Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 316 The dragon slayer finally turned into an evil dragon and whipped Wang Cheng hard!

Zhou's husband, Yang Qian, is a small landowner in Jiangdu. His family has dozens of acres of fertile land and more than a dozen shops, running a silk business.

When the family was living a prosperous life, they found a job as an official.

After Tumubao, due to the lack of silver in the court, the restrictions on officials were relaxed, and the way to report was to donate officials.

However, in the ninth year of Jingtai, it was severely stopped and all officials without real talent and learning were dismissed.

What Yang Gan donated was a county government clerk, accounting work.

However, he failed the examination because he had been an inspector for nine years in Jingtai.

And was demoted to the nursing home.

The imperial court also issued a decree to transport orphans from all over the world to Beijing and raise them there.

He became a deliveryman and had no real power. He was said to be an official, but in fact he was doing the work of a handyman.

He was angry and wanted to find a way out and was transferred back to the county government. After spending a lot of money, he met Gui Yi.

In order to please Gui Yi and gain Gui Yi's appreciation, Yang Qian asked his wife to serve tea. Gui Yi was amazed by Zhou's beauty and helped Yang Qian.

Yang Gan went to the warehouse to work as a collector, then to the taxation bureau as a clerk, and soon after he joined the inspection department as a clerk, achieving a long-term triple jump.

The price for Yang Qian was to reconcile with his wife, and Gui Yi took his wife as a concubine.

Yang Gan sold his wife to seek glory, and was ridiculed among his colleagues. Everyone laughed at him and refused to associate with him.

He seemed to regret it and went to find Gui Yi, hoping to use the current situation to get his wife back, but Gui Yi kicked him out of the house.

The case of the thin horse in the nursing home in Gui Yi's memorial was exposed by Yang Gan. He wanted to use this secret to get his wife back.

However, what he got in exchange was being killed.

Ms. Zhou said that Yang Gan disappeared and she sent someone to look for him. The people from the inspection department said that Yang Gan was ill. She sent people to Yang Gan's home to ask, but they couldn't find Yang Gan.

Yang Qian's house has been occupied by another person.

Yang Gan and her two children all disappeared.

She made many inquiries and found out that after Yang Qian disappeared, his mother-in-law passed away, his two children became orphans and were sent to the capital to be raised, and the fields in Yang Qian's family were divided among the family.

She may not care about Yang Gan, but she cares about her two children.

She went to ask Gui Yi for help in bringing the two children back, but Gui Yi beat her severely and refused to allow her to ask any more questions, telling her to forget the two children.

This painful life lasted for more than a year, and she kept asking about the whereabouts of her child.

Suddenly I heard people talking, and it seemed that Gui Yi was going to be promoted. After asking around, I learned that he had written a memorial to the emperor, and the content of the memorial was actually the things Yang Qian had said.

Suddenly, she thought of the missing Yang Qian.

Every time her child's life or death was uncertain, she felt as painful as a hundred claws scratching her heart.

As a mother, she pretended to be normal, but secretly began to inquire about the news. When she learned that this memorial made the emperor angry, she sent Dali Temple and Dongchang to investigate.

She is a concubine and lives in a high wall. How can she see outsiders?
  But Gui Yi was on guard against her at all times, not allowing her to see anyone.

It is as difficult as going to heaven to meet the officials of Dali Temple.

"You only want to see me, so you murder the imperial official. Why don't you tell the truth, Zhou?" Zhou Xuan looked at Zhou, her eyes calm and calm.

This girl looks coquettish. If he were ten years younger, he would probably want to take her into his house. No wonder Gui Yi is tempted.

But compared with power, beauty is nothing more than an accessory. Zhou Xuan is very determined.

Her husband, Yang Qian, gained power by selling his wife. He regretted it afterwards. He probably didn't really regret it, but wanted to further bind Gui Yi and force Gui Yi to promote him.

Gui Yi was laughed at by her colleagues for seeking a wife, so she wanted to cut off from Yang Gan.

However, Yang Gan relied on Gui Yi like a scoundrel, and because he knew so much about the thin horse industry, he obviously touched the interests of some people, so Gui Yi borrowed the help of others to get rid of Yang Gan.

"Because, because my daughter may not have been sent to the capital, but was sold to a brothel!" Mrs. Zhou kowtowed and cried.

Gui Yi participated in the case of the thin horse in the nursing home, where pretty children would have their beards cut off and shipped to brothels instead of being sent to the capital to be fostered.

"And the culprit is Gui Yi!"

"There is a local sect, the Wuming Sect. It is a sect formed by the local gentry in Yangzhou to resist business travelers from other places."

"Actually, this is a bad religion, an evil sect!"

"They believe in Sakyamuni Buddha, but they don't do good things, they only do evil things!"

"Gui Yi has a very close relationship with them. I suspect that Yang Gan was killed by them and my two children were sold by them!"

Zhou collapsed and cried: "Please, sir, make the decision for the women!"

Zhou Xuan looked at Xun Shuo and had never heard of Wu Ming Sect.

Nowadays, the world is at peace, people's lives are prosperous, temples and Taoist temples are everywhere, and people of faith are enjoying constant prosperity.

"Teacher, you can ask someone from Heibingtai," Xun Shuo said.

Black Ice Terrace is the patrol camp.

It controls the incense in the world.

This Wuming Sect must be recorded in the Black Ice Platform archives.

Zhou Xuan nodded and sent someone to ask.

"Ms. Zhou, you didn't say why you killed Gui Yi." Zhou Xuan felt that Ms. Zhou had something to hide.

"Aren't these enough?"

Zhou raised her head in surprise: "Then Yang Qian and Gui Yi pushed me back and forth like goods. I am a daughter of a good family, and my father is also a scholar. I have known ethics since I was a child, but now I have to be a concubine who entertains people with sex. , isn’t it enough for me to take revenge by killing Gui Yi?”

"Yang Gan is dead, otherwise I will kill him with a thousand knives!"

"This beast, for the sake of official position, charmed me and gave it to Gui Yi, and then deceived me into redeeming me and returning me home, so that I could be happy for nothing, but he disappeared!"

"Who can understand the pain of being separated from my flesh and blood?"

"I changed from a wife to a concubine and was despised and laughed at by the world. Who can understand my humiliation?"

"Shouldn't I kill them?"

Zhou roared.

Only then did Zhou Xuan realize that women are humans too, and they have emotions as humans.

Moreover, Mrs. Zhou is thorough in doing things, making decisions before taking action, and is quite wise. Such a woman cannot be judged by common sense.

"Who is your accomplice?" Zhou Xuan asked again.

Zhou kowtows: "A common woman is willing to do the work for everyone, and a common woman is willing to die. I just ask you to rescue my children and send them to the capital to be raised by the emperor. A common woman will die without any regrets."

Zhou alone cannot kill Gui Yi.

The accomplice is in this courtyard.

"I am the minister of Dali Temple. Even if you have a reason for killing someone, the law is the law and there will be no mercy outside the law."

Zhou Xuan said slowly: "Ms. Zhou, I can discover the cause of Gui Yi's death and also find out your accomplices."

Zhou closed her eyes tightly and said nothing.

At this time, Xun Shuo led a fan from Heibingtai in, bringing with him a dossier.

Above is the sales record of incense.

There are detailed records of Wumingjiao.

Yangzhou Prefecture is prosperous, so religion is very prosperous, and many sects have taken root and sprouted here.

Wumingjiao is one of them.

The members were all local gentry and met at Kaiyuan Temple.

Zhou Xuan asked people to seal off Gui Yi's home, not allowing entry or exit, and did not arrest Zhou. Maybe he was a little tolerant of the beauty.

He began to investigate Wumingjiao.

"According to what Mr. Zhou said, His Majesty Gui Yi came to Shu was instigated by the Wu Ming Cult. Obviously, exposing the thin horse case will be beneficial to the Wu Ming Cult."

Zhou Xuan first asked the abbot of Kaiyuan Temple and stayed in the Zen room at night: "According to the survey, those who believe in Wuming Sect are mostly small landowners in Yangzhou, or downstream of the salt merchants."

"These people can't help but feel jealous because they don't get the big profits from selling salt."

"And the imperial court is cleaning up the salt administration."

"The people who benefit the most are the local small landowners, or the downstream supply chain of the salt merchants. These people will become the new salt merchant class because the big salt merchants are caught and killed."

Because salt must be eaten, and these downstream merchants have the tools to collect salt. The imperial court will divide the cake, and naturally they will get rich first.

Zhou Xuan murmured to himself: "These people are a vested interest group. They benefit the most from the salt administration. Why do they do harm to them?"

"Gui Yi came to Yangzhou less than two years ago and actually got involved with local small landowners."

"But Gui Yi's death has revealed such a layer of secrets and brought the hidden vested interests to the forefront."

"There's something weird about this! Everything is contradictory and opposite. It's strange, very strange."

He looked at Xun Shuo: "Shi Ling, what do you think?"

"Teacher, do you remember that Zhou was given to Gui Yi by a salt merchant."

Xun Shuo said: "But according to Zhou, she is a good wife. Yang Gan sold his wife to seek glory, so she was sent to Gui Yi's house."

"And Yang Gan is dead. We don't know what the real situation is."

"We don't even know whether Zhou's identity is true or false."

"If you think according to the teacher's thinking."

"Behind the Gui Yi case, the salt merchants borrowed the help of the Zhou family to tell us that these small landowners are not good people."

Yes, there are many loopholes in Zhou's confession.

If she only wanted her children, why did she have to kill Gui Yi?

The identity of this person is still very doubtful. Don't you think it's strange that a woman as beautiful as her is marrying a small landowner like Yang Gan?

Moreover, Zhou's things were so smooth. How could such a coincidence happen in this world? As a concubine, you can pry out whatever you want and do whatever you want. Don't you think it's weird?

Zhou uncovered the Gui Yi case at just the right time.

Using Gui Yi's death to tell Zhou Xuan that the emperor forcibly shuffled the cards and divided the cake was unfair. Wasn't this a grievance for the salt merchant class?

It is easy to investigate clearly, but Zhou Xuan is not here to investigate this case.

"Wu Ming Cult."

Zhou Xuan said slowly: "There's something fishy hidden here. Mrs. Zhou wants us to investigate the Wuming Sect."

"Teacher, we are led by others. What we see is most likely what they let us see. This is the truth you taught me."

"Shi Ling, you are right, but since we came to Yangzhou to investigate this case, we have to let them lead the way."

Zhou Xuan was quite helpless because the emperor wanted the truth.

An emperor needs the truth.

The emperor was good at using violence to do things, and used violence to destroy everything in the original salt policy, even at the heavy cost of making the people of the world lack salt for several months.

He likes to use violent means to forcefully redistribute society.

As a result, it aroused opposition from all classes.

The big salt merchants were slaughtered and the small salt merchants were enriched. The kitchen households and salt merchants also suffered from gray hair.

A salt revolution did not benefit all classes of people, and it was impossible to say whether it was good or bad.

In less than twenty years, the small salt merchants will form a new giant dragon. Can the emperor kill it again? This is not a permanent solution.

However, the emperor has such a character, and he has always been like this in his administration, making broad decisions and making decisions both vertically and horizontally.

The backlash of all this is borne by the bottom kitchen households, salt workers, and even the people all over the world.

The imperial power was too strong. Officials in the court did not dare to persuade, and private newspapers did not dare to publish it. Only His Majesty himself felt that he was doing the right thing.

Therefore, what the emperor wanted in the Yangjiyuan Shou Ma case was not the truth.

From the moment he left the capital, Zhou Xuan knew that the truth was not important, distribution was the most important. In this gluttonous feast of dividing the cake, the person holding the knife was the emperor, and it was the emperor who decided how to divide the cake. As long as the distribution was done well, the salt administration The New Deal is also good.

"There are experts among the salt merchants!"

Zhou Xuan smiled bitterly: "I have seen through His Majesty's chess strategy, and I used the Gui Yi case to expose His Majesty's unfair distribution and let His Majesty redistribute it."

The Gui Yi case has turned from a murder case into a political case.

In political cases, there is no right or wrong, only interests.

"Teacher, I'm afraid it's best not to be too involved in these matters." Xun Shuo just wanted to investigate the case.

"You and I are both in the court, why can't we be implicated?"

Zhou Xuan smiled bitterly: "The party struggle in the capital is fierce. If you and I leave the capital and come to Yangzhou, we have to be His Majesty's eyes and sword-wielding hand. There is no other choice."

"Then how should we investigate this case?" Xun Shuo was helpless.

"Let's follow the Wuming Sect to investigate."

At night, Zhou Xuan wrote down the investigation records in a diary and analyzed the case before falling asleep.

Nanjing, Qianqing Palace.

Wang Cheng lay prone on the ground.

"How can you kneel in front of me, the dignified Commander-in-Chief Wang?"

"Without you, I would have been deprived of the throne by the Japanese King. You are my benefactor."

"You just eat some free money, drink some soldiers' blood, appoint a few relatives, and promote cronies at will without going through the military. But you have made such a small mistake. Should I punish you? Do you dare to punish you?"

Zhu Qiyu has a strange yin and yang.

Wang Cheng was so frightened that he kept kowtowing: "If it weren't for the emperor, my slaves would be worse than wild dogs on the roadside. Where would I find a benefactor?"

"Your Majesty, it is just a matter of words to let your slave live or die. If you make your slave rich, you will be rich. If you make your slave poor, you will be poor!"

"I have been following you for more than twenty years, and your holy book is like heaven in my eyes."

"You strictly ordered not to drink soldiers' blood and eat empty wages. How dare you, slave, to violate this rule? These are all slanderous words, slandering slaves and slaves!"

Zhu Qiyu stared at Wang Cheng.

This most loyal old servant has deteriorated after being released for four years.

Whether he is loyal or not is not yet known, but he is greedy for power, uses it for personal gain, and even begins to steal imperial power and enrich himself at the expense of public affairs.

It's easy to deal with him.

But we have to consider the serious consequences of dealing with him. The people in the palace are still loyal to him because he treats them kindly and gives them wealth.

If he deals with Wang Cheng, will these palace people become disloyal?

Do you think that working for such an emperor, living a precarious life, and being unhappy in your heart, will you be instigated to regicide?

Zhu Qiyu has already offended people from all walks of life in the world. If he offends the palace people again, maybe someone will enter the hall and strangle him to death.

He seems to be blazing with imperial power, but in fact he is walking on thin ice. If he is not careful, he will die on the spot.

In the final analysis, he acted fiercely, changed society too much, and was too hasty and violent. As a result, all classes in the world were offended, and even the benefited classes resented the emperor.

The emperor's situation was not very good.

Zhu Qiyu moved his fingers.

Several eunuchs brought in several sedan chairs, which were full of memorials.

"Look, they are all here to impeach you!"

"How many things did you do in Anhui that harmed the country and the people?"

"Officials from the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate, Supervision Department, and even the Military Civil Service Department are impeaching you every day!"

"available everyday!"

"What do you, Wang Cheng, want to do?"

Zhu Qiyu casually picked up a memorial and said: "Look, this is the official impeachment of you. The Anhui army is your Wang Cheng's private army, and rewards and punishments are determined by your heart... The officers disturbed the people and rewarded them instead of punishing them because they gave you gifts." Eldest sister, everything will be fine."

"This is what the Metropolitan Procuratorate is impeaching you for, saying that you, Wang Cheng, drove your beloved people into slavery, built you a mansion, and stole the wood from the royal palace."

"Look, the Supervision Department is impeaching you, saying that you, Wang Cheng, are selling your position in the military. Officers are not promoted based on their military merits, but based on their financial resources."

Snapped!
  Zhu Qiyu slammed the memorial on his face: "This is just an impeachment memorial from Nanjing! Where is Beijing? Do you know how many I receive every day?"

"Dozens of memorials are written every day. The memorials accumulated over the past two years cannot be loaded into a hundred sedan chairs!"

"I don't even dare to look at it!"

"This slave is guilty, this slave is guilty!" Wang Cheng kowtowed.

"You bitch!"

"Relying on my power, you are doing whatever you want outside!"

"Whip!"

Zhu Qiyu roared, and Feng Xiao handed over the whip.

He whipped Wang Cheng's body hard, causing the skin and flesh to rip apart, and Wang Cheng groaned.

Snapped!
  "You are no more than an old slave of the palace, but a slave assigned to me by the imperial examination. Do you dare to ask for rewards for your loyalty to me? Should you?"

"Without the Imperial Examination, who are you? Without me, who are you?"

"When you captured the door, you did make a great contribution! You deserved a meritorious service by blocking my arrow!"

"But what do I do to you?"

"I will give you whatever you want and whatever you don't want!"

"What else do you want?"

Snapped!
  "By publicizing your military exploits to the outside world, are you trying to alienate the royal family? Are you forcing me to kill the Japanese prince? Are you asking me to be that disloyal and unjust brother-killing bastard?"

Zhu Qiyu whipped him again: "You bitch!"

"Your wealth is given to you by me!"

"Without me, you would be worse than a wild dog on the roadside!"

Snapped!
  Zhu Qiyu whipped down another whip: "I asked you to take charge of the army. What did I tell you?"

"Are you going to turn the Anhui Army into your Wang Cheng's private army?"

"What are you doing!"

"You are a eunuch, do you still want to usurp the throne?"

"what!"

Zhu Qiyu was furious and whips fell like raindrops.

Wang Cheng didn't dare to scream, he just lay on the ground, his back was completely beaten and blood was flowing out.

"I won't let you drink the soldiers' blood, and I won't let you eat their empty wages!"

"No one from all the armies in the world dares to disobey my decree. Only you, because you are my personal eunuch, are doing whatever you want! Are you really short of those few taels of silver? If you ask for it from me, I will give it to you! "

"Rewards and punishments in the army are determined by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and then approved by the Military Officer Department before being sealed by the Military Aircraft Department!"

"But what about you? Just because you are my private slave, you reward and punish me privately, buy and sell your official position!"

"You are in charge of the army, and you are still making money!"

"The good Anhui army, as many as [-] people, has been turned into a mess by you!"

"What can I expect from you?"

"Do you expect you to ruin the army? Do you expect to ruin the world?"

Zhu Qiyu beat him hard, but Wang Cheng changed from a kneeling position to lying on the ground, dying.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wang is dying. Please, please stop fighting." Feng Xiao cried and begged.

Zhu Qiyu stopped his whip, his eyes flashing sharply.

If Wang Cheng is executed at this time, it will naturally shock everyone in the world and let the world see the emperor's justice, even the personal eunuch can be killed.

It can bring justice to those wronged souls who have died.

Let justice appear in Ming Dynasty.

however.

Although he is an emperor, he is also a human being. Where in the palace is there not a place where favors gather?

If he executes Wang Cheng today, he won't get any justice. It will only alienate all the palace members from him and make people laugh. The emperor can't even keep his slaves.

There is no fairness in this world from ancient times to the present!
  Zhu Qiyu threw the whip on the ground angrily: "Damn old dog, why is it so unbeatable?"

"Come here, Doctor Xuan will diagnose and treat him. Don't let him die. I'll beat him again after he recovers from his injuries!"

Then, he sat on the throne angrily.

The people who served in Qianqing Palace were relieved.

The emperor was indeed nostalgic for his old love. Although these whips were harsh, they were worth it. All his sins disappeared with these whips.

If it falls into the hands of court ministers, Wang Cheng will only be killed.

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly. He was in the middle of the situation and couldn't help himself.

For Wang Cheng's crime, execution is the best outcome.

But if he wanted to keep it, he had to argue with the ministers and give them some benefits, and all the victims in the Anhui army had to be rehabilitated.

Killing one person is very satisfying, and the matter is over easily. There is no need to solve the subsequent troubles, because the culprit is dead.

But if you don't beat him to death, you have to clean up all the mess, pay compensation if you should, demote and demote him, and the emperor will still have to scold him.

The former does not get any benefits, but it is very satisfying.

The latter benefited, but the emperor was scolded.

The human heart is something that can never be grasped. Those who gain power through public opinion will sooner or later die due to public opinion.

"Bring Wang San Wang Si in."

Soon, two trembling men came in and saw Wang Cheng lying on the ground, being treated by the imperial doctor. He seemed to be dead, and they were even more frightened.

"I heard that you two are going to be adopted by Wang Cheng?"

The fourth king was more courageous than the third king, and whispered: "Back to the emperor, this slave looks like grandpa. Grandpa and the slave are close, so he wants to succeed us." Zhu Qiyu sneered: "So, you just rely on Wang Cheng's affairs to win over you. Is Anhui doing anything wrong?"

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me!" The two of them were so frightened that they peed their pants.

"Listen to what you two mean..."

Zhu Qiyu opened his mouth, but Wang San and Wang Si were still begging for mercy. The eunuch in the palace slapped him hard on the back of the head with a ruler, and the two of them screamed.

"Since you two have filial piety towards Wang Cheng, and now Wang Cheng is in a coma and needs to be called by his relatives to wake up, you two call him to wake up."

Wang San and Wang Si did not understand what the emperor meant and thought they were just waking up Wang Cheng.

but.

Several eunuchs came in, held them down, dropped their wooden sticks hard, and beat them hard.

"Ah!" Wangsi Wangsi screamed.

It was the screams that awakened Wang Cheng!
  Feng Xiao sent a signal to the execution eunuch not to kill him.

"Grandpa, wake up...ah!"

Bang!
  "Grandpa, wake up...ah!" Wang San and Wang Si were calling.

Every time he called out, he got a slap on the butt.

Amidst the screams, Wang Cheng woke up faintly. He heard the screams first and found that the voices were a bit familiar. When he opened his eyes, he realized that they were two cheap grandsons.

Wang Cheng looked bitter. This sister had tricked him.

He got up and knelt on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!"

"Wang Cheng, after all, you have served me for more than twenty years. This feeling is difficult for ordinary people to understand." Zhu Qiyu said quietly.

In the heart of the original owner, Wang Cheng existed like his father.

After all, Wang Cheng has been accompanying him since childhood.

"I can scold you and beat you, but I can't kill you. I can't get over this hurdle in my heart."

Zhu Qiyu's voice was low: "Get up and recuperate in the palace for a few days."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I realize that I was wrong." Wang Cheng burst into tears.

In the first half of his life, he either did menial jobs or served the emperor in the Prince's Palace. There seemed to be nothing else in his life that could replace the emperor's position in his heart.

The original owner regarded him as a father, so why didn't he regard the emperor as his son?
  Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, indicating not to fight.

The three and four kings cried endlessly.

"Silence!" Wang Cheng disliked the two of them for being noisy.

They were afraid of Wang Cheng and immediately stopped talking, but their bodies were in too much pain and they had been beaten thirty times.

Wang Cheng knew full well that this was the emperor's mercy, otherwise he would have killed both of them with just three or five sticks.

"My slave, thank you for your grace." Wang Cheng endured the severe pain and kowtowed.

"Go and recuperate, and don't show your face for the time being."

"Don't go to the army either. Mao Sheng will take charge of the army on your behalf."

Zhu Qiyu said in a deep tone: "Take these memorials back and read them when you are recovering. Look at what you have done and reflect on it."

"My slave obeys the order!" Wang Cheng kowtowed with support.

But there is no place for him to live in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and the three and four kings are not eunuchs and cannot live in the palace.

However, Feng Xiao arranged a place to stay and did not dare to neglect.

If you look at what the emperor said, you will know that he cannot let go of Wang Cheng. How dare he neglect Wang Cheng.

As for the three and four kings, they have to be placed outside the palace.

"Let my concubine serve me." Wang San couldn't bear the pain.

"We were seriously injured. Is there a sedan to take us out?" Wang Si didn't want to leave. After these thirty strokes, it hurt so much to speak. It would be fatal to walk out of the palace.

Snapped!
  Wang Cheng gritted his teeth and slapped Wang Si on the face: "How dare you ride a sedan in the palace?"

"If you want to die, don't take me with you!"

"Keep your bad mouth in check from now on. If you dare to say another word, I will execute you immediately!"

"Get out of here, everyone, and disappear into the palace immediately! Get out!"

Wang San cried, what's the big deal, no one in this broken palace would want to come.

But they didn't know that Wang Cheng's injury was more serious than theirs, and he also came from Qianqing Palace.

Wang Cheng saluted the eunuch who led them out of the palace: "Don't be offended by the ignorant country people. Please just send them out of the palace. There is no need to bother leaving the palace."

"I dare not accept the great gift from the prince."

Wang Cheng watched Wang San and Wang Si staggering out of the palace.

He limped into his new quarters.

After a while, the sedan carrying the memorial entered the courtyard, and two young eunuchs were sent to wait on him.

Wang Cheng thanked the emperor for his kindness.

Then he lay down on the bed and read the memorials one by one.

He had to finish what the emperor asked him to read, so that if the emperor asked him, he would lose the emperor's favor if he couldn't answer.

Your Majesty's grace can save your life at critical moments.

Whoever it is, who has been impeached with so many memorials, will definitely be killed. If he is unlucky, he may be executed, but he, Wang Cheng, is fine.

It is because of the emperor's kindness that he has served the emperor for more than [-] years. This kindness has resulted in his survival today.

Kerosene lamps are used in the palace, and Wang Cheng uses sixteen lamps in his house.

Wang Cheng was really tired from reading, so he fell asleep, woke up, had something to eat, and continued reading, while the young eunuch served him with medicine.

This memorial was also mixed with a secret memorial from the factory guard.

The emperor knew every move of Wang Cheng in the place.

This frightened Wang Cheng.

Until he saw a report from Dongchang, saying that after Yang Niang left the palace, she told everyone she met that Wang Cheng's merits could split the earth and make him a king. Is there no room for two children in this huge world... …

blah blah blah!

The secret note fell to the ground.

Wang Cheng was so frightened that he split the earth and sealed the title of king. This was something that even Yu Qian didn't dare to think about!
  At that time, Emperor Taizu said that Xu Da should break the earth and be crowned king because of his great achievements. Xu Da refused, but from then on, Xu Da never left Nanjing again...

And he!

A mere eunuch breaks the earth and becomes the king. What is he going to do?

Wang Cheng finally understood that the emperor's anger was not due to these impeachment memorials that could not fit in the official sedan chair, but because of Yang Niang's words, which made the emperor feel in danger!
  Splitting the earth and conferring a kingship is something that people with the surname Zhu cannot even think about!
  Is Yu Qian's contribution great? Can he be crowned king?
  Absolutely not!

Not to mention cracking the earth, even making him a king would not work.

There is no living king in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jingtai is still different from the previous emperors.

Let's look at how stingy he is towards the king's title. Even the clan is reluctant to grant it, let alone other people?

Think deeper.

Eunuchs all have the idea of ​​becoming kings, so do people like Yu Qian, Fang Ying, and Wang Yue also have the desire?
  The emperor needs to stop everyone from having unwanted thoughts.

Therefore, Wang Cheng was whipped.

Maybe at that moment, the emperor wanted to kill him.

"Help, help me pass the message, I, I want to see the emperor!" Wang Cheng said in horror.

"My lord, your Majesty has given you orders to rest in peace and recover from your injuries, and wait until you are healed before you can take care of me."

The little eunuch didn't say anything clearly.

But the implication is that the emperor doesn’t want to see you now.

Wang Cheng was even more frightened: "Help me pass the message to Eunuch Feng."

He had promoted Feng Xiao before and had this incense love.

The young eunuch had no choice but to ask Feng Xiao.

But Feng Xiao told him that the emperor could not be separated from others for a moment, so that he could rest in peace and recuperate and not think too much. He would use him when the emperor's anger subsided.

Wang Cheng's head was pounding.

Feng Xiao had obviously seen this secret report, and he might have submitted it to the emperor.

The emperor was so furious after seeing it.

My sister's mouth is the source of trouble. We can't keep it. If she continues to talk nonsense all over the world, the remaining kindness in the emperor's heart may turn into resentment...

Wang Cheng closed his eyes in despair.

The sun rises as usual, and Zhu Qiyu has been handling government affairs in the Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the news just came that Yang Niang hanged herself." Feng Xiao whispered back.

"Why did you hang yourself?"

Zhu Qiyu raised his eyes and glanced at him, full of surprise: "Is it your method?"

Pfft!
  Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "I am guilty of this. I put Dongchang's secret memorial in the memorial and let the prince see it."

Zhu Qiyu's pupils shrank slightly.

"Your Majesty, the secret memorial says that Madam Yang always says to everyone she meets that Wang Cheng's meritorious deeds should break the earth and make him the king."

Feng Xiaodao: "I feel that his nonsense will affect the court situation, so I make my own decision..."

When Zhu Qiyu heard that he would be crowned king, Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said with a smile: "Why should a eunuch be crowned a king? He doesn't even have a queen. Who will he pass it on to? Are you reacting too much?"

"Your Majesty, he has recognized the three and four kings as his grandchildren, and he wants to pass on the incense."

"It's fine if you just keep to yourself."

"These brothers have brought chaos to the Anhui army. If they are allowed to continue, the capital will not be able to live in peace either."

Feng Xiao kowtowed: "During the time when I saw you, I was worried about the prince's affairs, so I took matters into my own hands. Please forgive me!"

Make up your own mind!

Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Don't do it next time, get up."

Feng Xiao felt a sense of crisis.

He was worried that Wang Cheng would come back and take away his position, so he set a trap for Wang Cheng in advance to alienate the relationship between the emperor and Wang Cheng, so that the emperor would no longer trust Wang Cheng.

But a slave is dictating the master's affairs.

Should it?
  Zhu Qiyu found that he was so pampered by him in this palace.

If it is not rectified, it will sit on the head of the master and dominate.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty." Feng Xiao had a relaxed smile on his face.

The emperor doesn't trust Wang Cheng, so the only one he trusts is me, Feng Xiao.

"Your Majesty, would you like to send some supplements?" Feng Xiao asked.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at him.

Feng Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "I am not making any decisions, but I am asking you, asking you."

"Just pretend that you don't know. There is no need to tell the world about it. I was the one who harmed his sister. I am not so ruthless as yet."

Zhu Qiyu placed his eyes on the memorial: "Go down!"

Feng Xiao's actions were as extreme as he was.

As long as you mention Wang Cheng a few words, Wang Cheng will understand. Wouldn't it be better to send Yang Niang back to her hometown for retirement, but die on the road because she couldn't stand the travel?

At least face-saving.

Why let people commit suicide directly?
  Do you think I should use Wang Cheng again? Can Wang Cheng still work sincerely?

You Feng Xiao, if you can harm Wang Cheng in front of me today, will you bite other people tomorrow because of your power?
  When doing things, you have to do them quietly and little by little. Are you so obvious that others won't be able to see it?

Zhu Qiyu was very helpless. Just like a master, there would be a slave.

"My slave obeys the order." Feng Xiao kowtowed and retreated.

Zhu Qiyu sighed quietly.

The struggle in this palace is really fierce.

Zhu Qiyu single-handedly provoked the party struggle. In order to ensure that during his absence from Beijing, the government would be stable and the state machinery would operate normally.

But party strife burned into the palace.

The eunuchs in the palace were vying for power with each other, and even he, the emperor, knew about it, and I don't know what the commotion was like outside the palace.

He strives to create a relaxed social environment and urge all sectors of society to flourish.

Someone happened to block his way, blocking the development of Ming Dynasty.

It's time to replace a group of eunuchs.

While he was wandering in the sky, Feng Xiao came in cautiously: "Your Majesty, the secret report of Yangzhou Gui Yi's case has been transmitted."

With that said, he sent it to the Imperial Case.

Then exit and serve at the door.

Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it for a while, then frowned: "Yes, I will use violence to destroy the existing machines and force secondary distribution."

"The world is unfair because of unfair distribution."

"I am the emperor and the one who divides the cake."

"If I don't share the cake well, everyone in the world will be dissatisfied."

"If you don't share the cake well for many years, diseases will develop. People who eat too much will get cancer, and people who eat too little will get hunger disease. With so many diseases, sooner or later they will break out."

"So, I use my power to divide the cake and detonate conflicts in advance."

“The first is to redistribute society and alleviate social conflicts.”

"Secondly, we will use the Jiangnan gentry to develop the central and southern regions, and even the entire Southeast Asia."

"Even if I can't enrich the treasury, I can't become an eternal sage, but I can make the Ming Dynasty last for many years."

The Jiangnan gentry are the best candidates to open up the new world.

These people are united, educated, intelligent, wealthy and visionary. It is really a waste for such people not to open up a new world.

"Song Wei supervised salt, promoted affordable salt, destroyed salt merchants, replaced salt merchants with small landowners, and broke the salt monopoly."

"The Gui Yi case made me see the dark side of small landowners."

"This group of vested interests are actually laughing at my stupidity."

"Could this be yours, old lady?"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed: "Who is coming? Go and announce the arrival of the old master."

Soon, Hu Hui came.

Zhu Qiyu showed the secret memorial to Hu Hui.

Hu Hui's pupils narrowed: "Your Majesty, the big fish eats the small fish. This is the rule of business and will never change. If you replace the big salt merchant with a small salt merchant, one day, the dragon slayer will eventually turn into an evil dragon."

"What do you think I should do?" Zhu Qiyu tested him.

"Since your Majesty has done what he has done, he should stick to it and investigate the Gui Yi case as an ordinary case."

"I know your thoughts well. After opening the sea, you don't want to form a large consortium, especially a consortium that can threaten the imperial power."

"Similarly, you need business travelers to open the sea, so you need to use them as well as defend them."

Hu Bi lowered his eyebrows and said, "The old minister also said before that heavy taxes can be set up to control the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Old Master, fighting each other, isn't it fun?" Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

"What do you mean by your Majesty's words?" Hu Hui pretended to be stupid.

There are no more than five people in the world who know the emperor best, and Hu Hui is definitely the first!
  Without him advising the Jiangnan gentry, how could these fools find the emperor's weaknesses?

The small landowner in the salt merchant mocked the emperor with the Gui Yi case?

"Old lady, do you think this makes sense?"

Zhu Qiyu gave Hu Hui a choice at the beginning, and Hu Hui finally chose to support the Jiangnan gentry.

This is his answer.

Hu Hui knelt on the ground and said: "Old minister is loyal, and the sun and the moon can teach you."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Let's talk about the solution."

"I want to establish a Ministry of Finance. The six ministries will be changed to seven ministries, which will be referred to as the Ministry of Finance. To be precise, it is related to commerce."

"Mainly responsible for budget, expenditure, tax collection and other matters."

"Who do you think can be the minister?"

Hu Bi did not expect that the emperor would reform the official administration again, add a Ministry of Finance, change the six ministries to seven, and raise the business tax to the highest level.

This is preparation for opening the sea.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs is the Ministry of Finance. Why do you need to set up a separate department?" Hu Hui thought it was unnecessary.

"There is no conflict between the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Household Affairs is still responsible for household registration, land, land tax, grain, prices, transportation and other issues, and its functions remain the same as before."

"The Ministry of Finance, or to be precise, the Ministry of Commerce, at the beginning of each year, the prime minister and mathematicians calculate the national expenditure budget for the year. Based on the calculation, expenditures are properly arranged and no overspending is allowed."

"At the end of the year, we need to calculate the entire year's expenditures, including the world's expenditures, and calculate them clearly one by one."

"When collecting taxes, as long as they are commercial taxes, normal commercial taxes are collected domestically, and tariffs are collected on imports and exports. The Ministry of Finance must formulate a detailed tax rate schedule to urge business travelers all over the world to pay taxes according to the tax rates."

"This is just a rough idea of ​​mine. How to organize the Ministry of Finance and what specific aspects it is responsible for will be discussed by the Ministry of Finance."

"Old Master, you can just recommend a minister."

Zhu Qiyu separated merchants and farmers in order to use commercial taxes to support the Ming Dynasty's finances.

"What do you think of Yu Gang, Your Majesty?" Hu Hu was helpless.

The emperor used commercial taxes to control the formation of financial groups so that large financial groups would not be born among the people and threaten the imperial power.

What about the Royal Merchant House? Will a big consortium be formed?
  "Yu Gang is weak. He comes from my palace, but his stance is not firm. Such people cannot be reused." Zhu Qiyu said.

Then Yu Shan can’t do it either.

Yu Shan also contributed to the success.

Speaking of official administration.

Hu Xi immediately thought of Li Xian. The emperor suddenly set up a branch. In fact, he wanted to take away the power of the chief minister and worried that Li Xian would become too powerful.

This explains why the emperor wanted to set up the Ministry of Finance. It was not something that happened overnight, but he kept putting off setting it up. After Yu Qian was defeated, the battle between the chief minister and his assistant became fierce, so the emperor added another ministry. This was to appease Yao Kui. Right?

It also restricted Li Xian.

It is also prepared for opening the sea.

The emperor has such a good strategy.

Hu Hui was almost deceived by the emperor. The emperor would not accept his choice at all. It was just to test his ideas.

He suddenly became silent: "I have no choice, my Majesty, please make a decision."

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "How did the old lady learn to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"

He has two candidates in mind for the Ministry of Finance, one is Ma Jin and the other is Xiang Wenyao.

Ma Jin supervised Jiangxi and made great achievements.

Xiang Wenyao supervised Guizhou and made great achievements after Guizhou was pacified.

When you join the cabinet, you will rule the world.

However, Xiang Wenyao is Yu Qian's man. He can calm the anger in Yu Qian's heart and can also check and balance the new chief assistant Li Xian.

If Ma Jin is used, Yao Kui's mood can be calmed, because Ma Jin and Yao Kui are on good terms.

But he didn't expect that Wang Fu would turn against Yao Kui's camp and start fighting with Yao Kui. However, Wang Fu saw it more clearly than Yao Kui. Wang Fu wanted to be the second assistant and rank above Yao Kui.

It is basically a certainty that Li Xian will serve as the first assistant.

Using Ma Jin or Xiang Wenyao has its own pros and cons, some good and some bad.

"Old Master, who do you think is better to be the chief assistant?" Zhu Qiyu asked deliberately.

Hu Hui knelt on the ground: "Old minister, I beg for the bones!"

"Why did the old master say this?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.

"Li Xian was recommended by the old ministers. Now he has joined the cabinet as the chief assistant. He is a very human minister. And I am in charge of the staff department, so he is a heavenly official."

"If the cabinet and the officials form a party, the world will be in chaos."

"So the old minister is willing to please retire and let Li Xian serve His Majesty with all his heart."

Hu Xi was not pretending to be nervous.

Rather, the fact that the Minister of Personnel and the Chief Minister of the Cabinet are of the same party will inevitably make the emperor jealous, and over time, he will take action to get rid of one person.

"The old master is too worried. I use Li Xian based on his ability, not who he is. I am still confident in the government's situation."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I haven't reached the point where I am old and stupid, so I won't be so confused."

Hu Xi's face changed slightly, why do you feel that you are caring about me?

Am I too old and foolish? Are you confused?

"Old lady, please don't worry." Zhu Qiyu helped him up.

　Still owe four thousand

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)