Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 318: If you break the sky, then you will die with the emperor in your arms! The emperor can only be the defender of the system?
  Hu Changgong's face was covered with Chen Wuyang's saliva.

"Commander Chen, if you have to put a shit basin on my Hu family's head, I have to find a place to talk."

Hu Changgong was slapped, but he endured it.

"Looking for a place to talk?"

"Okay, then tell me what this brothel has to do with you!"

Chen Wuyang likes this kind of tough talk.

"It doesn't matter."

Chen Wuyang looked at Chang En: "Hey! What's the relationship?"

Chang En watched the excitement and said, "Mr. Hu, your Hu family owns [-]% of the shares in this store, and it is managed by your family's manager, Hu Sangui."

Hu Changgong's face changed slightly, but he still said: "I don't know about this!"

"Then Hu Sangui, is your surname Hu? Whose dog is it?" Chen Wuyang asked him.

"you!"

Hu Changgong felt that he was wrong and said weakly: "Master Chen, although running a brothel is looked down upon by scholars."

"But my family only occupies dry shares and does not participate in the actual operation."

"And it only accounts for [-]% of the shares."

“There are other beneficiaries, why don’t you ask them?”

Chen Wuyang hung the knife on his waist: "Chang En occupies [-]%, and this brothel occupies [-]%. Who else do you want me to go to?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Changgong immediately changed his tone: "After all, I am the official of the dynasty."

"Everyone is aware of the investigation and should cooperate."

"No matter what goes wrong with this store, my Hu family will take full responsibility for it."

"I will give you a satisfactory explanation."

Hu Changgong has a very good attitude.

"You have said something humanly."

Chen Wuyang sneered: "But can you afford it?"

"In the case of the thin horse in the almshouse, do you know who the buyer is?"

"It's her!"

Chen Wuyang pointed at Mrs. Lu: "Ask her, in whose name did she acquire the child?"

Suddenly, Hu Changgong's face turned pale.

He is from a political family, so he naturally pays attention to the situation in the court at all times. The case of the thin horse in Yangjiyuan caused His Majesty to issue ten imperial edicts in one breath. It was rare in ancient times. The cabinet did not stop any of them, and he announced to the world that he must investigate strictly and find out every one. people!

After the Hu family received the news, they held a clan meeting and asked the clan members to cut off these businesses and not to cause harm to themselves.

As a result, his own home was damaged.

"Tell me, should I investigate you?"

Chen Wuyang took two steps back and put his palm on the handle of the knife: "Explain!"

"I am not responsible for this matter, but the family members..."

Hu Changgong didn't finish his words.

Chen Wuyang pulled out the knife and put it on his neck: "Weren't you very tough just now? Aren't you looking for a place to reason?"

"I still want to talk to you, Hu Changgong, to reason with you on behalf of those innocent children!"

"Come!"

"Reason, reason!"

It was the first time that Hu Changgong felt that death was so close to him.

Chen Wuyang was extremely excited. In his excitement, the blade moved with his hand, leaving several blood lines on his neck.

"Master Chen, please don't get excited..." Hu Changgong was in pain.

"Now you're back to calling me your lord?"

"Aren't you Hu Changgong very powerful?"

"In the whole of Jiangsu, people all over the world only know you as the Hu family, but they don't know Long Live!"

Chen Wuyang smiled evilly: "Is this Jiangsu owned by Long Live or your Hu family?"

Pfft!
  Hu Changgong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Is there anything in the world that is not the king's soil?"

"The whole world is your Majesty's land, how much more so Jiangsu?"

"My Hu family, a mere aristocratic family, would have no power without His Majesty's grace."

"Master Chen, our Chen family has indeed run a business that we shouldn't do."

"But my loyalty to His Majesty is as great as my own, and I can learn from it by the sun and the moon."

Hu Changgong wanted to kowtow, but the knife was on his neck.

I cursed in my heart, Chen Wuyang is really cruel. Because of the Shou Ma case, his family may not die. Once the word that Jiangsu belongs to the Hu family reaches the ears of the emperor, the Hu family will all die!
  What he calls the Hu family is not the direct descendant of Hu Yan at all!
  In fact, Hu Hui has not been home for more than [-] years. When Wu entered the Hu family, he was just under the banner of others. If something happened, Hu Hui would never save the family.

"Call Hu Sangui."

Chen Wuyang did not dare to push too hard. The emperor and the tutor were at a distance. He could not figure out the emperor's thoughts and did not dare to make mistakes.

Hu Changgong nodded desperately: "Thank you for your grace!"

Chang En saw this and suddenly felt that it was no accident that Chen Wuyang was favored by the emperor. This man was very measured and relaxed in his work.

The Hu family is a majestic mountain. Chen Wuyang did not knock down the mountains, but took advantage of the situation and used the power of the mountains to investigate the case. It is not easy to grasp this situation.

"Do you know about this Kuang Gong Temple?" Chen Wuyang asked in vain. Hu Changgong didn't know.

Hu Sangui also came to Jiangdu with Hu Changgong for a study tour. In fact, he came here just for fun.

When he heard his master's call, he knew something was wrong, but his ancestors were tenants of the Hu family and he was born into the family, so he did not dare to disobey his master's orders.

When he came in bravely, Hu Changgong kicked him hard and told him to tell him everything he knew.

"It's all because of the villain's greed for money..."

Chen Wuyang interrupted him: "Don't talk nonsense, what's going on at Kuang Gong Temple?"

"This almshouse was built on the site of Kuang Gong Temple, so the locals call it..."

Bang!
  Chen Wuyang kicked him on his back and said, "Did I ask about this? How do you buy and sell? Who has dealt with it? Who in the government is helping you!"

Hu Sangui glanced at Hu Changgong carefully.

"Say it all! Say it all!"

Hu Changgong was almost furious.

His family's biggest backer is Hu Hui, and Hu Hui is a pioneer official of the New Deal, but his family is holding back Hu Hui. Isn't this asking for death?

"The frustrated officials in Jiangdu are all in idle yamen such as the Yangtze Yuan."

"They all brought the money up, and now that they have been pulled down, they must want to make a fortune."

"The price here is two yuan per child, and good quality ones are available for three yuan or five yuan."

"Those who look like five pieces are all beauties."

"Instead of putting them in a brothel, they will send them to be trained into thin horses..."

Hu Sangui knows this business very well.

Chen Wuyang knew that he had found the right person: "Keep talking and write it down!"

"There is also a problem with the origin of these children. Most of them are thrown away by their parents who don't want them. They want to send them to the capital to be raised by the emperor, but in fact they are treated as drowned."

"To support these children, the court will approve a sum of money. This money will be advanced by the local government and settled monthly by the central government."

"However, this money is not easy to approve."

"As far as I know, Xiong Zan, the magistrate of Jiangdu, wrote to Nanzhili, but Nanzhili was not willing to approve the money and food."

"Although it is His Majesty's intention to be kind to the children of the world, the central government and local governments are not very active."

"If the central government doesn't give money or food, the local governments naturally don't dare to ask for it. After all, this matter doesn't involve political achievements, so we can just get by."

"This gives the brothel industry an opportunity to take advantage of."

"The local magistrate turned a blind eye, the chief secretary and the inspector would not send people to investigate, and the censor would not focus on this trivial matter. This human trafficking incident gradually became a big deal and became a large scale."

Chen Wuyang stared at Hu Sangui. This Hu Sangui had extraordinary conversation, but he was only a long-term follower of the Hu family, which showed the background of such a wealthy family.

To put it bluntly, the government turned a blind eye and the people below took action, so that the young children in the almshouse were arbitrarily procured.

In the final analysis, it is the local government's inaction.

Or maybe they all got their fair share and need to check it out.

"How do you know so much?"

Chen Wuyang knelt down and looked at Hu Sangui: "Don't tell me, you just heard what others said. I think you are a practitioner, right?"

"No, no, no, the villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare."

Hu Sangui hesitated to speak: "Every big family will buy some!"

Thunder explodes again!

This traffickering was started by the gentry family, that is to say, the gentry colluded with local officials to make the almshouse, which was a good deed, become a den of crime.

"Every big family? Who are they? Write down their names and I will visit them one by one!" Chen Wuyang's face showed a fierce look.

No profit leads to no extinction.

It is because these people buy it that some people take risks and commit crimes.

Hu Changgong realized that he had stabbed Lou Zi.

What Hu Sangui vomited must belong to his family's sphere of influence. Once Chen Wuyang wiped out everyone, wouldn't the Hu family fall directly?
  Cough!

He coughed lightly.

Chen Wuyang raised his head and looked at Hu Changgong: "What do you mean?"

"The student's throat is not feeling well!"

Snapped!
  Chen Wuyang suddenly got angry and slapped him on the face: "Are you feeling comfortable this time?"

Hu Changgong was about to speak.

But Chen Wuyang grabbed his head, walked to the door, and banged it hard, causing blood to drip from his head after a few blows.

"Are you feeling comfortable this time?"

Chen Wuyang looked at him fiercely: "If you feel uncomfortable, I will send you to the Prince of Hell to make you comfortable again!"

"you say!"

He pointed at Hu Sangui fiercely: "If you don't tell me something, I will cut open your stomach and see what else is inside!"

"Damn it!"

"Sign up in front of me and think I'm eating this bowl of rice for free?"

Hu Changgong's face was covered in blood.

He was thrown away by Chen Wuyang.

When the servant of the Hu family came to help him, Chen Wuyang suddenly drew his knife and chopped the servant: "What are you going to do? Rebellion!"

"This officer is investigating a case, what are you doing here?"

"Come on!"

"Drag him out and kill him!"

"Send your head!"

Then, Chen Wuyang pointed his knife at all the Hu family servants: "Look, who dares to move?"

"Hu Changgong, come here!"

When Hu Changgong received the call, he stood up despite the severe pain and walked over slowly.

"Say!" Chen Wuyang roared at Hu Sangui.

At this moment, Hu Sangui wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but he didn't have the courage. People who can bite their tongue and commit suicide are all super warriors, but he was not one.

He, Hu Sangui, also had three wives and four concubines, lived in a house no smaller than Hu Changgong's, and had a fortune of millions.

He is reluctant.

He trembled and spat out several names.

"Come here, cut his stomach open and let me see if there are any left in stock!" Chen Wuyang's eyes were fierce.

"No, no, no!"

Hu Sangui was horrified: "My master, save me, my master, please save me!"

However, Hu Changgong did not dare to speak.

Chen Wuyang's fierce eyes were staring at him. If he dared to speak, Chen Wuyang would dare to chop him, leaving him without a chance to defend himself.

But the knife had already fallen, and Hu Sangui kept screaming: "I said it all, I said it all!"

"I thought you still had the goods, so you didn't tell me."

Chen Wuyang smiled evilly: "You can hide it now. I will send people to Wujin to capture your wife, concubines, and children, and dig them out one by one! The secret will definitely be dug out!"

This dig seems to be a real dig.

Hu Sangui was extremely frightened: "Is there any more Wang Fa?"

"The king's law is too lenient when it comes to treating scum like you, so I will use the governor's law."

Chen Wuyang smiled evilly: "Of course, if you are willing to spit out everything you know, you won't have to suffer this physical pain and let him see your intestines!"

"Ahhh!"

Hu Sangui closed his eyes tightly, not daring to look.

But Fanzi opened his eyes and fainted from fright.

But if he pulled it casually, he would wake up in pain.

Hu Changgong was horrified. Chen Wuyang was asking Hu Sangui to tear into his Hu family.

"Everyone knows it!"

After Hu Sangui said a word, Hu Changgong sat down on the ground with a puff: "Pan Yao, this is Pan Yao!"

Snapped!
  Chen Wuyang slapped him in the face with a scabbard: "Did I ask you to speak? Shut up and let him speak!"

Hu Changgong's face was burning and in severe pain, but he knew it was over.

"The Hu family has several boats and specializes in the business of selling people. They buy girls from all over the world, especially girls who cost five yuan. They have an Anyang Hall at home. In fact, they tame these girls into thin horses and give them to dignitaries in the future. Being a concubine..."

Finished!

The secrets of the Hu family were revealed!

Hu Changgong's mind exploded.

Chen Wuyang had known for a long time that the thin horse case was not that simple, otherwise the imperial edict would have been promulgated from Nanjing to Beijing and then promulgated to the world. In such a short period of time, all clues about the case would have disappeared.

Of course, the case of the thin horse in the Yangjiyuan actually broke out because the salt merchant couldn't withstand Song Wei's pressure and used the Wuming Sect to bribe Gui Yi and let Gui Yi report to the center.

The strength of the salt merchants is behind this, but in Jiangnan, there are not many forces that can block the salt merchants.

The only remaining gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, the officialdom that has not been rectified by the officials, are all good candidates to bear the thunder.

To put it bluntly, those who can survive the political torrential rain are mostly the people in the court. These people are in charge of the government and will naturally protect the people below.

Similarly, they are the ones who need these young children the most, to cultivate them carefully and to weave a network of relationships.

Let’s talk about the Hu family. After Hu Ming is gone, the Hu family will still remain unchanged with the help of these connections.

Marriage is a superficial relationship network.

Concubines, maids, and even beautiful boys, actors, and monks are the hidden network of relationships.

The gentry in the world relied on this network of overt and covert relationships to form a large and deep-rooted gentry class and a terrifying class that could control the imperial power.

Therefore, Zhou Xuan, the minister of Dali Temple, and Chen Wuyang, the commander of the governor, worked hand in hand to investigate, but found nothing.

"Have you memorized everything?"

Hu Sangui spoke for a full fifteen minutes and recorded more than a dozen pieces of paper.

Chen Wuyang looked at Hu Changgong: "What do you have to say?"

"You, you are not investigating the Shouma case, what are you investigating?" Hu Changgong felt scared.

"Check out you bastards who are bringing disaster to the country and the people!"

Hu Changgong's eyes flickered, since you dare to play such a big game, then just go ahead and break the sky.

"Not just my family, which family in the world doesn't cultivate some entertaining women? In the whole Jiangnan, Chen Wuyang, go check, every family has them!"

"Since you, Chen Wuyang, want to pierce the sky, then go ahead and pierce the sky!"

"Look at how many monsters and demons there are in Jiangnan!"

"Let's see if Chen Wuyang can handle it!"

The emperor forced immigrants to immigrate, and although there were rebellions, they did not reach a large scale, mainly because the emperor mobilized troops from all over the world to garrison the entire south of the Yangtze River.

However, who can guarantee that these guest troops will not be tempted by Mercer? Become a puppet?
  It has been a year since the emperor came to Nanjing. Do his troops still listen to him?

The emperor's trump card is the army. He dares to mess with the Jiangnan gentry at will, relying on the army. But can the army still be used after being infiltrated by Jiangnan for a year?
  "With your Hu family buried with me, my death is worth it, Chen Wuyang."

Chen Wuyang smiled strangely: "Detain him!"

In fact, he was thinking that he was checking Dafa.

The emperor immigrated, but there is a prerequisite for immigration, that is, those with skills should stay in the local area. In fact, those who have been moved are all side branches, wine bags and rice bags.

Although the Jiangnan gentry has been injured, its roots are still there.

As Ye Sheng said, after twenty years, it will grow into a towering tree again, because the emperor did not eradicate it completely.

By removing the different connections, the remaining people are more united and can be more consistent in dealing with the outside world.

Once the emperor touches the roots of the gentry, let's see if the emperor can secure the throne!

This is Hu Changgong's confidence.

Chen Wuyang visited each family based on the people Hu Sangui confessed.

Investigate which official is involved in this case.

The first official to check was Xiong Zan, the magistrate of Jiangdu.

The news reached Zhou Xuan's ears: "It's bad, Chen Wuyang is too anxious!"

"Teacher, is there something wrong?" Xun Shuo asked.

"His Majesty is in Nanjing. If war breaks out with Yangzhou as the center, how can His Majesty's safety be guaranteed?"

Zhou Xuan is still investigating the Wuming Sect and has already figured out the context.

The Wuming Sect is indeed very strange. It is obviously a sect established by local small landowners, but it is controlled by large salt merchants from outside. They secretly poked and borrowed Gui Yi's hand to divert the center's attention.

But the local small salt merchants in Yangzhou didn't know it yet, and they were being taken advantage of.

Chen Wuyang implicated Hu Changgong, which made Zhou Xuan realize that something was wrong. It would be useless for him to check these details.

This case involves too much politics. In fact, it was caused by central party disputes, and the unintentionally expanded political attack case was ultimately a dispute between the court and the court.

Zhou Xuan felt powerless. He had planned to interrogate Zhou again.

Now he was forced to put down his affairs, write a memorial and send it to Nanjing, asking Your Majesty to mobilize the Northern Army to go south.

evening.

Zhu Qiyu received the report from Chen Wuyang and Hu Changgong.

Chen Wuyang sent ten people to escort Hu Changgong back to Nanjing. Six of them died and he was assassinated twelve times. Jiangdu is so close to Nanjing, and Hu Changgong was Hu Hu's nephew. All the thieves were killed. This touched his fundamental interests. .

Zhu Qiyu was about to fall asleep, but suddenly he lost all sleep.

"Xuan Zhongchen enters the palace and goes to Wenhua Hall."

Zhu Qiyu had a gloomy face. He happened to be rectifying the eunuchs in the palace when this happened.

It can be said that this is his most dangerous moment.

I have been in Nanjing for a year and have not encountered any danger, but at this moment I encountered a life-threatening moment.

"Call Shu Liang."

Shu Liang lived in the palace, and he was the first to arrive.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and everyone left, including Feng Xiao.

"Shu Liang, is the forward selection camp you brought from Shanxi still reliable?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Your Majesty, you must be reliable." Shu Liang was also impeached and dismissed due to his involvement in the Wang Cheng case, and is currently practicing in the vanguard selection camp.

Zhu Qiyu showed him Chen Wuyang's secret performance.

"I have been in Nanjing for a year. Have these people ever taken concubines in Nanjing? Have they ever accepted bribes from anyone? Do you know anything about it?"

"It's too early to reveal my trump card."

"I shouldn't have hurriedly transferred you back to Beijing. I should have revealed my trump card when I encountered difficulties, such as if I transferred you south now."

"It's too late to regret it."

The forward selection camp was exposed too early.

The infiltration power of the Jiangnan gentry is too strong, and no one can guarantee whether these people have been infiltrated. "Your Majesty, no matter what, this servant will definitely stand in front of you!" Shu Liang expressed his loyalty.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "The situation is not good now, you have to start the next case as soon as possible, fast."

I'm afraid even Feng Xiao couldn't think of it.

The Hanzong case and the demon book case were planned by the emperor, and the executor was Shu Liang.

They all thought that the people the emperor trusted most were Wang Cheng and Jin Zhong, but they forgot that Shu Liang was secretly training troops for the emperor in Shanxi.

He is the person the emperor trusts the most.

"This slave will return to Beijing immediately!" Shu Liang kowtowed.

"The forward selection camp is no longer reliable. You take my imperial edict and go to Shandong to mobilize the Korean army. When I visited Shandong, I told Zhu Ying to train an army from North Korea. This army does not even speak Chinese. I would say it should be reliable.”

"He then transferred Song Jie to the south and Liu Pu to the north to take charge of the Rehe Army."

"I can't live without someone by my side. I asked the king to mobilize a Jilin army to escort me. The people there are very fierce, and there is no help in the court. They can only rely on me, so they are trustworthy."

"On your way back to Beijing, you have a secret meeting with Lin Cong. Lin Cong will understand."

"Another army will be transferred from Hubei to escort you. I have already given a secret order to Nian Fu. Nian Fu will cooperate. You can just deliver the message."

"Be careful. You must send someone you trust to deliver the message. If I don't pass on secret orders, I suspect that the palace has been infiltrated."

At this point, Shu Liang suddenly raised his head: "Your Majesty, do you need your servants to clean it up?"

"It won't be until then, the fox's tail hasn't been exposed yet, just wait."

"Your Majesty, you can't put yourself in danger..." Shu Liang was worried.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I know it. Now that I know there is an eyeliner, I will pay attention to it."

He is not flustered.

Because when he left the capital, Yu Qian had analyzed that the three-month rotation would make it impossible for the Jiangnan gentry to penetrate.

However, when he first visited Nanjing, the world was not stable and troops could not be mobilized frequently. Especially after the Chen You case, troops could not be mobilized and replaced.

Yu Qian's strategy was ruined by him.

Fortunately, there are arrangements in Shandong, Henan, and Hubei, and you can reach Nanjing in the fastest three days.

Zhu Qiyu was not worried.

"Your Majesty, if you leave this servant, you will have less available people, so please don't pay attention." Shu Liang warned.

"I know, I will transfer the West Factory to Nanjing, and Jin Zhong will return to the north."

Shu Liang said: "Your Majesty, why don't you use Wang Cheng? Wang Cheng is loyal to you, and Jin Zhong can still protect you if he stays in Nanjing. You said that there are no secrets in the palace, so let Jin Zhong investigate on your behalf. To your satisfaction.”

"Wang Cheng's injury is not healed, how can he run around?"

"Shu Liang, have you noticed? This is a trap set by the Jiangnan gentry for me. It was laid out a year ago."

"So the timing was perfect and it was amazing."

"Wang Cheng's matter has alerted me. Just when I was about to reorganize the inner palace, Hu Changgong's master and servant confessed. This is to alienate the relationship between me and the old lady, and the emperor and his ministers are suspicious."

"At the same time, let me be suspicious of the soldiers in my hands, and let all the armies use war weapons."

"The inner palace, the army, and the court all make me distrustful."

"So, the Jiangnan gentry's counterattack is wonderful."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered, and just as he was about to continue speaking, Feng Xiao's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the old lady, and others have all arrived at the Wenhua Hall."

"You have to be fast. If the case is completed, I will be safe. You should also pay attention to safety." Zhu Qiyu patted him on the shoulder.

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Shu Liang kowtowed and left Nanjing at starry night.

Zhu Qiyu arrived at Wenhua Hall.

The ministers knelt down and saluted.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne: "Bring him in."

The courtiers were not allowed to escape. Hu Bi and Ye Sheng's hearts skipped a beat. They summoned the courtiers all night long to see that something big must have happened.

Hu Xi's pupils shrank. Isn't this his nephew Hu Changgong?
  Hu Changgong met the emperor for the first time, but it was like this.

Seeing his uncle kneeling on the ground, tears flowed down uncontrollably.

"Everyone in the world says that this Jiangsu man's surname is Hu, not Zhu."

Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "Old Master, you are so powerful. I didn't give you a royal title, right? Does the Ming Dynasty have rules about breaking the earth and dividing the land?"

"How did the Hu family come from Jiangsu?"

boom!
  Hu Xi's head exploded with a buzzing sound.

When he saw Hu Changgong, he knew that the family was in trouble.

Hearing this sentence, he was even more frightened.

The imperial edict for Li Xian's appointment to the cabinet has been sent out of Nanjing. He is Li Xian's successor. He is in charge of the staff and is already extremely powerful.

But when something like this happened, it was just like when Yang Shiqi was forced to leave the cabinet, and his reputation was ruined in one day.

The civil servants were so powerful that they could not rebel. They would only leave the court in embarrassment.

"Old minister, you don't know what you mean by this?"

"I, Hu Hui, serve five monarchs and are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and my Hu family is an aristocratic family. I am not engaged in business, but only cultivate and study to pass down my family."

"This Hu Changgong is indeed the old minister's nephew."

"But the old minister has not returned to his hometown in Wujin for twenty-four years."

"Even though it is a major event to worship ancestors, I just sent my eldest son home. I refused to meet my relatives."

"I'm just worried that my relatives don't know the laws and will ruin my Hu family's ancestral precepts!"

"Your Majesty can raid the old minister's home. If there is an extra tael of silver or an extra penny in the old minister's house, please behead my father and son!"

Hu Yi slammed loudly.

"Say it!" Zhu Qiyu pointed at Hu Changgong.

Hu Changgong was horrified. He didn't expect his uncle's first words to be so heartless.

"Hu Changgong, tell the truth!" Hu Hui shouted coldly.

Ye Sheng lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.

But he was thinking in his heart, is the emperor going to depose the heavenly official? Or did something big happen?
  Li Xian entered the cabinet, Wang Fu was the second assistant, Yao Kui was the third assistant, Ye Sheng and Yue Zheng were the fourth and fifth, and Wang Hong and Zhang Feng were not in the capital for the time being.

He did not want to compete for the position of chief minister. He knew very well that the emperor wanted local governors to join the cabinet and serve as important cabinet ministers.

Therefore, he, Ye Sheng, will become a governor sooner or later.

It is natural for him to return to the court and serve as an important minister.

"My family is involved in the sale of girls..." Hu Changgong trembled and repeated the story, but in a cryptic manner.

"What's wrong? After seeing your uncle, you don't dare to speak?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "If you don't study well in your hometown in Wujin, why are you going to Jiangdu?"

"I'm so secretive in my words. Could it be that I stayed up in the middle of the night just to talk nonsense with you?"

"Come on!"

"beat!"

Hu Xi's heart skipped a beat, this was for him to see.

Two eunuchs held Hu Changgong down, and one eunuch carried out the execution, hitting him specifically on the waist and eyes.

Feng Xiao's feet are co-authored.

This is to beat Hu Changgong to death.

Zhu Qiyu threw the memorial on the ground: "Old Master, read it yourself."

Immediately, Hu Hui's expression changed drastically. Beat him to death, beat him to death quickly!

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the old Wu Jin family is like!"

Hu Xi kowtowed: "I have three younger brothers, and Hu Changgong is the son of my third younger brother."

"You know the old minister's third brother. He is an excellent poet and painter, but he has no intention of pursuing an official career."

"In the Xuande Dynasty, the late emperor once summoned his third brother, an old minister, but the third brother fled out of the window. He pretended to be ill for several months and refused to enter the court. The late emperor looked at the paintings of his third brother and cried out for help."

That's right.

There are four Hu Hui brothers, all of them live long lives, and their reputations among the people are pretty good.

Especially the third brother Hu Xun, who was excellent in calligraphy and painting, but was not drafted and did not belong to the powerful, he had a good reputation for a while.

"Even though my hometown is doing business and there is income, I have never made a cent!"

"Especially this kind of dirty money, I won't take it even if I die!"

"I am willing to personally find out the Wu Jin Hu family and give a satisfactory explanation to Your Majesty, the court, and the people of the world!"

Hu Xi was really confused.

He rarely promoted people in the family and stayed away from the family.

Because he knew what kind of emperor he served, and it was easier to fool Zhengtong and Jingtai in the early period, which only lasted ten years.

But he didn't use his power for personal gain, nor did he dare.

The emperor's move hit him just seven inches above.

Zhu Qiyu had a gloomy face, but he was thinking in his heart that this was the best chance to win over Hu Hui. Back then, Yang Shiqi left the cabinet because of his unfilial son, and the Japanese prince really came to power.

His imperial power has expanded to this point, and Hu Hui and Yu Qian have become stumbling blocks to the further expansion of imperial power.

So he first took away Yu Qian's power as a civil servant and asked him to be a noble man honestly. When necessary, he would go out to fight and be a tool.

As for Hu Bi, it’s time to go home and retire.

It's not that Hu Hui is incompetent, on the contrary, this old cunning guy is too capable.

Hu Hui had seen his most miserable side, his crying, weak, and incompetent side, so when he grew up completely and was alone with Hu Hui, he would feel very awkward.

Although Hu Hui was still kneeling, he always felt that it was him who was kneeling, not Hu Hui.

but.

The best opportunity, but an accident happened.

Hu Changgong broke the news, really broke the sky.

The emperor's plan to deal with the Jiangnan gentry was to break up the power of the Jiangnan gentry and then force them to immigrate. However, there is a rainy season in Cochin, and millions of people are waiting for the migration to begin in October. These people are time bombs.

As Ye Sheng said, the emperor did not completely eradicate the Jiangnan gentry, but only reached the basic point of power balance.

And this fragile balance was broken because of Hu Changgong's words.

Can Hu Hui be allowed to leave at this time?
  Without Hu Hui, he would be more passive.

The most frightening thing is that the army has become untrustworthy. How many soldiers in the army have been infiltrated by the gentry?
  What about the inner palace? Wasn't the palace man infiltrated? After punishing Wang Cheng, didn't the palace officials dissociate themselves from him?
  These are unknowns.

It takes time to slowly test it out before you know it, but what he lacks most now is time.

Zhu Qiyu, who is good at using power to suppress others, is now facing the most important choice in his life.

"Your Majesty, I'm out of breath." Feng Xiao reminded in a low voice.

Similarly, Hu Hui is also very passive.

After Li Xian entered the cabinet as the chief assistant, he was able to move forward and retreat freely, but he could rely on his position as Tianguan to stay, or he could retreat bravely and leave a good reputation for the rest of his life.

However, Hu Changgong was deeply involved in the Shou Ma case, and the Hu family was in turmoil, making him extremely passive.

He could only kneel on the ground and wait for the emperor's judgment.

"I know the old master's heart." Zhu Qiyu gave in, saving Hu Hui and letting him go.

Hu Hui let out a long breath, the emperor would protect his reputation if he stepped forward.

At this stage of his life, he is no longer greedy for power. His weakness is reputation, and he wants to be famous after his death.

And the only one who can preserve his name after his death is the emperor.

Therefore, he and the emperor were once again tied together, just like they were when the emperor was eager to take power after the incident.

"Your Majesty, please evacuate the ministers. If the old ministers have anything to say, please report it to the Holy One!" Hu Hui decided to make a political deal with the emperor.

The emperor disliked him mainly because he did nothing after arriving in southern Zhili.

This caused the monarch and his ministers to become disloyal.

From the beginning of the Hanzong case, the emperor set a trap for him and asked him to get out of the court and replace him with an obedient official minister.

"Your Majesty, please go to the side hall and wait for now." Zhu Qiyu asked people to go down.

Only Zhu Qiyu and Hu Hui were left in Wenhua Hall.

Hu Hui knelt on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu walked down from the throne and sat on the steps: "Old Master, I have always been close to you. You supported me and supported me. I will never forget this feeling."

This is nonsense.

You want to use me, but you also want to get rid of me.

Because I am an old person who is disobedient and still rely on my old age to show off my old age.

However, if there are no old ministers holding you down in the court, can everything really get better in Ming Dynasty?

"Then the old minister will say a few words from the bottom of his heart."

Hu Xi said: "Your reforms have actually offended all strata of society, leaving you once again alone."

"And you are in Nanjing, the den of the world's gentry, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?"

"Your Majesty, you are too impatient."

"You immigrated to develop Jiaozhi, just like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal, which brought blessings for thousands of years, but did Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty enjoy it?"

"What you have done is a thousand-year event! A great thing!"

"But why didn't the monarchs of all dynasties do it?"

"Your Majesty, you are extremely smart, you should have known this a long time ago!"

"Because you are the defender of the system!"

"Whether it's opening up territory or developing the Northeast, Southwest, or Jiaozhi, it's all about digging up the roots of your rule!"

"Why are there only minor repairs to the Yellow River but never a radical cure? Is it because there is no money?"

"Why is there so much yellow sand in Beijing that no one is willing to control it? Doesn't it mean they don't know how to plant trees?"

"Why is it that there are benefits to changing the status quo and returning to local status, but no one is willing to change it? Is it because you dislike Yungui?"

"Why are you unwilling to occupy Siam even though you know it is a land that produces food? Is it because you are incapable?"

"Why was North Korea so close but not integrated into the Ming Dynasty? Is it because it couldn't bear it?"

"Your Majesty!"

"Because doing this will change the social class! It will make your rule shaky!"

"That's right, everything is a good thing planned for hundreds or thousands of years for the Ming Dynasty."

"But no monarch is willing to do it."

"Because everyone knows that it will shake your rule!"

As he spoke, Hu Hui shed tears: "Just listen to the words of advice I have given you. Why should you really believe them?"

"None of the sage kings of all dynasties have done it because they all knew it."

"It will shake its own rule!"

"You know it too!"

Hu Hui burst into tears: "The Yellow River bursts, the people who suffer are the people, and the gentry who get fat are the ones who suffer!"

“If we don’t change the situation of local officials and return them to local officials, there will be places in the government where officials are demoted, generals can make meritorious services, officials who are exiled can make money, and local officials can be exploited.”

"The world is short of food, so the canal is important!"

"If you don't expand your territory, the world will be as stable as Mount Tai."

"Your Majesty, this is reality!"

"This was not formed by this dynasty, but a set of concepts and etiquette developed by China over more than four thousand years!"

"No one can break it, Your Majesty!"

Hu Xi is crying.

Zhu Qiyu listened carefully.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty will never give birth to an industrial revolution, and will never produce the emergence of a bourgeoisie. Even if it is plowed away over and over again, it will eventually return to inertia. Perhaps, because the people of the world look forward to a wise king, not to participate in political affairs themselves... …

A country that has been unified for thousands of years and a powerful country through the ages, looks so sad at this moment.

"I know, I know everything."

"Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had his faults in contemporary times, but his achievements lasted for thousands of years."

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "I didn't become Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was not the Sui Dynasty."

"I am indeed in trouble."

"But I have already expected these."

"I understand everything you said. In the final analysis, it is about interests."

“It’s not that it can’t be done, it’s that it can’t be done!”

"There are too many interest groups involved on the canal, and there are millions of people who rely on the canal to make a living."

"Once there is no shortage of food, the canal will be useless."

"So the Yellow River cannot be built. If the Yellow River is built, the north will be self-sufficient in food, and the canal will be useless."

“If the Yellow River does not break its banks, the families along its banks will not be able to make money.”

"I opened up the territory and enriched the common people by making the poor gentry rich, so the territory I gained must be thrown away."

"I understand everything."

Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "I am using my own power to push the Ming Dynasty forward."

"So, sooner or later, I will have a day when everyone will betray me and leave my family."

"But I hope this day comes later."

"Perhaps I can push Ming Dynasty onto another track on my own?"

Having said this, Zhu Qiyu paused: "Just like you, you knew it was a trap, but didn't you stand on the opposite side of me?"

"Just like you, you never expected that the Shouma case would involve you."

"You are forced to stand on the same front as me."

"This is fighting people, it's a lot of fun."

Zhu Qiyu smiled.

Hu Xi lowered his head and said nothing.

Yes, it was his idea for the Jiangnan gentry to deal with the emperor. He knew the emperor's weaknesses, so he weaved a big net and fished the emperor back to Beijing like a fish.

But Chen Wuyang unexpectedly broke the situation.

But this is thanks to the salt merchants. The salt merchants were tortured so much by Song Wei that the salt merchants were so frightened that they used the Gui Yi case to push the Jiangnan gentry to the stage again and let them fight the emperor while they took a breath. .

Hu Bi went around in circles and returned to the emperor.

It's like an ex-girlfriend asking to get back together.

"Old minister is guilty!" Hu Hui realized that this was a political transaction. He was too involved and was laughed at by the emperor.

"You just forced me to leave. You never thought of hurting me. I can see that it was your plan."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Otherwise, you will be the one lying there."

He pointed to the place where Hu Changgong died.

Hu Bing kowtowed: "I will never dare to hurt your majesty. I just hope that your majesty will slow down and let the Ming Dynasty slow down."

"People's concepts have to be changed little by little."

"If you suddenly change people's ideas, you will only make people stand against you."

"To induce it with benefits, to develop slowly and not to be impatient, that is the way to govern a country."

Hu Xi is right.

Which of the people from Jiangnan who were removed does not hate the emperor?

But when the next generation comes, they will all be grateful to the emperor. Changing their minds has to come little by little, and the process is long.

Zhu Qiyu exhaled a breath: "Old Master, it's not easy for me to come to Nanjing."

"I don't want to be Emperor Yang of Sui who was strangled to death in Jiangdu."

"We can only cut through the mess quickly, finish it quickly and return to Beijing."

"I can't sleep well here every night."

Hu Xi rolled his eyes, you brought four concubines, one was pregnant on the way, and three were pregnant in Nanjing. You still can't sleep well?
  I heard that two more beauties were blessed.

"Tell me, what do the Jiangnan gentry want?" Zhu Qiyu opened the skylight and spoke frankly.

(End of this chapter)