Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 307 The six most bizarre cases in the Ming Dynasty, the Han Zong case
Chapter 307: Six Strange Cases in the Ming Dynasty, Hanzong Case
In front of the map, Zhu Qiyu marked all the places where the rebellion occurred.
"Your Majesty, should we deploy the Northern Army to escort you?" Feng Xiao asked in a low voice.
"Have you seen this rebellion map? What did you see?" Zhu Qiyu did not answer, but asked him.
"People from Jiangnan are unreliable?" Feng Xiao asked.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the region. From the map, it can be seen that most of the guardsmen are loyal to the Ming Dynasty."
"Of course, Your Majesty, how much money have you spent to improve the living conditions of the guardsmen eight years after Jingtai?"
"These rebellious bastards should all have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated!"
"How kind your Majesty is to them, how dare they rebel, they are such wolf-hearted things!"
Don't blame Feng Xiao for being angry.
In the tenth year of Jingtai's reign, 2000 million taels of silver were taken out of internal funds to improve the residence and food of the soldiers in the Tianxia Guard Station, and to supplement the military subsidies for the previous ten years.
It also appropriately opened the door for the conversion of military status to civilian status, and all the guards soldiers who had no fighting spirit were converted to civilian status.
All health stations across the country are being disbanded appropriately. Those who have been disbanded will be given retirement pensions, veterans' allowances, and will be responsible for finding a living. All will be transferred to household registration. Military fields and houses will not be taken back. They will also be given a set of farm tools and a certificate of allegiance to the country. Certificate voucher.
Just like tree planting, all are contracted to the guardsmen who have changed their jobs. In some cases, the central government pays for the guardsmen to cultivate the trees in order to find a job.
2000 million taels of silver, all the guardsmen in the world benefited from it!
Zhu Qiyu planned to spend another 2000 million taels of silver in the next three years to subsidize the guardsmen.
And be fully responsible for assigning work after changing jobs.
"Feng Xiao, do you know why I can sit here and be safe and sound?"
Zhu Qiyu asked himself and answered: "Because I am rich. In the ten years of Jingtai, I have squandered so much money, and the soldiers and civilians of the world have benefited."
"That's why the rebellion is limited to these few places, not the entire Jiangnan."
"Actually, I have been pushed onto another path."
"As long as I have money in my internal funds, my throne will be stable. Once my internal funds run out and I cannot benefit the military and the people of the world, it is time to change my emperor."
That's right.
Military morale is bought!
Zhu Qiyu is like a dandy, he spends money on everyone he sees, and he buys the world to be stable.
His rewards for lower-level soldiers are the most generous, and the rewards for middle- and high-level officers are also the highest.
Like Wang Yue and Fang Ying, the former was granted the title of Marquis by virtue of recovering North Korea, while the latter was awarded the title of Duke. This was simply impossible in the Hongwu Dynasty, and it was far behind in the Yongle Dynasty. Eight years before Jingtai, at most Created an earl.
Don't look at the fact that he didn't grant a world certificate. As long as he was granted a title and his descendants didn't fall in the wrong team, the world certificate would definitely be issued. As long as the emperor's son took over successfully, there would be no problem of taking sides.
In the same way, if the emperor does not grant a world certificate, it proves that no one has the highest achievements, and the lord should feel at ease. He does not have to worry about the superiors being killed, so no one cares.
Including the natives of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, Zhu Qiyu is also spending money to buy the stability of these places.
Throughout Mobei, Zhu Qiyu was spending money.
The large-scale construction of Mobei is completely losing money. This is throwing money away to satisfy everyone, only the emperor himself is losing money.
Regardless of the civil servants in the world, they are as tired as a dog every day, but this is the prosperous age that civil servants want to pursue. With these achievements, their descendants will become top gentry families.
Martial arts have meritorious service, scholars have work to do, people have land to farm and work to do, and everyone in the world has been bribed by the emperor.
Therefore, as long as the emperor is rich, his throne is as stable as Mount Tai.
"Your Majesty, so you must come to Jiangnan?" Feng Xiao asked.
"Yes, just as you told me, I have no money, so I have to find a way to make money."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Don't look at Duke Xing and the old lady who are blocking my southern tour. Once I run out of money, they will be more anxious than anyone else."
"Because they have no chance to rebel against me, when the new king takes the throne, they will be the first to be killed."
"Unless my son succeeds."
"But my son is too young."
"This is also the old master. Please ask me to change the crown prince immediately after returning to the capital so that the people in the world can feel at ease."
"I have many sons. If one dies, I will replace him with another. As long as they are my sons, they will be on the right team, and the wealth of my descendants will be endless, and the old master can close his eyes."
"So, if you look at this picture again, you will understand."
"The people of Jiangnan are with me!"
Yes, those who rebelled were those in remote areas and the salt merchants that Song Wei wanted to investigate. Others seemed to have not rebelled.
Chen Wuyang arrested more than a dozen commanders, but only three or four rebelled.
It's not that they don't want to rebel, but that the soldiers who benefited don't want to rebel. They follow the emperor to eat well and get whatever they want. Why should they rebel with their heads raised?
Even the mine workers, salt workers, and Caoding workers have received a lot of subsidies in the past year, and they are definitely not willing to rebel.
"Your Majesty, what will you do if you have no money?" Feng Xiao was worried that his life and fortune also depended on the emperor.
Look at these people promoted by the emperor. Once the emperor is gone, they will all be liquidated.
"Why don't you have money?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Jiangnan must be rich, I will get it at all costs."
"If I run out of money, the throne will be in jeopardy."
"I have offended all walks of life, and no one is my die-hard loyalist."
"At the same time, all strata of society have received my favor."
"It creates a weird balance."
"So, as long as I can continue to show kindness, then all walks of life in the world will continue to support me, and my throne will be as stable as Mount Tai."
"The kindness cannot be stopped, and neither can my money."
Zhu Qiyu saw clearly.
The classes in the Ming Dynasty mainly include the bureaucratic class, the gentry class, the landlord class, the class of honorable ministers, the class of guardsmen, and the peasant class.
Zhu Qiyu offended him many times, but he also benefited many times.
Once he could no longer give small favors, the emperor would be attacked by a group of people, so Zhu Qiyu insisted on going his own way and came to Jiangnan to make money.
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this?" Feng Xiao felt distressed.
Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and glanced at him: "Feng Xiao, if I don't do it, how will the imperial power be demonstrated? How will I take back the power?"
"If I don't have power, my life is in the hands of others."
"It's not that I'm great, but that there are too many people who care about this chair."
Zhu Qiyu pointed out that all Ming emperors were short-lived.
Even Emperor Xiaozong, who was deceived by civil servants, died in an unknown manner.Maybe it was because he understood how the game was played, or maybe the civil servant felt that he was too controllable and wanted to challenge him with a different one that was difficult to control.
Anyway, if you don't bother, you will die.
He must create a balance among all classes so that he can be as stable as a mountain and live a long life.
Feng Xiao didn't understand: "Your Majesty, are you from the clan?"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Some people among the people can also be emperors."
"Even if he kneels at my feet, he might be better than what I said."
"This emperor does not matter whether he wears a dragon robe or not, nor which chair he sits on."
"It's about power, how much you can control!"
"Okay, let's not talk about that."
"Shu Liang's men were assigned to guard the imperial city. These people secretly set up a vanguard camp. They did not set up a military bugle at first. They would then flag up a bugle when the truth appeared in the future. Shu Liang was still appointed as the eunuch to supervise this battalion."
After Zhu Qiyu moved into the Forbidden City in Nanjing, he sent out all the former palace residents and used old people from the Forbidden City in Beijing.
In front of Kuling Pass.
Yang Xin could not believe that his Tiger and Leopard Army, the elite of the elite, was defeated?
The key point is that from the information of the garrison office, Xu Xin only has 764 people in his hands.
Why should we resist the tens of thousands of tiger and leopard troops?
The key point is that Kuling Pass is not a natural chasm. After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, this pass was expanded by merchants and there were several roads to the pass.
"Sir, something is wrong with this pass. It seems that there are many people guarding it."
Yang Xin also discovered it.
He attacked from both inside and outside, and sent people on several roads at the same time to attack key points, but they were all repelled.
"Wait until dark, then slam the fire bomb on the door!"
Yang Xin wanted to see who the monsters behind the door were.
Before it got dark, someone came to surrender outside the camp, saying that he was a soldier at Kuling Pass.
But the direction he came from was Guangzhou.
It was found out after interrogation.
The soldiers in the pass were unwilling to follow Xu Xin in rebellion, and a group of them were killed. Some soldiers fled to Xiaguan, and he was one of them.
According to the soldier's account, there were no more than ten people willing to follow Xu Xin in rebellion.
This is interesting. Is Xu Xin an immortal?Can you spread the beans to form an army?
evening.
The Tiger and Leopard Army threw fire bombs on Guancheng.
Hundreds of bombs exploded, causing screams throughout Guancheng.
After burning for 45 minutes, the Tiger and Leopard Army seized Guancheng.
The battle lasted for an hour and a half, and it took three hours to completely end.
3000 people surrendered!
Nearly a thousand people were killed and more than 2000 escaped.
"There are more than 6000 people at Kuling Pass?"
Yang Xin wanted to interrogate Xu Xin, but Xu Xin had already been burned to death.
After interrogation, it was discovered that these were servants of several gentry families in Guangzhou.
At dawn, Yang Xin led his troops to surround Guangde, but the governor of Guangde refused to open the city gate. Even if Yang Xin showed his identity, the governor still refused to open the door.
Yang Xin ordered to attack Guangzhou.
At the same time, Yang Xin brought good news to the palace.
"Call to Yang Xin to arrest all officials, merchants, gentry, landlords, and wealthy households in Guangzhou! Arrest them all!"
Zhu Qiyu would never tolerate adultery: "All the captives will be shipped to Jiaozhi. They will not be allowed to return to the mainland without an edict."
But Feng Xiao stood cautiously at the door.
"What's the matter?"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground and said in a panic and fearful tone: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Beijing. There are rumors in the capital that you are not the late emperor's son!"
Zhu Qiyu's pupils shrank: "What can the governor and Xichang find?"
"Go back to your Majesty, I didn't find anything!"
The people serving in the Qianqing Palace all knelt on the ground.
I thought it would be a violent storm.
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "It turns out that in their eyes, this is my seven inches."
"Ignore it and continue to fight the rebellion."
"It is decreed that all armies must guard the state capitals. No one is allowed to leave the station without my order."
however.
The news coming from Beijing was like an explosion in Nanjing.
As if overnight, word spread throughout Jiangnan that the emperor was not the son of the late emperor, but the orphan of the King of Han!
Clap!
Queen Mother Sun in Renshou Palace was drinking sugar water when her spoon fell to the ground.
"Who passed it on?"
The most frightened person was actually her!
Don't forget, this is her bargaining chip to blackmail the emperor. She and the Japanese prince are safe and sound because of this secret.
However, the secret was revealed and her leverage was gone!
The most terrifying thing is that this will touch the emperor's reverse scale, and she is finished.
"What nonsense?"
Empress Dowager Wu of Xian'an Palace was shaking all over: "My son is the late emperor's biological son, a biological son!"
"Go and invite the emperor to come over!"
What she feared most was not the rumors, but how the emperor would quell them.
There is no way to prove the emperor's bloodline.
The way to quell the rumors is to ask Empress Dowager Wu to die. After you die, the history books will be changed and the rumors will be suppressed.
"Queen Mother, the Emperor is busy with work and has no time to come to Xian'an Palace."
Empress Dowager Wu trembled all over, the emperor was going to abandon her!
Changde was also frightened.
She once made a deal with the emperor to get the red box in her mother's harem, but two years later, she still didn't get the red box.
The emperor kept her in the palace just for this red box.
Now, the secret is exposed, and the emperor's anger can be imagined.
Equally horrified were the concubines in the palace. Their lives, and even the lives of the family, were all concerned about the emperor.
If the emperor's legitimacy was questioned, their wealth would be gone.
Hu Hui quickly entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Hu Hui was most worried that the emperor would drop his hypocritical disguise and start killing everyone.
"When did I get angry?"
Hu Xi looked up and found that the emperor was actually smiling.
The style of painting is wrong!
Could it be that the emperor leaked this news?Is he sick?
"I still want to advise you, this matter is caused by someone who deliberately angered you. You must not get into a fight."
Yes, this is to tell the emperor to stop pretending to be a bastard and quickly light up the knife and start killing.
Of course, the people who were killed were definitely not southerners. After all, the source of this incident was in Beijing. You should go back to Beijing and kill people.
"Old Master, who do you think did it?" Zhu Qiyu was smiling, but only when you look closer can you see that there is no smile on his face.
"I don't know who concocted this case."
"But we know that the rapid spread in Jiangnan was fueled by the gentry in Jiangnan."
Zhu Qiyu was not satisfied with this answer.
"What do you think I should do?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
"Take it as if you don't know, and send factory guards to secretly investigate..."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I have asked Jin Zhong to investigate. If we don't investigate the source, we will investigate who is spreading it."
Hu Hui's expression changed. The emperor was making a fuss about this matter and wanted to kill him first in Nanjing.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is just the first step, and there will be a killer move later."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Similarly, this is just my first move."
There is no way for Beijing to check because he is not in Beijing.
Let’s start from Nanjing.
Hu Hui's mouth was bitter. The emperor had fallen into a trap. If he were an old politician, he would have laughed and feasted, as if nothing had happened.
"Old Master, do you think I am really not the late emperor's son?"
Pfft!
Hu Xi immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty is definitely the son of the late emperor, there is no doubt about it!"
"But will the people believe it?"
This goes back to a question mentioned before.
No matter how good the emperor is to the people, the people will be very enthusiastic about rumors spread about the royal family, and they will even spawn countless versions.
This is the heart of the people.
In fact, the people are always on the opposite side of the government. The people are never willing to accept the emperor's so-called favor, and they will not admit it even if they receive it. This is the "last stubbornness" of the poor.
"I will believe it."
"Old Master, you hesitated, which means you are shaken."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes shot out a fierce light: "It seems that he hit me in the seven inches, questioning my legitimacy and shaking my foundation."
"The people have doubts in their hearts. No matter how much I do, it will be in vain."
"Fortunately, it is said that I am the son of the King of Han. If it were said that my surname was not Zhu, I would be even more passive."
"Old Master, I am so kind."
boom!
In Nanjing City, all city gates were suddenly closed.
Horses galloped down the street, ordering all pedestrians to go home. If they were still on the street after half an hour, they would all be killed!
Fan Guang personally took charge of the army and controlled all the armies.
Jin Zhong led the Jin Yiwei and stood in front of a tall door: "Bump the door!"
an hour ago.
The emperor summoned him to the palace and asked him the first question: "There are rumors that I am not the late emperor's son, Jin Zhong, what do you think?"
"Those who spread rumors will die, and those who believe in rumors will have their clan killed!"
Therefore, the emperor asked him to lead the imperial guards to arrest and interrogate all the wealthy households in Nanjing City!
Live or die!
boom!boom!
The attack equipment directly hits the door of the house.
The porter in the mansion was dumbfounded, thinking that this was a rebel attack on the city, but he saw the royal guards in official robes coming in from the gate of the mansion.
"Arrest everyone, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
Two thousand and four hundred imperial guards rushed into the mansion, arresting anyone they saw, shooting anyone who ran away, and taking them all into prison regardless of the reason!
"Copy the house!"
Jin Zhong roared angrily: "You should be very clear about the rules of Jinyiwei. No one is allowed to reach for things that shouldn't be taken!"
"Don't forget what Xichang does!"
"Whoever spoils this governor's job will be punished by this governor!"
After one family has been copied, the next family will be copied.
Soldiers stood at the door of all the wealthy households. Anyone who dared to come out would be killed immediately.
Jin Zhong was not in a hurry.
No one can escape.
"What are you going to do? I am an official from the Nanjing Garrison..."
Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him in the face: "Official? You are not on duty at this time, why are you at home?"
"I am feeling ill..."
Reed!
Jin Zhong slashed him with a knife.
"Your Majesty is still dealing with the memorial while he is ill. Who do you think you are? Since you are sick, then go and die!"
Jin Zhong's eyes were cold: "His family will be killed!"
With random knives falling, the entire family of an official was killed and their property was confiscated.
Not a word of nonsense.
All officials in Nanjing were abolished, causing the official residence in Nanzhili to be completely paralyzed, and naturally no one had any say.
Continue to the next one.
Anyone who lives in a big house will be arrested and anyone who resists will be killed.
On the other side, Chen Wuyang was also arresting people.
Countless dignitaries wearing silk were taken from their homes. Young men, young ladies, and ladies from high families were all taken to prison.
Ye Sheng was working at the garrison office. When he saw that wealthy families were being purged, he could only shake his head and sigh: "Trouble comes from the mouth. You haven't experienced the two counter-revolutionaries in Beijing. Who dares to spread rumors in Beijing now?" ?”
Carloads of goods were delivered to the palace.
Does the scene look familiar?
However, Zhu Qiyu was sleeping: "Publish the decree to abolish all officials in various ministries in Nanjing. Although there are two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing officials have been temporarily abolished. When will they be activated? Let's wait for the imperial decree."
As a result, Nanjing would have no local officials.
There is no one to point fingers.
Everyone is suspected of spreading rumors and must speak out clearly about themselves.
Cut your heart out and show it to the emperor to see how loyal you are, otherwise, you are guilty.
"Is there any news from Guangzhou?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.
"Back to your lord, there is no news yet."
"Tell Jin Zhong to mobilize the army and subordinates quickly."
A ferocious smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face: "So what if there are rumors about me? I can let you go see the King of Hell!"
"This world is mine and will always be mine."
"Monsters and monsters, so what if you hide among the people?"
"I can wipe out all the people!"
"You call yourself scholars, but when you call yourself people, you are like a fool and a dog, and you are just a commoner, but you still want to bear the power of God. I will let you see how I do it!"
Zhu Qiyu murmured to himself in a solemn tone.
When I was in Beijing, I borrowed money from merchants when I was short of money.
This time, he was short of money, so he extended his hand to the Jiangnan gentry. I am here to help you finish what Taizu and Taizong have not finished.
After investigation, these gentry were all removed!
I accept your wealth of hundreds of years and thousands of years with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is ill, please go and have a look." Feng Xiao spoke cautiously.
"When you are sick, go to the imperial doctor. What's the use of calling me? I don't know medical skills." Zhu Qiyu was troubled, but he still had to comfort others?
"Your Majesty, you are really sick this time. I am worried that the Queen Mother will not survive this time."
Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes suddenly: "Is it so serious?"
"The eunuch who sent the message was serious." Feng Xiao reported back.
Zhu Qiyu suppressed the irritability in his heart. If Empress Dowager Wu died at this time, he would not be able to explain it clearly, which would be like losing his pants.
"Show off."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly said: "Go and declare a few people from the vanguard camp to be generals of the Han Dynasty to defend me." "I obey the order!"
In fact, Zhu Qiyu took all loyal people with him.
Jin Zhong, Shu Liang, and Wang Cheng are all around.
Although Nanjing is not cold, Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to walk there. What if an accident happens?
Take a holy chariot and arrive at Xian'an Palace.
The Xian'an Palace was in a mess, and the attendant maids and eunuchs were short of manpower. I thought I would use palace attendants from the Forbidden City in Nanjing, but I was kicked out by the emperor.
Therefore, all the palaces looked desolate and there were very few people.
Empress Dowager Wu was lying on the couch with a sallow complexion, as if she was seriously ill.
"Your Majesty, my dear, you are the son of Emperor Xuanzong, really." Empress Dowager Wu wanted to grab Zhu Qiyu's hand.
Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand for her to grab: "I know."
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you." Tears rolled down the corners of Empress Dowager Wu's eyes.
Zhu Qiyu originally wanted to ask her, "What are you doing for nothing? Don't you know that I am annoyed?"
But after Empress Dowager Wu said these caring words, he couldn't ask anymore.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have made all preparations, and some rumors will not hit me." Zhu Qiyu comforted her.
"Your Majesty, can't you call me mother again?" Empress Dowager Wu looked at Zhu Qiyu longingly.
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to talk about family ties.
After being the emperor for three years, his heart was as solid as stone, and some family ties were no longer in his heart. He just wanted to be a real great emperor and an emperor for eternity.
"mother!"
This mother-in-law shouted with some reluctance.
But Empress Dowager Wu burst into tears: "Before I die, if I can listen to the emperor's birth, my mother will die without regrets."
"Mother... my mother's illness is not serious. Just take good care of her. I will ask Concubine Tan to come and accompany you. You can rest assured."
However, Empress Dowager Wu shook her head: "I know my mother's body. I'm afraid she won't be able to return to the capital. My only last wish before she died was that she and your father should be buried together!"
This is taboo.
Although Queen Mother Wu is the Queen Mother, it is because her son became the emperor, so she became the Queen Mother.
According to etiquette, the person buried together must be the Queen Mother Sun.
At this point, no courtier would give in to the emperor. Issues of etiquette and law were the basis for courtiers to control the imperial power, and they would never let go.
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to have endless quarrels with his ministers over this trivial matter.
"I'll think of a way." Zhu Qiyu could only fool her. When she died, she wouldn't know.
"Your Majesty, don't lie to your mother, you must agree to be your mother."
Zhu Qiyu really wanted to walk away!
It’s so urgent, and you’re still worrying about the wedding and funeral!
"I'll think of a way."
"You are still complaining about my mother in your heart. My son, after death, you go to the underworld. It is so dark over there. There is no one around me, so I am scared." Empress Dowager Wu cried.
You can't die, so what are you afraid of?
If Zhu Qiyu walked away at this time, his reputation would be ruined!
"The old master has many ways. I asked the old master to visit you and help you plan." Zhu Qiyu immediately threw the blame.
As for foreign ministers meeting the Queen Mother, he couldn't care less if the talisman was not in compliance with etiquette.
It's like finding a stepfather for your biological mother.
"I asked Concubine Tan to accompany me to ensure your recovery." Zhu Qiyu said a few words of comfort and left with an excuse.
Let Concubine Tan take the lead.
Zhu Qiyu returned to Qianqing Palace, looking impatient: "Is there any news outside the palace?"
"Go back to the emperor, no."
Feng Xiao whispered: "The Queen Mother is fine, Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat with all your heart, and don't allow any accidents."
Queen Mother Wu should be fine.
At this time, Yang Xin received a battle report and the army captured Guangzhou.
"Seal down Guangzhou and implement a state-wide curfew! Order Yang Xin to investigate as appropriate!"
Zhu Qiyu had a smile on his face, and the chess game came alive.
Yang Xin's army can enter southern Zhili at any time to assist Nanjing.
Just waiting for Gao Zongben to lead his army into southern Zhili, the overall situation will be decided.
And outside the palace.
Jin Zhong was arresting people one by one.
The prison was soon overcrowded.
Jin Zhongren ordered several houses to be built into prisons by reinforcing the walls and painting the ground as prisons.
There are too many wealthy people in Nanjing.
In just one day of arrest, more than 170 wealthy families were arrested.
"Move the capital camp to assist! Speed up!" Zhu Qiyu issued an order in the palace.
There are too many wealthy households in Nanjing, and it will take several years to arrest them like this. There are so many wealthy households in the whole of Jiangnan, and they need to be well trained.
And in Beijing.
Yu Qian and others were investigating the source of the news. After discussion with the Cabinet, Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Punishment, came to investigate in person.
Yu Shiyue was full of helplessness. This was a matter of jacking up the tank. If the investigation was successful, it would be useless, but if not, there would be a fault.
However, the emperor disliked him, so the courtiers recommended him to be the leader.
Yu Shiyue first targeted a person. This person was a maid who served in the palace during the Xuande period. She was released from the palace in the eighth year of Jingtai.
This maid's surname is Hou and she lives in Wanping County.
Because of her meritorious service in the palace, she was released from the palace, and a person from the family was selected to adopt her, and the son was included in the standard guard.
Yu Shiyue hurried out of Beijing to investigate this palace maid.
As a result, when Yu Shiyue left the capital, the palace maid committed suicide.
Immediately, Yu Shiyue arrested all her relatives and tortured them.
Confessions soon followed.
It was said that the palace maid's adopted son was addicted to gambling and owed a sum of money in Beijing. It was probably because of this money that he took the risk. Their family did not know anything else.
Yu Shiyue immediately arrested the palace maid's adopted son, but the man hanged himself and the clues were lost.
But Yu Shiyue was worried that his official title would not be guaranteed.
Don't dare to slack off.
The suicide scene was first investigated to determine that the adopted son Hou Tang did not commit suicide but committed suicide.
After a detailed search of Hou Tang's social relations, Liu Ji, the commander of the banner guard, was quickly found.
Liu Ji is a very interesting person. This person was recommended to the emperor by Song Wei and served as a sword-carrying guard in the palace. The emperor did not use him for some unknown reason.
Instead, he, Zhao Sheng, Zhan Zhong, Wang Fu and others were sent to the standard guard.
The flag-hand guard is the yamen with the least real power among all the guards. As the name suggests, the flag-hand guard is responsible for holding the flag for the emperor.
This Liu Ji was unexpectedly promoted to the commander of the flag-bearer guard due to his merit.
He interrogated Liu Ji.
Liu Ji shouted that he was wronged: "Master Shangshu, my subordinates don't know about this."
"According to my investigation, Hou Tang (adopted son) gambled with you."
"Xiaguan is addicted to gambling, so he took his men to play a few games, but his affairs have nothing to do with me!" Liu Ji just said he didn't know.
"Liu Ji, since I have found you, I have proven that you are related to this case."
Yu Shiyue is not a freeloader either.
The reason why he targeted Liu Ji was because Liu Ji was inexplicably abandoned by the emperor. He began to conduct an in-depth investigation and found that Liu Ji had once clung to Shi Heng!
Who is Shi Heng from?People from Zhu Qizhen!
Then, Liu Ji is from Zhu Qizhen!
No wonder the emperor ignored them. This is the problem.
Yu Shiyue was also puzzled. With the emperor's character, he should have eradicated the grass and roots, so why was he still keeping it?Is it for the sake of Xining Houfu?
Liu Ji really didn't expect that Yu Shiyue would find this secret.
He had never attached himself to Shi Heng, but had only given him gifts before. Before Shi Heng could promote him, the coup took place.
"Please forgive me, sir! I did give gifts to Shi Heng, but I did not join his party, and I have never done anything to betray His Majesty!"
Liu Ji panicked.
Three years have passed since the victory.
But the people in the capital will never forget the several purges at that time.
"Regarding Hou Tang's matter, why don't you take it seriously?"
Yu Shiyue said sadly: "Is it possible that you want to go to prison before you are willing to tell the truth?"
"The lower officials are greedy for money, so they set up gambling stalls in the army. In fact, they want to blackmail the soldiers below and give gifts to the lower officials..."
Yu Shiyue interrupted: "I didn't ask about this nonsense, just Hou Tang!"
"He is very lucky. When I play with him, he always beats Shangguan. Moreover, because of his status as an adoptive mother, he is very disrespectful to Shangguan, so I thought about finding an opportunity to deal with him."
Liu Ji reported back: "So, my subordinate took him to the Guanghe Gambling Stall."
"Photosynthesis gambling stall?" Yu Shiyue had never heard of it.
"Sir, this is a shady gambling stall. You definitely don't know the shopkeeper, but you definitely know the big backer behind the scenes."
"Who?" Yu Shiyue asked.
"Yang Jun."
Because Yang Jun was deprived of his title, he had been idle at home for a long time.
Yu Shiyue's pupils shrank. At first, the Yang family was betting on both sides. Yang Neng, one of the family members, betted on the Japanese prince, but was ordered by the emperor to commit suicide.
Could it be that this Hanzong case is a continuation of the incident of seizing the door?
"Hou Tang got into trouble in Yang Jun's gambling stall, so the official suspected that it had something to do with Yang Jun!"
Liu Ji confessed like this.
Yu Shiyue was worried that he was deliberately leading the case, so he had him sentenced to death, and his family members were arrested and tortured arbitrarily.
Liu Ji killed this point.
Yu Shiyue could only catch Yang Jun.
Yang Jun lived an easy life, but jealousy overflowed in his heart. He hated Yu Qian and the emperor who took away his family certificate.
His cousin Yang Xin has been awarded the title of earl.
His son Yang Zhen even rode on his neck.
What about him?
He was Yang Hong's son. Although he was not the eldest son, he was still the only one left. Why was he so abused by the emperor?
As a result, his home was broken into.
Yu Shiyue personally led people to arrest Yang Jun.
Yang Jun was horrified: "Master Shangshu, did I do nothing wrong? I stayed at home and kept to myself. I didn't do anything!"
Yu Shiyue stopped and tilted his head to look at him: "But someone has confessed you. You should know what happened."
"I didn't count, I didn't do anything!"
Yang Jun was taken to Dali Temple Prison and immediately urinated.
"Did you run the Guanghe gambling stall?" Yu Shiyue asked straight to the point.
Yang Jun trembled with fright: "I immediately gave all the gambling money to my internal funds. I knew I was wrong!"
"Answer, yes or no?" Yu Shiyue lost face in front of the emperor, but below, he was still very majestic.
"Yes."
"Do you know Hou Tang?" Yu Shiyue asked.
Yang Jun shook his head, he didn’t recognize him.
"Have you ever heard of the rumors?" Yu Shiyue asked quietly.
Suddenly, Yang Jun's face changed sharply, this matter is a gate of hell, anyone caught in it will die!
"Injustice, injustice!"
Yang Jun wanted to crawl over, but two officials held him up with wooden sticks and prevented him from moving: "Master Yu, you and my father are both acquaintances. You should know me. I am as timid as a mouse. If I fail to succeed, I will fail. , How dare I do such a big thing!"
"However, according to Liu Ji's explanation, Hou Tang owes a large sum of money from your gambling stall."
Yang Jun cried and said: "How could I know about such a trivial matter? You let people take care of it!"
"They were sent, but they ran away."
Doesn’t this pot come from heaven?
Yang Jun is just a hero in dreams, but in reality, he is neither a bear nor a dog. At most, he is a dog or a pug.
"Someone is cheating me, someone is cheating me."
But Yu Shiyue asked quietly: "Yang Neng, do you still remember?"
Suddenly, Yang Jun fell silent.
Yang Neng bet on the Japanese king and participated in the coup to seize the gate!
Yang Neng's death was an act of extra mercy by the emperor, who spared the Yang family because of his late father Yang Hong's merits.
"I, I am your majesty's die-hard loyalist." Yang Jun cried.
Yu Shiyue was overjoyed: "How many times have you, Yang Jun, scolded His Majesty at home? Not only in the palace, even I, the Minister of Punishment, know about it."
Yang Jun was immediately dumbfounded. His family was just a sieve.
"But, my son and my brother are all serving His Majesty. Yang Xin is in control of the Tiger and Leopard Army and is defending His Majesty in Nanjing!" Yang Jun was really scared.
Once there is a battle for the throne, the emperor will directly wield the butcher's knife, regardless of the reason.
"They are them and you are you."
"You Yang Junke are idle at home, and you have been deprived of your title."
"The resentment in your heart is known to everyone in the capital."
Yu Shiyue said sadly.
"Slander, slander! This is slander!" Yang Jun really wanted to sew his mouth shut, this foul mouth was causing trouble again!
"Tell me, who asked you to bribe Hou Tang?" Yu Shiyue asked.
"No, no one!"
Yang Jun collapsed and cried.
"It seems that you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." Yu Shiyue asked people to execute him.
Soon, Yang Jun was tortured to death.
He suddenly realized that it was good to be idle at home, but it was really painful to be tortured in prison.
As soon as he could get out, he immediately cut off his tongue and never spoke again in his life.
"It's unjust!" Yang Jun kept crying.
But Yu Shiyue lowered his voice and said: "Speak out and suffer less. Your Majesty will be merciful and give you a whole body. At least your father's glory will not be touched."
"If this continues, your father's tomb will not be saved."
Yang Jun cried and said, "I don't know anything. What did I say?"
"You're such a tough guy, keep greeting him."
Yu Shiyue turned around and left.
Liu Ji, behind him is the Marquis of Xining.
Although the Xining Marquis Mansion held a high and powerful position, they were all the emperor's confidants.
Since I couldn't find a breakthrough with Yang Jun, I went to Xininghou Mansion to test the depth of the water.
Song Jie and Song Wei are not here, and it is Song Cheng who is in charge of the lintel of Xininghou Mansion.
Seeing Yu Shiyue visiting, Song Cheng treated him with courtesy.
However, Yu Shiyue asked him: "What is the relationship between Liu Ji and your Xining Marquis Mansion?"
"Which Liu Ji?" Song Cheng didn't know.
"Liu Ji, the commander of the flag-bearing guard, doesn't the young Marquis not know about it?"
Yu Shiyue held the tea, pursed his lips and smiled: "I would like to remind you that in the eighth year of Jingtai, Song Wei recommended Liu Ji to Your Majesty, and Liu Ji was sent from the palace guard to the standard guard."
"In the past three years, I have not made any achievements in the flag guard, but I have been promoted to commander."
"Little Marquis, what's the reason?"
Song Cheng was a steady young man and was highly valued by the emperor.
He frowned slightly: "Back to Master Shangshu, this Liu Ji is indeed impressive to my students."
"This person is not an incompetent person, but he was responsible for transporting grain and grass when Xing Guogong attacked the Tatars in the north and made some military exploits."
"His promotion can be traced in the official department. It is not a matter of favoritism in my family. Please be aware of it."
"But this person is not a member of our Xining Marquis Mansion."
"Because this person is addicted to gambling, such people will only be tired when they go to the battlefield. I, the Marquis of Xining, don't look down on such partisans."
Song Cheng was neither humble nor arrogant. The first half of his answer was reasonable and well-founded, while the other half was filled with the pride of a marquis.
"Whatever this person's merits are, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Supervision Department will take care of it. I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and have nothing to do with this matter."
Yu Shiyue said: "But this person is involved in the Hanzong case."
"what?"
Song Cheng stood up suddenly. Although he was young and mature, he also knew that this matter was serious and involved the emperor's legitimacy. His Xining Marquis Mansion was involved, and hundreds of people were killed in the city.
"Even if Liu Ji is involved, I, the Marquis of Xining, will never dare to be involved in this matter."
"Besides, I, the Marquis of Xining, are loyal to Your Majesty and will never dare to get involved in the dispute over imperial succession."
"It has been passed down from the first generation of Xining Marquis to this day. It is the ancestral motto of our clan!"
Yu Shiyue believed this.
Otherwise, he would not have come to talk so politely and would have sent someone to arrest him for questioning.
"Sir, there must be a misunderstanding here."
Song Cheng thought hard: "The reason why I recommended Liu Ji was because His Majesty wanted to employ people, so my uncle recommended Liu Ji, Zhao Sheng and others for Your Majesty's use."
"At that time, my uncle also recommended Li Jin, Chen Shao and others."
"My uncle has absolutely no selfish intentions."
Seeing Song Cheng trying his best to defend himself, Yu Shiyue realized that this Song Cheng was a character.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to use it as a breakthrough to open up the situation.
"Sir, wherever you need help from my Xining Marquis Mansion, I, Song Cheng, will never say anything!"
Song Cheng knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing: "I, Song Cheng, and I, the Marquis of Xining, are loyal to Your Majesty and will never change my mind!"
"No matter who dares to offend the majesty of the royal family, they are all enemies of our Xining Marquis Mansion!"
Smart Song Cheng.
Move your majesty out to oppress me?
Yu Shiyue chuckled: "Little Marquis, I am well aware of the loyalty of the Xining Marquis Mansion."
"It's just that this case involves huge matters, and His Majesty will definitely be furious when he hears about it."
"No one in the world is afraid of His Majesty's wrath."
"I am also being roasted on the fire."
Yu Shiyue understood very well why the courtiers kicked him out, because he was a waste in the eyes of the emperor.
If the investigation is unclear, let Yu Shiyue take the blame.
But I don't want to think about it. The competition among officials in the Jingtai Dynasty is so fierce. If Yu Shiyue can stand still, doesn't he have no talent?
"Student understands the great painstaking efforts." Song Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Yu Shiyue doesn't stare at Hou Fu, there is room for maneuver.
"Then how did Liu Ji fall into the eyes of your second uncle Song Wei?" Yu Shiyue asked.
Because Song Wei was guilty and Yu Shiyue was older, it was not rude to say so.
"Students don't know much about this."
Song Cheng thought seriously: "This person is Song Jun, the third uncle in the family, who was recommended to the second uncle."
"Isn't your third uncle in Beijing? Invite him quickly!" Yu Shiyue said urgently.
Song Jun is on duty in the palace.
Song Cheng immediately sent someone to invite him. After waiting for about an hour and a half, Song Jun came back in a hurry: "What happened?"
Yu Shiyue found out after asking.
Liu Ji's brother and Zhan Zhong's sister were beautiful. Zhan Zhong gave his sister to Song Jun as a concubine, so Song Jun recommended Liu Ji and the four of them to Song Wei.
Song Cheng was stunned: "Third uncle, you are trying to drag the family into the abyss!"
"I didn't expect that something like this would happen!" Song Jun was also dumbfounded.
"Even if there is no such thing, it is still a capital crime for you to deceive His Majesty!"
Song Jun said: "Zhan Zhong, Liu Ji and others are indeed capable. They were sent to the flag guard, didn't they also come up? It shows that my vision is right."
Song Cheng knew, however, that it was not the problem of Jian being in the emperor's heart now.
We must assist Yu Shiyue to find the mastermind of the Hanzong case.
"What is the relationship between Zhan Zhong and Liu Ji?"
Yu Shiyue discovered a loophole. Zhan Zhong offered his sister to seek honor, so why did he bring Liu Ji with him?
"This..." Song Jun didn't know either.
"Send someone immediately to arrest Zhan Zhong, Wang Fu, and Zhao Sheng. Hurry!" Yu Shiyue felt that the breakthrough in the case lay with Zhan Zhong.
(End of this chapter)
In front of the map, Zhu Qiyu marked all the places where the rebellion occurred.
"Your Majesty, should we deploy the Northern Army to escort you?" Feng Xiao asked in a low voice.
"Have you seen this rebellion map? What did you see?" Zhu Qiyu did not answer, but asked him.
"People from Jiangnan are unreliable?" Feng Xiao asked.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the region. From the map, it can be seen that most of the guardsmen are loyal to the Ming Dynasty."
"Of course, Your Majesty, how much money have you spent to improve the living conditions of the guardsmen eight years after Jingtai?"
"These rebellious bastards should all have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated!"
"How kind your Majesty is to them, how dare they rebel, they are such wolf-hearted things!"
Don't blame Feng Xiao for being angry.
In the tenth year of Jingtai's reign, 2000 million taels of silver were taken out of internal funds to improve the residence and food of the soldiers in the Tianxia Guard Station, and to supplement the military subsidies for the previous ten years.
It also appropriately opened the door for the conversion of military status to civilian status, and all the guards soldiers who had no fighting spirit were converted to civilian status.
All health stations across the country are being disbanded appropriately. Those who have been disbanded will be given retirement pensions, veterans' allowances, and will be responsible for finding a living. All will be transferred to household registration. Military fields and houses will not be taken back. They will also be given a set of farm tools and a certificate of allegiance to the country. Certificate voucher.
Just like tree planting, all are contracted to the guardsmen who have changed their jobs. In some cases, the central government pays for the guardsmen to cultivate the trees in order to find a job.
2000 million taels of silver, all the guardsmen in the world benefited from it!
Zhu Qiyu planned to spend another 2000 million taels of silver in the next three years to subsidize the guardsmen.
And be fully responsible for assigning work after changing jobs.
"Feng Xiao, do you know why I can sit here and be safe and sound?"
Zhu Qiyu asked himself and answered: "Because I am rich. In the ten years of Jingtai, I have squandered so much money, and the soldiers and civilians of the world have benefited."
"That's why the rebellion is limited to these few places, not the entire Jiangnan."
"Actually, I have been pushed onto another path."
"As long as I have money in my internal funds, my throne will be stable. Once my internal funds run out and I cannot benefit the military and the people of the world, it is time to change my emperor."
That's right.
Military morale is bought!
Zhu Qiyu is like a dandy, he spends money on everyone he sees, and he buys the world to be stable.
His rewards for lower-level soldiers are the most generous, and the rewards for middle- and high-level officers are also the highest.
Like Wang Yue and Fang Ying, the former was granted the title of Marquis by virtue of recovering North Korea, while the latter was awarded the title of Duke. This was simply impossible in the Hongwu Dynasty, and it was far behind in the Yongle Dynasty. Eight years before Jingtai, at most Created an earl.
Don't look at the fact that he didn't grant a world certificate. As long as he was granted a title and his descendants didn't fall in the wrong team, the world certificate would definitely be issued. As long as the emperor's son took over successfully, there would be no problem of taking sides.
In the same way, if the emperor does not grant a world certificate, it proves that no one has the highest achievements, and the lord should feel at ease. He does not have to worry about the superiors being killed, so no one cares.
Including the natives of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, Zhu Qiyu is also spending money to buy the stability of these places.
Throughout Mobei, Zhu Qiyu was spending money.
The large-scale construction of Mobei is completely losing money. This is throwing money away to satisfy everyone, only the emperor himself is losing money.
Regardless of the civil servants in the world, they are as tired as a dog every day, but this is the prosperous age that civil servants want to pursue. With these achievements, their descendants will become top gentry families.
Martial arts have meritorious service, scholars have work to do, people have land to farm and work to do, and everyone in the world has been bribed by the emperor.
Therefore, as long as the emperor is rich, his throne is as stable as Mount Tai.
"Your Majesty, so you must come to Jiangnan?" Feng Xiao asked.
"Yes, just as you told me, I have no money, so I have to find a way to make money."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Don't look at Duke Xing and the old lady who are blocking my southern tour. Once I run out of money, they will be more anxious than anyone else."
"Because they have no chance to rebel against me, when the new king takes the throne, they will be the first to be killed."
"Unless my son succeeds."
"But my son is too young."
"This is also the old master. Please ask me to change the crown prince immediately after returning to the capital so that the people in the world can feel at ease."
"I have many sons. If one dies, I will replace him with another. As long as they are my sons, they will be on the right team, and the wealth of my descendants will be endless, and the old master can close his eyes."
"So, if you look at this picture again, you will understand."
"The people of Jiangnan are with me!"
Yes, those who rebelled were those in remote areas and the salt merchants that Song Wei wanted to investigate. Others seemed to have not rebelled.
Chen Wuyang arrested more than a dozen commanders, but only three or four rebelled.
It's not that they don't want to rebel, but that the soldiers who benefited don't want to rebel. They follow the emperor to eat well and get whatever they want. Why should they rebel with their heads raised?
Even the mine workers, salt workers, and Caoding workers have received a lot of subsidies in the past year, and they are definitely not willing to rebel.
"Your Majesty, what will you do if you have no money?" Feng Xiao was worried that his life and fortune also depended on the emperor.
Look at these people promoted by the emperor. Once the emperor is gone, they will all be liquidated.
"Why don't you have money?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Jiangnan must be rich, I will get it at all costs."
"If I run out of money, the throne will be in jeopardy."
"I have offended all walks of life, and no one is my die-hard loyalist."
"At the same time, all strata of society have received my favor."
"It creates a weird balance."
"So, as long as I can continue to show kindness, then all walks of life in the world will continue to support me, and my throne will be as stable as Mount Tai."
"The kindness cannot be stopped, and neither can my money."
Zhu Qiyu saw clearly.
The classes in the Ming Dynasty mainly include the bureaucratic class, the gentry class, the landlord class, the class of honorable ministers, the class of guardsmen, and the peasant class.
Zhu Qiyu offended him many times, but he also benefited many times.
Once he could no longer give small favors, the emperor would be attacked by a group of people, so Zhu Qiyu insisted on going his own way and came to Jiangnan to make money.
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this?" Feng Xiao felt distressed.
Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and glanced at him: "Feng Xiao, if I don't do it, how will the imperial power be demonstrated? How will I take back the power?"
"If I don't have power, my life is in the hands of others."
"It's not that I'm great, but that there are too many people who care about this chair."
Zhu Qiyu pointed out that all Ming emperors were short-lived.
Even Emperor Xiaozong, who was deceived by civil servants, died in an unknown manner.Maybe it was because he understood how the game was played, or maybe the civil servant felt that he was too controllable and wanted to challenge him with a different one that was difficult to control.
Anyway, if you don't bother, you will die.
He must create a balance among all classes so that he can be as stable as a mountain and live a long life.
Feng Xiao didn't understand: "Your Majesty, are you from the clan?"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Some people among the people can also be emperors."
"Even if he kneels at my feet, he might be better than what I said."
"This emperor does not matter whether he wears a dragon robe or not, nor which chair he sits on."
"It's about power, how much you can control!"
"Okay, let's not talk about that."
"Shu Liang's men were assigned to guard the imperial city. These people secretly set up a vanguard camp. They did not set up a military bugle at first. They would then flag up a bugle when the truth appeared in the future. Shu Liang was still appointed as the eunuch to supervise this battalion."
After Zhu Qiyu moved into the Forbidden City in Nanjing, he sent out all the former palace residents and used old people from the Forbidden City in Beijing.
In front of Kuling Pass.
Yang Xin could not believe that his Tiger and Leopard Army, the elite of the elite, was defeated?
The key point is that from the information of the garrison office, Xu Xin only has 764 people in his hands.
Why should we resist the tens of thousands of tiger and leopard troops?
The key point is that Kuling Pass is not a natural chasm. After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, this pass was expanded by merchants and there were several roads to the pass.
"Sir, something is wrong with this pass. It seems that there are many people guarding it."
Yang Xin also discovered it.
He attacked from both inside and outside, and sent people on several roads at the same time to attack key points, but they were all repelled.
"Wait until dark, then slam the fire bomb on the door!"
Yang Xin wanted to see who the monsters behind the door were.
Before it got dark, someone came to surrender outside the camp, saying that he was a soldier at Kuling Pass.
But the direction he came from was Guangzhou.
It was found out after interrogation.
The soldiers in the pass were unwilling to follow Xu Xin in rebellion, and a group of them were killed. Some soldiers fled to Xiaguan, and he was one of them.
According to the soldier's account, there were no more than ten people willing to follow Xu Xin in rebellion.
This is interesting. Is Xu Xin an immortal?Can you spread the beans to form an army?
evening.
The Tiger and Leopard Army threw fire bombs on Guancheng.
Hundreds of bombs exploded, causing screams throughout Guancheng.
After burning for 45 minutes, the Tiger and Leopard Army seized Guancheng.
The battle lasted for an hour and a half, and it took three hours to completely end.
3000 people surrendered!
Nearly a thousand people were killed and more than 2000 escaped.
"There are more than 6000 people at Kuling Pass?"
Yang Xin wanted to interrogate Xu Xin, but Xu Xin had already been burned to death.
After interrogation, it was discovered that these were servants of several gentry families in Guangzhou.
At dawn, Yang Xin led his troops to surround Guangde, but the governor of Guangde refused to open the city gate. Even if Yang Xin showed his identity, the governor still refused to open the door.
Yang Xin ordered to attack Guangzhou.
At the same time, Yang Xin brought good news to the palace.
"Call to Yang Xin to arrest all officials, merchants, gentry, landlords, and wealthy households in Guangzhou! Arrest them all!"
Zhu Qiyu would never tolerate adultery: "All the captives will be shipped to Jiaozhi. They will not be allowed to return to the mainland without an edict."
But Feng Xiao stood cautiously at the door.
"What's the matter?"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground and said in a panic and fearful tone: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Beijing. There are rumors in the capital that you are not the late emperor's son!"
Zhu Qiyu's pupils shrank: "What can the governor and Xichang find?"
"Go back to your Majesty, I didn't find anything!"
The people serving in the Qianqing Palace all knelt on the ground.
I thought it would be a violent storm.
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "It turns out that in their eyes, this is my seven inches."
"Ignore it and continue to fight the rebellion."
"It is decreed that all armies must guard the state capitals. No one is allowed to leave the station without my order."
however.
The news coming from Beijing was like an explosion in Nanjing.
As if overnight, word spread throughout Jiangnan that the emperor was not the son of the late emperor, but the orphan of the King of Han!
Clap!
Queen Mother Sun in Renshou Palace was drinking sugar water when her spoon fell to the ground.
"Who passed it on?"
The most frightened person was actually her!
Don't forget, this is her bargaining chip to blackmail the emperor. She and the Japanese prince are safe and sound because of this secret.
However, the secret was revealed and her leverage was gone!
The most terrifying thing is that this will touch the emperor's reverse scale, and she is finished.
"What nonsense?"
Empress Dowager Wu of Xian'an Palace was shaking all over: "My son is the late emperor's biological son, a biological son!"
"Go and invite the emperor to come over!"
What she feared most was not the rumors, but how the emperor would quell them.
There is no way to prove the emperor's bloodline.
The way to quell the rumors is to ask Empress Dowager Wu to die. After you die, the history books will be changed and the rumors will be suppressed.
"Queen Mother, the Emperor is busy with work and has no time to come to Xian'an Palace."
Empress Dowager Wu trembled all over, the emperor was going to abandon her!
Changde was also frightened.
She once made a deal with the emperor to get the red box in her mother's harem, but two years later, she still didn't get the red box.
The emperor kept her in the palace just for this red box.
Now, the secret is exposed, and the emperor's anger can be imagined.
Equally horrified were the concubines in the palace. Their lives, and even the lives of the family, were all concerned about the emperor.
If the emperor's legitimacy was questioned, their wealth would be gone.
Hu Hui quickly entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Hu Hui was most worried that the emperor would drop his hypocritical disguise and start killing everyone.
"When did I get angry?"
Hu Xi looked up and found that the emperor was actually smiling.
The style of painting is wrong!
Could it be that the emperor leaked this news?Is he sick?
"I still want to advise you, this matter is caused by someone who deliberately angered you. You must not get into a fight."
Yes, this is to tell the emperor to stop pretending to be a bastard and quickly light up the knife and start killing.
Of course, the people who were killed were definitely not southerners. After all, the source of this incident was in Beijing. You should go back to Beijing and kill people.
"Old Master, who do you think did it?" Zhu Qiyu was smiling, but only when you look closer can you see that there is no smile on his face.
"I don't know who concocted this case."
"But we know that the rapid spread in Jiangnan was fueled by the gentry in Jiangnan."
Zhu Qiyu was not satisfied with this answer.
"What do you think I should do?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
"Take it as if you don't know, and send factory guards to secretly investigate..."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I have asked Jin Zhong to investigate. If we don't investigate the source, we will investigate who is spreading it."
Hu Hui's expression changed. The emperor was making a fuss about this matter and wanted to kill him first in Nanjing.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is just the first step, and there will be a killer move later."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Similarly, this is just my first move."
There is no way for Beijing to check because he is not in Beijing.
Let’s start from Nanjing.
Hu Hui's mouth was bitter. The emperor had fallen into a trap. If he were an old politician, he would have laughed and feasted, as if nothing had happened.
"Old Master, do you think I am really not the late emperor's son?"
Pfft!
Hu Xi immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty is definitely the son of the late emperor, there is no doubt about it!"
"But will the people believe it?"
This goes back to a question mentioned before.
No matter how good the emperor is to the people, the people will be very enthusiastic about rumors spread about the royal family, and they will even spawn countless versions.
This is the heart of the people.
In fact, the people are always on the opposite side of the government. The people are never willing to accept the emperor's so-called favor, and they will not admit it even if they receive it. This is the "last stubbornness" of the poor.
"I will believe it."
"Old Master, you hesitated, which means you are shaken."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes shot out a fierce light: "It seems that he hit me in the seven inches, questioning my legitimacy and shaking my foundation."
"The people have doubts in their hearts. No matter how much I do, it will be in vain."
"Fortunately, it is said that I am the son of the King of Han. If it were said that my surname was not Zhu, I would be even more passive."
"Old Master, I am so kind."
boom!
In Nanjing City, all city gates were suddenly closed.
Horses galloped down the street, ordering all pedestrians to go home. If they were still on the street after half an hour, they would all be killed!
Fan Guang personally took charge of the army and controlled all the armies.
Jin Zhong led the Jin Yiwei and stood in front of a tall door: "Bump the door!"
an hour ago.
The emperor summoned him to the palace and asked him the first question: "There are rumors that I am not the late emperor's son, Jin Zhong, what do you think?"
"Those who spread rumors will die, and those who believe in rumors will have their clan killed!"
Therefore, the emperor asked him to lead the imperial guards to arrest and interrogate all the wealthy households in Nanjing City!
Live or die!
boom!boom!
The attack equipment directly hits the door of the house.
The porter in the mansion was dumbfounded, thinking that this was a rebel attack on the city, but he saw the royal guards in official robes coming in from the gate of the mansion.
"Arrest everyone, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
Two thousand and four hundred imperial guards rushed into the mansion, arresting anyone they saw, shooting anyone who ran away, and taking them all into prison regardless of the reason!
"Copy the house!"
Jin Zhong roared angrily: "You should be very clear about the rules of Jinyiwei. No one is allowed to reach for things that shouldn't be taken!"
"Don't forget what Xichang does!"
"Whoever spoils this governor's job will be punished by this governor!"
After one family has been copied, the next family will be copied.
Soldiers stood at the door of all the wealthy households. Anyone who dared to come out would be killed immediately.
Jin Zhong was not in a hurry.
No one can escape.
"What are you going to do? I am an official from the Nanjing Garrison..."
Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him in the face: "Official? You are not on duty at this time, why are you at home?"
"I am feeling ill..."
Reed!
Jin Zhong slashed him with a knife.
"Your Majesty is still dealing with the memorial while he is ill. Who do you think you are? Since you are sick, then go and die!"
Jin Zhong's eyes were cold: "His family will be killed!"
With random knives falling, the entire family of an official was killed and their property was confiscated.
Not a word of nonsense.
All officials in Nanjing were abolished, causing the official residence in Nanzhili to be completely paralyzed, and naturally no one had any say.
Continue to the next one.
Anyone who lives in a big house will be arrested and anyone who resists will be killed.
On the other side, Chen Wuyang was also arresting people.
Countless dignitaries wearing silk were taken from their homes. Young men, young ladies, and ladies from high families were all taken to prison.
Ye Sheng was working at the garrison office. When he saw that wealthy families were being purged, he could only shake his head and sigh: "Trouble comes from the mouth. You haven't experienced the two counter-revolutionaries in Beijing. Who dares to spread rumors in Beijing now?" ?”
Carloads of goods were delivered to the palace.
Does the scene look familiar?
However, Zhu Qiyu was sleeping: "Publish the decree to abolish all officials in various ministries in Nanjing. Although there are two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing officials have been temporarily abolished. When will they be activated? Let's wait for the imperial decree."
As a result, Nanjing would have no local officials.
There is no one to point fingers.
Everyone is suspected of spreading rumors and must speak out clearly about themselves.
Cut your heart out and show it to the emperor to see how loyal you are, otherwise, you are guilty.
"Is there any news from Guangzhou?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.
"Back to your lord, there is no news yet."
"Tell Jin Zhong to mobilize the army and subordinates quickly."
A ferocious smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face: "So what if there are rumors about me? I can let you go see the King of Hell!"
"This world is mine and will always be mine."
"Monsters and monsters, so what if you hide among the people?"
"I can wipe out all the people!"
"You call yourself scholars, but when you call yourself people, you are like a fool and a dog, and you are just a commoner, but you still want to bear the power of God. I will let you see how I do it!"
Zhu Qiyu murmured to himself in a solemn tone.
When I was in Beijing, I borrowed money from merchants when I was short of money.
This time, he was short of money, so he extended his hand to the Jiangnan gentry. I am here to help you finish what Taizu and Taizong have not finished.
After investigation, these gentry were all removed!
I accept your wealth of hundreds of years and thousands of years with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is ill, please go and have a look." Feng Xiao spoke cautiously.
"When you are sick, go to the imperial doctor. What's the use of calling me? I don't know medical skills." Zhu Qiyu was troubled, but he still had to comfort others?
"Your Majesty, you are really sick this time. I am worried that the Queen Mother will not survive this time."
Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes suddenly: "Is it so serious?"
"The eunuch who sent the message was serious." Feng Xiao reported back.
Zhu Qiyu suppressed the irritability in his heart. If Empress Dowager Wu died at this time, he would not be able to explain it clearly, which would be like losing his pants.
"Show off."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly said: "Go and declare a few people from the vanguard camp to be generals of the Han Dynasty to defend me." "I obey the order!"
In fact, Zhu Qiyu took all loyal people with him.
Jin Zhong, Shu Liang, and Wang Cheng are all around.
Although Nanjing is not cold, Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to walk there. What if an accident happens?
Take a holy chariot and arrive at Xian'an Palace.
The Xian'an Palace was in a mess, and the attendant maids and eunuchs were short of manpower. I thought I would use palace attendants from the Forbidden City in Nanjing, but I was kicked out by the emperor.
Therefore, all the palaces looked desolate and there were very few people.
Empress Dowager Wu was lying on the couch with a sallow complexion, as if she was seriously ill.
"Your Majesty, my dear, you are the son of Emperor Xuanzong, really." Empress Dowager Wu wanted to grab Zhu Qiyu's hand.
Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand for her to grab: "I know."
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you." Tears rolled down the corners of Empress Dowager Wu's eyes.
Zhu Qiyu originally wanted to ask her, "What are you doing for nothing? Don't you know that I am annoyed?"
But after Empress Dowager Wu said these caring words, he couldn't ask anymore.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have made all preparations, and some rumors will not hit me." Zhu Qiyu comforted her.
"Your Majesty, can't you call me mother again?" Empress Dowager Wu looked at Zhu Qiyu longingly.
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to talk about family ties.
After being the emperor for three years, his heart was as solid as stone, and some family ties were no longer in his heart. He just wanted to be a real great emperor and an emperor for eternity.
"mother!"
This mother-in-law shouted with some reluctance.
But Empress Dowager Wu burst into tears: "Before I die, if I can listen to the emperor's birth, my mother will die without regrets."
"Mother... my mother's illness is not serious. Just take good care of her. I will ask Concubine Tan to come and accompany you. You can rest assured."
However, Empress Dowager Wu shook her head: "I know my mother's body. I'm afraid she won't be able to return to the capital. My only last wish before she died was that she and your father should be buried together!"
This is taboo.
Although Queen Mother Wu is the Queen Mother, it is because her son became the emperor, so she became the Queen Mother.
According to etiquette, the person buried together must be the Queen Mother Sun.
At this point, no courtier would give in to the emperor. Issues of etiquette and law were the basis for courtiers to control the imperial power, and they would never let go.
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to have endless quarrels with his ministers over this trivial matter.
"I'll think of a way." Zhu Qiyu could only fool her. When she died, she wouldn't know.
"Your Majesty, don't lie to your mother, you must agree to be your mother."
Zhu Qiyu really wanted to walk away!
It’s so urgent, and you’re still worrying about the wedding and funeral!
"I'll think of a way."
"You are still complaining about my mother in your heart. My son, after death, you go to the underworld. It is so dark over there. There is no one around me, so I am scared." Empress Dowager Wu cried.
You can't die, so what are you afraid of?
If Zhu Qiyu walked away at this time, his reputation would be ruined!
"The old master has many ways. I asked the old master to visit you and help you plan." Zhu Qiyu immediately threw the blame.
As for foreign ministers meeting the Queen Mother, he couldn't care less if the talisman was not in compliance with etiquette.
It's like finding a stepfather for your biological mother.
"I asked Concubine Tan to accompany me to ensure your recovery." Zhu Qiyu said a few words of comfort and left with an excuse.
Let Concubine Tan take the lead.
Zhu Qiyu returned to Qianqing Palace, looking impatient: "Is there any news outside the palace?"
"Go back to the emperor, no."
Feng Xiao whispered: "The Queen Mother is fine, Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat with all your heart, and don't allow any accidents."
Queen Mother Wu should be fine.
At this time, Yang Xin received a battle report and the army captured Guangzhou.
"Seal down Guangzhou and implement a state-wide curfew! Order Yang Xin to investigate as appropriate!"
Zhu Qiyu had a smile on his face, and the chess game came alive.
Yang Xin's army can enter southern Zhili at any time to assist Nanjing.
Just waiting for Gao Zongben to lead his army into southern Zhili, the overall situation will be decided.
And outside the palace.
Jin Zhong was arresting people one by one.
The prison was soon overcrowded.
Jin Zhongren ordered several houses to be built into prisons by reinforcing the walls and painting the ground as prisons.
There are too many wealthy people in Nanjing.
In just one day of arrest, more than 170 wealthy families were arrested.
"Move the capital camp to assist! Speed up!" Zhu Qiyu issued an order in the palace.
There are too many wealthy households in Nanjing, and it will take several years to arrest them like this. There are so many wealthy households in the whole of Jiangnan, and they need to be well trained.
And in Beijing.
Yu Qian and others were investigating the source of the news. After discussion with the Cabinet, Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Punishment, came to investigate in person.
Yu Shiyue was full of helplessness. This was a matter of jacking up the tank. If the investigation was successful, it would be useless, but if not, there would be a fault.
However, the emperor disliked him, so the courtiers recommended him to be the leader.
Yu Shiyue first targeted a person. This person was a maid who served in the palace during the Xuande period. She was released from the palace in the eighth year of Jingtai.
This maid's surname is Hou and she lives in Wanping County.
Because of her meritorious service in the palace, she was released from the palace, and a person from the family was selected to adopt her, and the son was included in the standard guard.
Yu Shiyue hurried out of Beijing to investigate this palace maid.
As a result, when Yu Shiyue left the capital, the palace maid committed suicide.
Immediately, Yu Shiyue arrested all her relatives and tortured them.
Confessions soon followed.
It was said that the palace maid's adopted son was addicted to gambling and owed a sum of money in Beijing. It was probably because of this money that he took the risk. Their family did not know anything else.
Yu Shiyue immediately arrested the palace maid's adopted son, but the man hanged himself and the clues were lost.
But Yu Shiyue was worried that his official title would not be guaranteed.
Don't dare to slack off.
The suicide scene was first investigated to determine that the adopted son Hou Tang did not commit suicide but committed suicide.
After a detailed search of Hou Tang's social relations, Liu Ji, the commander of the banner guard, was quickly found.
Liu Ji is a very interesting person. This person was recommended to the emperor by Song Wei and served as a sword-carrying guard in the palace. The emperor did not use him for some unknown reason.
Instead, he, Zhao Sheng, Zhan Zhong, Wang Fu and others were sent to the standard guard.
The flag-hand guard is the yamen with the least real power among all the guards. As the name suggests, the flag-hand guard is responsible for holding the flag for the emperor.
This Liu Ji was unexpectedly promoted to the commander of the flag-bearer guard due to his merit.
He interrogated Liu Ji.
Liu Ji shouted that he was wronged: "Master Shangshu, my subordinates don't know about this."
"According to my investigation, Hou Tang (adopted son) gambled with you."
"Xiaguan is addicted to gambling, so he took his men to play a few games, but his affairs have nothing to do with me!" Liu Ji just said he didn't know.
"Liu Ji, since I have found you, I have proven that you are related to this case."
Yu Shiyue is not a freeloader either.
The reason why he targeted Liu Ji was because Liu Ji was inexplicably abandoned by the emperor. He began to conduct an in-depth investigation and found that Liu Ji had once clung to Shi Heng!
Who is Shi Heng from?People from Zhu Qizhen!
Then, Liu Ji is from Zhu Qizhen!
No wonder the emperor ignored them. This is the problem.
Yu Shiyue was also puzzled. With the emperor's character, he should have eradicated the grass and roots, so why was he still keeping it?Is it for the sake of Xining Houfu?
Liu Ji really didn't expect that Yu Shiyue would find this secret.
He had never attached himself to Shi Heng, but had only given him gifts before. Before Shi Heng could promote him, the coup took place.
"Please forgive me, sir! I did give gifts to Shi Heng, but I did not join his party, and I have never done anything to betray His Majesty!"
Liu Ji panicked.
Three years have passed since the victory.
But the people in the capital will never forget the several purges at that time.
"Regarding Hou Tang's matter, why don't you take it seriously?"
Yu Shiyue said sadly: "Is it possible that you want to go to prison before you are willing to tell the truth?"
"The lower officials are greedy for money, so they set up gambling stalls in the army. In fact, they want to blackmail the soldiers below and give gifts to the lower officials..."
Yu Shiyue interrupted: "I didn't ask about this nonsense, just Hou Tang!"
"He is very lucky. When I play with him, he always beats Shangguan. Moreover, because of his status as an adoptive mother, he is very disrespectful to Shangguan, so I thought about finding an opportunity to deal with him."
Liu Ji reported back: "So, my subordinate took him to the Guanghe Gambling Stall."
"Photosynthesis gambling stall?" Yu Shiyue had never heard of it.
"Sir, this is a shady gambling stall. You definitely don't know the shopkeeper, but you definitely know the big backer behind the scenes."
"Who?" Yu Shiyue asked.
"Yang Jun."
Because Yang Jun was deprived of his title, he had been idle at home for a long time.
Yu Shiyue's pupils shrank. At first, the Yang family was betting on both sides. Yang Neng, one of the family members, betted on the Japanese prince, but was ordered by the emperor to commit suicide.
Could it be that this Hanzong case is a continuation of the incident of seizing the door?
"Hou Tang got into trouble in Yang Jun's gambling stall, so the official suspected that it had something to do with Yang Jun!"
Liu Ji confessed like this.
Yu Shiyue was worried that he was deliberately leading the case, so he had him sentenced to death, and his family members were arrested and tortured arbitrarily.
Liu Ji killed this point.
Yu Shiyue could only catch Yang Jun.
Yang Jun lived an easy life, but jealousy overflowed in his heart. He hated Yu Qian and the emperor who took away his family certificate.
His cousin Yang Xin has been awarded the title of earl.
His son Yang Zhen even rode on his neck.
What about him?
He was Yang Hong's son. Although he was not the eldest son, he was still the only one left. Why was he so abused by the emperor?
As a result, his home was broken into.
Yu Shiyue personally led people to arrest Yang Jun.
Yang Jun was horrified: "Master Shangshu, did I do nothing wrong? I stayed at home and kept to myself. I didn't do anything!"
Yu Shiyue stopped and tilted his head to look at him: "But someone has confessed you. You should know what happened."
"I didn't count, I didn't do anything!"
Yang Jun was taken to Dali Temple Prison and immediately urinated.
"Did you run the Guanghe gambling stall?" Yu Shiyue asked straight to the point.
Yang Jun trembled with fright: "I immediately gave all the gambling money to my internal funds. I knew I was wrong!"
"Answer, yes or no?" Yu Shiyue lost face in front of the emperor, but below, he was still very majestic.
"Yes."
"Do you know Hou Tang?" Yu Shiyue asked.
Yang Jun shook his head, he didn’t recognize him.
"Have you ever heard of the rumors?" Yu Shiyue asked quietly.
Suddenly, Yang Jun's face changed sharply, this matter is a gate of hell, anyone caught in it will die!
"Injustice, injustice!"
Yang Jun wanted to crawl over, but two officials held him up with wooden sticks and prevented him from moving: "Master Yu, you and my father are both acquaintances. You should know me. I am as timid as a mouse. If I fail to succeed, I will fail. , How dare I do such a big thing!"
"However, according to Liu Ji's explanation, Hou Tang owes a large sum of money from your gambling stall."
Yang Jun cried and said: "How could I know about such a trivial matter? You let people take care of it!"
"They were sent, but they ran away."
Doesn’t this pot come from heaven?
Yang Jun is just a hero in dreams, but in reality, he is neither a bear nor a dog. At most, he is a dog or a pug.
"Someone is cheating me, someone is cheating me."
But Yu Shiyue asked quietly: "Yang Neng, do you still remember?"
Suddenly, Yang Jun fell silent.
Yang Neng bet on the Japanese king and participated in the coup to seize the gate!
Yang Neng's death was an act of extra mercy by the emperor, who spared the Yang family because of his late father Yang Hong's merits.
"I, I am your majesty's die-hard loyalist." Yang Jun cried.
Yu Shiyue was overjoyed: "How many times have you, Yang Jun, scolded His Majesty at home? Not only in the palace, even I, the Minister of Punishment, know about it."
Yang Jun was immediately dumbfounded. His family was just a sieve.
"But, my son and my brother are all serving His Majesty. Yang Xin is in control of the Tiger and Leopard Army and is defending His Majesty in Nanjing!" Yang Jun was really scared.
Once there is a battle for the throne, the emperor will directly wield the butcher's knife, regardless of the reason.
"They are them and you are you."
"You Yang Junke are idle at home, and you have been deprived of your title."
"The resentment in your heart is known to everyone in the capital."
Yu Shiyue said sadly.
"Slander, slander! This is slander!" Yang Jun really wanted to sew his mouth shut, this foul mouth was causing trouble again!
"Tell me, who asked you to bribe Hou Tang?" Yu Shiyue asked.
"No, no one!"
Yang Jun collapsed and cried.
"It seems that you won't shed tears until you see the coffin." Yu Shiyue asked people to execute him.
Soon, Yang Jun was tortured to death.
He suddenly realized that it was good to be idle at home, but it was really painful to be tortured in prison.
As soon as he could get out, he immediately cut off his tongue and never spoke again in his life.
"It's unjust!" Yang Jun kept crying.
But Yu Shiyue lowered his voice and said: "Speak out and suffer less. Your Majesty will be merciful and give you a whole body. At least your father's glory will not be touched."
"If this continues, your father's tomb will not be saved."
Yang Jun cried and said, "I don't know anything. What did I say?"
"You're such a tough guy, keep greeting him."
Yu Shiyue turned around and left.
Liu Ji, behind him is the Marquis of Xining.
Although the Xining Marquis Mansion held a high and powerful position, they were all the emperor's confidants.
Since I couldn't find a breakthrough with Yang Jun, I went to Xininghou Mansion to test the depth of the water.
Song Jie and Song Wei are not here, and it is Song Cheng who is in charge of the lintel of Xininghou Mansion.
Seeing Yu Shiyue visiting, Song Cheng treated him with courtesy.
However, Yu Shiyue asked him: "What is the relationship between Liu Ji and your Xining Marquis Mansion?"
"Which Liu Ji?" Song Cheng didn't know.
"Liu Ji, the commander of the flag-bearing guard, doesn't the young Marquis not know about it?"
Yu Shiyue held the tea, pursed his lips and smiled: "I would like to remind you that in the eighth year of Jingtai, Song Wei recommended Liu Ji to Your Majesty, and Liu Ji was sent from the palace guard to the standard guard."
"In the past three years, I have not made any achievements in the flag guard, but I have been promoted to commander."
"Little Marquis, what's the reason?"
Song Cheng was a steady young man and was highly valued by the emperor.
He frowned slightly: "Back to Master Shangshu, this Liu Ji is indeed impressive to my students."
"This person is not an incompetent person, but he was responsible for transporting grain and grass when Xing Guogong attacked the Tatars in the north and made some military exploits."
"His promotion can be traced in the official department. It is not a matter of favoritism in my family. Please be aware of it."
"But this person is not a member of our Xining Marquis Mansion."
"Because this person is addicted to gambling, such people will only be tired when they go to the battlefield. I, the Marquis of Xining, don't look down on such partisans."
Song Cheng was neither humble nor arrogant. The first half of his answer was reasonable and well-founded, while the other half was filled with the pride of a marquis.
"Whatever this person's merits are, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Supervision Department will take care of it. I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and have nothing to do with this matter."
Yu Shiyue said: "But this person is involved in the Hanzong case."
"what?"
Song Cheng stood up suddenly. Although he was young and mature, he also knew that this matter was serious and involved the emperor's legitimacy. His Xining Marquis Mansion was involved, and hundreds of people were killed in the city.
"Even if Liu Ji is involved, I, the Marquis of Xining, will never dare to be involved in this matter."
"Besides, I, the Marquis of Xining, are loyal to Your Majesty and will never dare to get involved in the dispute over imperial succession."
"It has been passed down from the first generation of Xining Marquis to this day. It is the ancestral motto of our clan!"
Yu Shiyue believed this.
Otherwise, he would not have come to talk so politely and would have sent someone to arrest him for questioning.
"Sir, there must be a misunderstanding here."
Song Cheng thought hard: "The reason why I recommended Liu Ji was because His Majesty wanted to employ people, so my uncle recommended Liu Ji, Zhao Sheng and others for Your Majesty's use."
"At that time, my uncle also recommended Li Jin, Chen Shao and others."
"My uncle has absolutely no selfish intentions."
Seeing Song Cheng trying his best to defend himself, Yu Shiyue realized that this Song Cheng was a character.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to use it as a breakthrough to open up the situation.
"Sir, wherever you need help from my Xining Marquis Mansion, I, Song Cheng, will never say anything!"
Song Cheng knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City in Nanjing: "I, Song Cheng, and I, the Marquis of Xining, are loyal to Your Majesty and will never change my mind!"
"No matter who dares to offend the majesty of the royal family, they are all enemies of our Xining Marquis Mansion!"
Smart Song Cheng.
Move your majesty out to oppress me?
Yu Shiyue chuckled: "Little Marquis, I am well aware of the loyalty of the Xining Marquis Mansion."
"It's just that this case involves huge matters, and His Majesty will definitely be furious when he hears about it."
"No one in the world is afraid of His Majesty's wrath."
"I am also being roasted on the fire."
Yu Shiyue understood very well why the courtiers kicked him out, because he was a waste in the eyes of the emperor.
If the investigation is unclear, let Yu Shiyue take the blame.
But I don't want to think about it. The competition among officials in the Jingtai Dynasty is so fierce. If Yu Shiyue can stand still, doesn't he have no talent?
"Student understands the great painstaking efforts." Song Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Yu Shiyue doesn't stare at Hou Fu, there is room for maneuver.
"Then how did Liu Ji fall into the eyes of your second uncle Song Wei?" Yu Shiyue asked.
Because Song Wei was guilty and Yu Shiyue was older, it was not rude to say so.
"Students don't know much about this."
Song Cheng thought seriously: "This person is Song Jun, the third uncle in the family, who was recommended to the second uncle."
"Isn't your third uncle in Beijing? Invite him quickly!" Yu Shiyue said urgently.
Song Jun is on duty in the palace.
Song Cheng immediately sent someone to invite him. After waiting for about an hour and a half, Song Jun came back in a hurry: "What happened?"
Yu Shiyue found out after asking.
Liu Ji's brother and Zhan Zhong's sister were beautiful. Zhan Zhong gave his sister to Song Jun as a concubine, so Song Jun recommended Liu Ji and the four of them to Song Wei.
Song Cheng was stunned: "Third uncle, you are trying to drag the family into the abyss!"
"I didn't expect that something like this would happen!" Song Jun was also dumbfounded.
"Even if there is no such thing, it is still a capital crime for you to deceive His Majesty!"
Song Jun said: "Zhan Zhong, Liu Ji and others are indeed capable. They were sent to the flag guard, didn't they also come up? It shows that my vision is right."
Song Cheng knew, however, that it was not the problem of Jian being in the emperor's heart now.
We must assist Yu Shiyue to find the mastermind of the Hanzong case.
"What is the relationship between Zhan Zhong and Liu Ji?"
Yu Shiyue discovered a loophole. Zhan Zhong offered his sister to seek honor, so why did he bring Liu Ji with him?
"This..." Song Jun didn't know either.
"Send someone immediately to arrest Zhan Zhong, Wang Fu, and Zhao Sheng. Hurry!" Yu Shiyue felt that the breakthrough in the case lay with Zhan Zhong.
(End of this chapter)
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