we need more of these living people. speak."

"How can the master do it better?"

"Three of these people were born and raised in Daming. They were born in Daming, got married, and had children. Such spies are not reliable. It is enough to use both soft and hard. If Your Highness can trust the poor monk, the poor monk will do it for you."

It is naturally good for someone to do things: "Then I would like to thank Master. By the way, Master, do you think it is possible to turn against these people and become our undercover Dongying spies."

Yao Guangxiao shook his head: "Your Highness, it's better not to use such unreliable spies, but what Your Highness said makes sense. From now on, we can arrange spies to go to Dongying. We can do this after Your Majesty returns from the expedition."

"The master is right."

In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Shang Shu Liu Guan and Yao Guangxiao stood side by side, Yao Guangxiao looked gloomy, and blamed Liu Guan: "Liu Shangshu, you have just returned to office. Let His Highness personally interrogate the prisoner, so don't blame Lao Na for going to read your book."

Liu Guan's face was full of cold sweat: "National teacher, it was His Royal Highness Zhao Wang who ordered his official affairs to inform the Fifth Highness of the details."

Yao Guangxiao glared at him: "His Royal Highness Zhao Wang ordered you to hand over the trial of the prisoners to the Fifth Highness?"

"Yes... it's your Highness who wants to come."

"Master Liu, you are the Minister of Criminal Justice. If the prisoner cannot be tried, it can be considered that you have done your best to have the Fifth Highness help you, the Minister of Justice."

Regarding the official title, Yao Guangxiao cannot talk to Liu Guan like this, but after all, Yao Guangxiao's identity is not ordinary, and it is regarded as a reprimand from the emperor at this time.

"Xia...Xiaguan knows it's wrong."

"Liu Shangshu, I would like to remind you that no matter which grandson wants to try a prisoner, he has to sit in the high hall and try people in the prison. He has a reputation for being ruthless and cruel in prison. You can't afford it. It is for the royal family, and everything has to be thought of for others."

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