At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 74 Who did you sell your food to?

As soon as the proposal that the imperial court prepared to crown the British Crown Prince was put forward, it immediately caused an uproar.

The ministers were immediately divided into two factions, one was the meritorious military generals, who expressed their approval, and the other was the civil servant Qingliu, who firmly opposed it.

The titles on the heads of each of the generals present were accumulated by fighting the enemy one after another.There were only two largest and most extensive conferring activities in the Ming Dynasty, one was the founding of the country, and the other was Jingnan.Due to some unknown reasons, there are very few surviving founding heroes. Those who are still active in the court are headed by the British Duke Zhang Fu, and most of them are after Jing Nan.

Today, Zhang Fu's status is no less than that of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan County in the early Ming Dynasty. However, even Xu Da, an extremely talented minister, is only pursuing his posthumous posthumous title. king.

Therefore, when Zhu Qiyu made this decision, Zhang Fu was stunned.

He even wondered if he was dead...

Wang Hailing, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up and said: "The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, different surnames cannot be crowned kings, isn't this breaking the ancestral system?"

Hearing this, Taining Hou Chenying immediately jumped out and said: "The British Duke has made great military achievements, why can't he be crowned king?"

"The ancestral system is the ancestral system, and the ancestral system cannot be violated!"

"Then tell me, how should I reward you?"

"The Duke of England is already an extremely human minister, why don't you add two thousand shi to his annual salary as a token of recognition!"

"Such illustrious military exploits can be paid off with a little salary? Wang Yushi, what do you think of the court, and what do you think of us generals?"

Chen Ying argued with reason, not because of his deep friendship with the British public, but just to win a sigh of relief.

In the Ming Dynasty, scholars were selected through the imperial examination, and these scholars formed a civil official group. Although these people usually seem to be full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, they have more than a hundred times more in their hearts than the big bosses who only know how to fight.

In the court, the struggle between civil servants and military officials has never stopped. As the ranks of civil servants grow stronger day by day, it is obvious that latecomers will prevail.

Usually, Zhang Fu is the one who takes the lead, but today, as the person involved, he should avoid suspicion, so Chen Ying stepped forward.

Wang Hailing snorted and said: "You can give iron coupons to the alchemy book, or you can show grace to your descendants. In short, you must not violate the ancestral system!"

As the two quarreled fiercely, more and more civil servants and military officers joined the battle, and it was about to turn into a melee.

"The Emperor is here!"

There was a sudden silence above the main hall, and everyone knelt down and saluted, shouting long live.

Zhu Qizhen didn't even change his uniform, he walked into the hall in a normal uniform, and sat on the dragon chair.

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qizhen glanced around with a dark face, and asked, "It's very lively, what's the noise?"

Zhu Qiyu stepped forward and said: "Report to the emperor, the ministers are discussing the matter of British public rewards."

Wang Hailing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I think that the British Duke deserves a reward for his meritorious service in killing the enemy, but the ancestral system cannot be broken, and the matter of becoming a king needs to be carefully considered!"

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Behind Wang Hailing, more than a dozen officials stood up one after another to express their support.

Now, Chen Ying couldn't bear it any longer, and hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, my subject..."

Zhu Qizhen raised his hand suddenly, motioning for him to step aside first.

Chen Ying was a little confused, but had no choice but to back down.

"Since it's a court meeting, everyone should express their opinions. However, I came here today for another matter!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at the ministers, smiled faintly, and continued: "Recently, there have been two robberies involving murder and robbery in the capital. You should have heard of them, right?"

Everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhu Qiyu was even more confused, we are discussing such a big matter as the king here, you came here to talk about the case?
Let Shuntian Mansion investigate this kind of matter. Is it necessary to discuss it here?

"Wang Hailing!" Zhu Qizhen asked suddenly, "What is the relationship between Qing's family and Fanji Warehouse?"

Wang Hailing was suddenly named, and his expression changed immediately, and he said: "Returning to the emperor, I have never been engaged in business activities, and I don't know that there is a Fanji warehouse."

"Oh!" Zhu Qizhen nodded, and said again, "Since I don't know him, something happened to Fan Ji's warehouse, but you, the Youdu censor, is busy in private. Why?"

Wang Hailing had a strange expression on his face, and said falteringly: "My minister... no... don't understand what the emperor is talking about..."

Zhu Qizhen was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "You should remember who the Qing family met last night, right?"

"Last night... last night..."

Wang Hailing's face was pale, beads of sweat kept dripping from his forehead, and he was speechless for a while.

Last night, when I met those people, there was no one around!

Obviously drove everyone away, except for the mute who sweeps the floor at home...

Could it be that dumb?
No, this man has been in the house for more than ten years, and he is deaf and dumb. You didn't respond when you knocked the gong beside him, how could it be him?

"Why, I don't remember anything from last night? Would you like me to help you remember?"

Wang Hailing knelt down on the ground and said tremblingly: "I just negotiated a business with someone, but I really don't know anything about Fan Ji's warehouse!"

Zhu Qizhen had a faint smile on his face, and asked: "Didn't Caiqing's family just say that they have never engaged in business activities, could it be that I heard wrong?"

Wang Hailing didn't dare to hide anymore, so he could only say: "I know my mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Don't rush to forgive your sins!" Zhu Qizhen asked again, "Tell me first, what kind of business are you talking about?"

"Weichen's hometown has some surplus food, I want to sell it for some money..."

"How much food is there?"

"About...about...five hundred stones..."

"Ok?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned, his face became more and more ugly.

Wang Hailing had no choice but to say: "My minister made a mistake, it's about five thousand stones."

"I advise you, think it over before you talk!"

"Weichen remembered it, it seems to be fifty thousand stones."

"Fifty thousand stones!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and asked again, "Who are you selling it to?"

"Sell to...sell to...Cao Ji Warehouse."

"Then why did the Qing family help Fan Ji's warehouse so much? They also sent a note to the Shuntian Mansion. What's the reason?"

While talking, Zhu Qizhen winked at Wynn who was on the side, Wynn understood, took out a note and handed it over.

Wang Hailing only glanced at it, shaking like a sieve, and hurriedly said: "Weichen and Fanji Warehouse also have some business dealings. This time, the theft included [-] stone grains of Weichen. I know that I am in the court, so I shouldn't In business, you should not use your status to put pressure on Shuntian Mansion, I know that I am wrong, I beg the emperor to forgive me!"

Zhu Qizhen sneered, "That's all?"

"Weichen... Weichen... three months ago, I commissioned Fan Ji Warehouse to sell a batch of grain, about [-] shi. I knew I was wrong, and I will never dare again!"

"I still want to ask you, why did you choose to cooperate with Fan Ji?"

"It's because..." At this point, Wang Hailing didn't dare to hide anymore, so he could only tell the truth, "Because the shipping price of Fan Ji's warehouse is relatively high..."

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Why is Fan Ji's shipping price so high?"

"I really don't know about this... about the sale..."

Zhu Qizhen stood up suddenly, and asked with a dark face: "I will give you one last chance, don't you really know?"

Wang Hailing shivered in fright, a hot current gushed out from between his thighs, and a strange smell suddenly filled the hall.

Zhu Qizhen's face became extremely ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "The high shipping price is because they sold food and supplies to the Mongols. How dare you say you didn't know?"

(End of this chapter)