Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 101

Huguang, Wuchang city.

Wang Yue rode his horse and entered the city with a sword in hand. In front of him was the king of Chu, who was wearing a royal uniform, and ran away on his horse. The scene of the old general chasing and killing the king of Chu was being staged.

Zhu Junkui, the King of Chu, was very average in riding skills. Facing the following Wang Yue with a sword, he was already frightened and shouted in panic: "The imperial envoys kill people indiscriminately, protect this king!"

"Don't leave the traitor! Going out of the city without grace today, wanting to assassinate the imperial envoy who despised the emperor's prestige, trafficked private salt and disregarded the court's laws, this imperial envoy should hold Shang Fang's sword and kill him!" Wang Yue followed closely, and listed the crimes to the fleeing king of Chu. said angrily.

This……

Originally, there were warriors who wanted to come forward to rescue the King of Chu, but the crimes listed by Wang Yue and the fact that they had Shang Fang Sword in their hands, they all stood in place and ate melons.

Chu King Zhu Junkui originally wanted to flee back to the Chu Palace, but seeing Wang Yue was about to catch up, he fell off his horse in a panic.

There was no sign of this fall, and it happened that his face hit the ground, and his two front teeth were knocked out.

Seeing the high and mighty king of Chu fleeing in such a state of embarrassment and falling so badly, the crowd watching couldn't help casting sympathetic glances.

call...

Wang Yue saw that the king of Chu had fallen off his horse in a panic, so he reined in the horse's reins in the middle of the street, and let the horse's front hooves rise slightly, so as not to trample on the king of Chu.

The King of Chu felt that his mouth was covered with blood, and immediately asked angrily, "Wang Yue, are you crazy? You dare to chase and kill this king in the street. Do you know the consequences?"

Huh?
There happened to be a restaurant and a teahouse on both sides of the street. The customers who were consuming here had heard the words of the King of Chu, and immediately realized that the front teeth were indeed gone.

"This old man is the imperial envoy of the Prime Minister's Salt Administration. If you traffic in private salt, let it go. How dare you order someone to shoot this imperial envoy in the dark? Do you still have imperial prestige in your eyes?" Thinking of the crisis just now, Wang Yue drank Out of breath, he asked a geological question.

If I hadn't been in the military for decades and had been prepared for today's action, I'm afraid the king of Chu would really have plotted against him.

If the king of Chu does anything illegal, he dares to ignore the emperor's prestige so much. Now that he beheaded the king of Chu in the street, it can be said that he will save his majesty a great harm.

"Take your life!" The more Wang Yue thought about it, the more angry he became, and Dang Shi stepped forward with a sword in his hands and said angrily.

Seeing the killing intent in Wang Yue's eyes, the King of Chu was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Forgive me! The imperial envoy spare me! This king should not traffic in private salt. This king is willing to accept punishment from the court. Please spare my life!"

"beg for mercy?"

"The King of Chu begging for mercy?"

"This imperial envoy is really majestic!"

……

The audience on both sides saw the king of Chu begging for mercy from the imperial envoy, as if they couldn't believe their eyes, they all looked at each other and said.

Wang Yue's white beard rose with the wind, but he frowned slightly, looking at the snot-nosed and sweaty King Chu in front of him, it was not easy to kill him.

Although a raging fire arose in his heart just now, especially when the arrow passed by his chest, he really wanted to kill this lawless Chu king with Shang Fang's sword.

It's just that now seeing the king of Chu begging for mercy and admitting his guilt, he couldn't help hesitating.

In the end, this king of Chu is just one of the participants who was lured by the salt. If you want to rectify the salt issue, killing a small Chu king will not help the matter, but will add some unnecessary troubles.

"Master Imperial Envoy, no matter how daring Xiao Wang is, he would not dare to order the imperial envoy to be shot. There must be something wrong!" King Chu immediately defended himself when he felt that death was so close.

Wang Yue suppressed the urge to kill, but he warned seriously: "This imperial envoy sees that you are a descendant of the Taizu, so I temporarily spare your life for your majesty! It's just that you trafficked in private salt and left the city without authorization. Even trying to murder the imperial envoy, you will be sanctioned by the imperial court!"

Lu Song had already arrived with Jin Yiwei, seeing that Wang Yue had no impulse to kill the King of Chu to vent his anger, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

alive?

When the King of Chu saw Wang Yue put away the Shangfang sword, he immediately collapsed on the ground.

He always thought that he was the real son of destiny, after all, it was really lucky that the throne of Chu fell on his head.It's just that my own luck seems to be the only one. Now that I do such a reckless thing, I'm afraid I will be entangled in bad luck.

Similar to the situation of the King of Chu, Huguang inspector Jiang Hong and other officials received a big blow.

The counting of the granary at the wharf has been completed. The king of Chu went to pick up the salt with [-] yin, but he brought back a total of [-] yin, and most of it was illicit salt from the salt farms that did not go through the transportation department.

Due to the serious corruption of salt officials, not to mention the higher price of official salt, just being able to avoid the salt official's food and drink card can save more than half of the money, so the profits of private salt provided by kitchen households are very rich.

From Yangzhou to Wuchang, all the way back by water along the Yangtze River, the shipping cost is not high, so this is a good deal that yields a lot of money.

It's just that this business that originally benefited everyone, after the imperial envoy Wang Yue lifted the lid, they were sitting around the dining table with nowhere to hide.

Wuchang City, Huguang Governor's Yamen.

Wang Yue led the imperial guards to settle here. Facing the officials who were called over, he directly liquidated the matter and said, "You are all abettors, and you have owed the emperor's grace!"

"Master Imperial Envoy, this remark is inappropriate, we are all ignorant!" Huguang Inspector Jiang Hong knew that Wang Yue wanted to question them, so he retorted proudly.

"Yeah, I didn't know about it!"

"If you know that the king of Chu has done something illegal, the officials will definitely investigate and deal with him!"

"It is said that the king of Chu is wise and does not want to seek profit behind his back, so he should be punished!"

……

Li Qing, Huguang's left chief envoy, and other officials exchanged glances, Dang even echoed Jiang Hong's words, and at the same time stated their position righteously.

This……

When Wang Yu and Hu Jun saw this, although they had always heard that the officials were as slippery as oil, it was not easy for these officials to be sympathetic!

"What a ignorant one! Come here, bring him up!" Wang Yue had already figured out the faces of these local officials, and immediately issued an order.

As the words fell, Lu Song led Jin Yiwei and escorted a person into the hall.

what?
Huguang Governor Jiang Hong and other officials were still sitting on the Diaoyutai. After all, they had no solid evidence, but they were dumbfounded when they saw that the person who was escorted up was Ye Fugui.

Facing Wang Yue and the officials, Ye Fugui lowered his head in despondency.

After being taken away last night, although he refused to admit it for a while, these people were not good men and women at all.

As for the backstage he moved out, in the eyes of this group of people, it is useless at all, and if I don't recruit, I am afraid that I will really be drowned by them.

Seeing the shock of the officials on both sides, Wang Yue asked with a straight face: "Everyone, what else do you have to say? If you really don't know, I don't have to pursue the matter, but you all took other people's money." Souvenir!"

When he was in the north earlier, he always thought that officials who had read sage books could serve the people wholeheartedly.

It's just that as we slowly dig, these local officials are really hypocrites who can't stand the scrutiny, and they are simply a copy of Li Guangming in Jingshan County.

Officials stand in a row beheading some of them who were wronged, and if every other one is killed, there will be mistakes.

"Master Imperial Envoy, I don't know what you are referring to? We really don't know!" Jiang Hong, the inspector of Huguang, glared at Ye Fugui, who had done nothing but failed, and then said innocently.

"That's right, we really didn't know about it!" Li Qing, Huguang Left Chief Envoy, and other officials knew that they couldn't confess, so they still complained innocently.

The people sent by Wang Yue saw Ye Fugui visit Jiang Hong with their own eyes, and even snorted coldly: "I don't care whether you admit it or not, but now that Ye Fugui has testified against you, all of you will be sent to the prison by the imperial envoy." Let's go!"

"Come on, lock up these gentlemen!" Lu Song, a hundred households in brocade clothes, was already prepared, and immediately ordered.

"How dare you!" Jiang Hong, the inspector of Huguang, became furious when he saw that Wang Yue wanted them to be locked up.

Not to mention that he is a majestic Huguang inspector, behind him is the emperor Xu Pu, but from the bottom of his heart he doesn't pay attention to Wang Yue who was relegated to Anlu.

Seeing Jiang Hong standing up, Wang Yue immediately asked with a sullen face, "Jiang Xunyan, are you going to disobey your orders?"

"Wang Shichang, you want to lock me and other officials into prison without knowing your innocence. Are you really not afraid that the pen of history is like iron?" Jiang Hong didn't understand why this old stubborn still didn't know how to be an official, so he immediately asked sharply.

Wang Yue didn't care about Qingshi's reputation for a long time, so he said tit-for-tat: "My Wang Yue is worthy of the king and the people, you can write whatever you want! But you, Jiang Hong, take bribes and protect profiteers. What does this imperial envoy want you to know?" It is intolerable under the law of the country!"

"Wang Shichang, even if you are in prison, I will go to court to impeach you for your crimes. I will see whether your majesty believes in me or you, the rat that everyone shouts!" Jiang Hong knew that he could not compete with Wang Yue's status as an imperial envoy. But he still threatened angrily.

"Yes, I'll impeach Wang Manzi together!" Sun Hong, the prefect of Wuchang, knew that Wang Yue had nothing to do with Xinjun, so he immediately stood up and echoed.

Wang Yue knew that he was fighting against the entire civil official group, but he just thought of the dead Hu Daniu and the thousands of compatriots who were bullied, but they fearlessly met the resentful eyes of these people.

Seeing that Wang Yue was as firm as a rock, Lu Song immediately waved his hand and said, "Take him away!"

"No, absolutely no!"

"Yes, mighty can't be subdued!"

"He, Wang Shichang, has no certificate or proof, what can he do against us?"

……

Jiang Hong, Li Qing and other officials quickly reached a consensus. Even in the face of Ye Fugui's accusation, they pretended not to know, so Wang Yue had nothing to do with them.

"I'll recruit! I'll recruit! Wang Shichang, you don't talk about martial arts, I &#￥!"

In just one day, the group of officials who had vowed not to confess before they went in, after suffering a little flesh and blood, Huguang Left Chief Envoy Li Qing and other officials signed and pledged to admit their crimes.

"Brother Song, which Yamen did you work in in the capital?"

"Stayed in Xichang for a while!"

"Brother Song, cow!"

After Wang Yu saw Lu Song's interrogation methods, he couldn't help admiring him, and at the same time silently gave a thumbs up.

The corners of Lu Song's mouth rose slightly, reminding him of those glorious days.

Naturally, the virtues of these officials are already very clear. Don't look at all of them who are full of concern for the country and the people and regard death as home, but in fact they are all hypocrites without courage.

Why was Xichang so loathed by the civil society, and finally forced to close down?

It was Xichang who didn't talk about evidence or reason with civil officials at all.

The methods used by these civil servants to accept bribes can be described as strange. They can use antique calligraphy and paintings, and they can also set up clever names to collect benefits. Even ice warning and charcoal warning are reasonable income.

It's just that Xichang doesn't listen to civil servants, and doesn't confess to hitting you until you confess.If you don't give some color, who will confess their crimes foolishly, and only some criminal laws can pry the mouths of these officials open.

Of course, there are also skills in using punishment. Some officials will be punished if they have problems. If they can see at a glance that the other party has no problems, there is no need to beat them to death!
The case this time is actually very simple. Ye Fugui has already established a good relationship with Yangzhou, and the king of Chu will transport the private salt back, and then the local officials turned a blind eye and let this batch of private salt Marketing in Wuchang Prefecture and surrounding areas.

Three days later, all the cases were settled.

A torture platform was set up in Dongshi, Wuchang City, and Wang Yue, the left deputy capital censor of the imperial envoy Metropolitan Procuratorate, personally supervised the beheading.

Facing the onlookers, Hu Song also announced the crimes of the three of them: "Li Qing, the governor of Huguang, Jiang Hong, the inspector of Huguang, and Sun Hong, the prefect of Wuchang, connived the king of Chu and the profiteer Ye Fugui to transport illicit salt to Wuchang. Marketing, now the imperial envoy has verified it, so the three offenders were executed, to warn all officials in the world! From now on, salt will be sold everywhere, and official salt will be sold at official price...!"

"This isn't Wang beheading, it's clearly Wang Qingtian!"

"The price of our salt is so expensive, it's the ghosts of these people!"

"Isn't it? If they are not greedy, we can all eat and live a good life according to the official price of the court!"

……

When the people in Wuchang City saw that Wang Yue was going to kill the Zuo Buzheng Li Qing and other officials, they immediately came from all directions and praised them at the same time.

Li Qing, the left governor of Huguang, Jiang Hong, the inspector of Huguang, and Sun Hong, the prefect of Wuchang, were put on the execution platform wearing prison uniforms. Understand where things went wrong.

He is the proud student of Xu Pu, the left servant of the official department and a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and now he holds an important position in the Huguang inspectorate, but when he was at his best, he was resolutely pushed to the guillotine by a relegated man.

It's auspicious time!
Sitting in front of the case, Wang Yue looked at the three criminals on the stage, and immediately picked up a warrant and threw it forward.

This place has already been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, it can be said that there is no way to get through, after all, someone came to save them with an order, so I am afraid that they will not be able to break through here.

An assistant officer who supervised the beheading saw that the arrow had landed, and shouted: "Chop!"

puff!
puff!
puff!
……

With the flash of Qizi's killing knife, from left to right, blood splashed straight up, and the heads of Huguang left governor Li Qing, Huguang inspector Jiang Hong, and Wuchang prefect Sun Hong fell to the ground one after another.

Whether Li Qing or Sun Hong has worked here for many years, it is impossible not to know about the activities of the King of Chu. Although Jiang Hong has just arrived, he is the one who has the deepest connection with the profiteer Ye Fugui.

It can be said that the three criminals deserved to die, and being beheaded was not wronged at all.

"Wang Qingtian!"

"Wang Qingtian!"

"Wang Qingtian!"

……

The people watching saw the three prisoners being beheaded and killed. I don't know who yelled first, and then the people around responded.

For a moment, the momentum hit Jiuxiao directly, and the King Chu, who was recovering from his injuries in the Palace of Chu, was trembling with fright, and his missing front tooth was pointing in the direction of Dongshi without knowing what to say.

(End of this chapter)