Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 107 The case of destroying gold banknotes
Scorching sun.

The sun in mid-June is extremely hot

Just after noon, it enters noon hour.

After having lunch, Yin Xiangbao of Yingtian Prefecture was about to take a nap with his eyes closed on the Taishi's chair in the back office. He had just fallen into trance when he was woken up by a burst of noise coming from outside the front office hall.

"Who is making a loud noise outside the hall?"

Xiang Bao frowned slightly, adjusted his official uniform, stood up, walked through the middle hall, and came to the front office lobby.

"Reporting to the eldest sir, Gu Yushi, who was inspecting the West City at noon today, caught two people who destroyed gold coins. Officers and soldiers have been sent to escort the people outside the hall, waiting for the eldest sir to take action."

The clerk on duty hurriedly bowed to greet Xiang Bao and said respectfully.

When Xiang Bao heard that it was the person arrested by Gu Zuo, the censor of the city patrol, his sleepiness immediately dissipated, he cheered up and asked, "Bring the person in quickly."

The office clerks and government officials on duty nearby were all excited when they heard this. After all, the censor patrolling the city could not afford to offend.

The City Patrol Censor is affiliated with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is responsible for inspecting the public security management of the five cities in the east, west, south, north, and middle of the capital, hearing lawsuits, arresting thieves, etc. It also has an Office of the City Patrol Censor, which is called "Inspection of the West City" "Inspection of the Procuratorate in North City", "Inspection of the Procuratorate in North City", "Inspection of the Procuratorate in Nancheng", etc.

Each city has a military and horse department, and each department is divided into two workshops, which are supervised and managed by the censors of the five cities.

And Gu Zuo, the censor of the city patrol, is the most famous among the five censors of the city patrol.

In mid-August last year, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di opened Enke, and Gu Zuo passed the Jinshi examination. After being recommended by Prince Zhu Gaoxu, he was appointed by Zhu Di as the censor of Xicheng City Patrol.

Within the first three months of taking office, Gu Zuofa punished more than 200 scoundrels who were running rampant in the neighborhood, so he was praised by Prince Zhu Gaoxu as the "Iron-faced Censor"!
Just a few days ago, that is, the day after the Ming Dynasty fleet went out on a cruise, Gu Zuo was riding a donkey to inspect the West City. On the way, he encountered two servants from the Daiwang Pavilion who were making trouble for a merchant in the capital.

At that time, when he saw injustice on the road, he stopped him from speaking out. Seeing that he was dressed as a civil servant, the servants of the king did not take it seriously and even mocked him for being a weak scholar.

But Gu Zuo rolled up his sleeves and punched the two servants of the king to the ground one after another. His fierce style made all the onlookers at the scene shout "The real censor with an iron face"!
After this incident, Gu Zuo's nickname of "Iron-faced Censor" spread throughout the capital. After Prince Zhu Gaoxu learned of the incident, he reported to the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di in the morning that Gu Zuo was not afraid of power and suggested that the court should punish him. Testimonials.

Of course Zhu Di agreed, and then issued an order to commend Gu Zuo, awarding him 1000 yuan in silver, and admonishing the king.

It can be said accurately that Gu Zuonai is the son of Prince Zhu Gaoxu.

If he offended the censor Gu Zuo, it would be equivalent to offending the current prince.

Therefore, Yin Xiangbao of Yingtian Mansion was no longer sleepy at this time, and even had a little excitement and expectation. He also wanted to do something practical for the people and the court.

After a while, officers and soldiers from the Military and Horse Division escorted one person each to the government office lobby.

Xiang Baoding took a quick look and found that the person in custody on the left was about thirty years old, wearing dark brown servant clothes. There was a metal plate indicating his identity tied to the belt on the right side. The word "Cao" could be vaguely seen, which seemed to be People from Cao Guogong's mansion.

The detainee on the right is about in his early twenties, wearing a white gown, with a piece of beautiful light red jade tied on a black ribbon around his waist, and wearing a black horn scarf (Dongpo scarf) on his head. He is obviously a Young scribe.

"Xiangfu Yin, under the orders of Gu Yushi, the person who destroyed the gold banknotes has been escorted here. I ask Fu Yin to punish him."

The leader among the officers and soldiers of the Bingma Division bowed and clasped his fists in salute to Xiang Bao in the high hall.

"Just wait a moment while I review the case."

Xiang Bao stood up, but did not leave his seat. Instead, he bowed his hands to the officers and soldiers and said politely.

All the officers and soldiers also handed over their hands, expressing their agreement with Xiang Bao's arrangement. They had to wait for a result, otherwise it would be difficult to go back to deliver the mission.

"Why didn't you kneel down when you saw the eldest master?" The middle-aged clerk standing on the right side of Xiang Bao asked loudly when he saw that the two people being escorted into the lobby did not kneel down to worship the official.

"I am a close servant of the Duke of Cao, do I still have to kneel down with my status?" the person on the left asked arrogantly.

The middle-aged secretary was a little angry when he heard this, but he was intimidated by Cao Guogong's reputation and could not get angry.

He blushed and looked at the scribe on his right, and asked again: "Why don't you kneel down?"

The young scribe said: "I am a close aide of His Highness the King. I have the honor of being a member of the army. Do I need to kneel down?"

The middle-aged clerk heard this and sighed helplessly.

It was normal for the Ming Dynasty King Zong to recruit several staff advisors.

Since Zhu Di ascended the throne, in today's Yingtian Mansion, except for King Ning, all the other Ming vassal kings lived in the capital.

The entourage and staff of these vassal kings often caused troubles in the capital. When the Shangyuan County Government Office and Jiangning County Government Office encountered such incidents, they would report them to the Yingtian Government Office and hand them over to Yingtian Government Office for decision-making.

Xiang Bao is an upright and honest man, and he is not afraid of punishing these two "status" people.

After all, the government had already brought the matter to court, and he could not fail to deal with it no matter what, otherwise it would be dereliction of duty.

In the 19th year of Hongwu's reign, he was awarded the title of Jinshi, Wailang, a member of the military department. After serving for nine years, he never made any mistakes, so he was promoted to the general political envoy by Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Yuanzhang found that he was not good at playing rhetoric, so he changed him to Yingtianfu Yin.

At that time, Zhu Di had already moved into the East Palace and knew that Xiang Bao was an honest man, so after he officially succeeded to the throne, he still made Xiang Bao the Yin of Yingtian Prefecture.

Xiang Bao was a very typical civil servant. He was generous, loved the people, and upright. He did not complain even when he was changed from General Affairs Envoy to Yingtian Prefecture Yin. He even rarely talked about the benefits of officialdom in his daily life.

But how to deal with this matter is an extremely difficult matter, which tests his ability very much.

"Please explain why you destroyed the gold banknotes."

Xiang Bao said very majestically.

"Master Fu Yin is very generous, but the villain Li Bing has not damaged the new banknotes."

Li Bing, a close confidant of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, lowered his posture, bowed towards Bao and cupped his hands, and said respectfully: "The villain was just careless and tore up the gold banknote pattern in a picture album promoting the new banknote. He did not directly damage the real money." of gold coins.”

At this point, Li Bing actually knelt down, kowtowed and said, "I beg the governor to see clearly."

Just now he was arrogant to the middle-aged clerk next to Xiang Bao because his status did not allow him to be humble to an ordinary clerk with no reputation.

When he was questioning Yin Xiangbao of Yingtian Mansion, his respectful attitude was completely different from before. This was because his status did not allow him to be disrespectful to a high-ranking court official.

The officer on duty took the picture album torn by Li Bing from the soldiers of the Military and Horse Division, and then quickly handed it to Yin Xiangbao of Yingtian Mansion who was sitting in the lobby.

Xiang Bao listened to Li Bing's description and looked at the torn picture album again. After pondering for a moment, he said loudly: "Although what you tore up is not a real gold note, even if it is a picture album, the money on it is There is also a sacred image of Emperor Taizu. Although it is an unintentional move, it is disrespectful to Emperor Taizu after all."

The conversation changed and he said loudly: "Come here, please take Li Bing into custody. Let me report it to the court and then deal with it."

PS: There is only one update today, because I have a relative who has been accompanying me to Hefei for medical treatment, so the second update cannot be coded.In addition, my relative is going to have surgery tomorrow, so I will try my best to squeeze in some time to write, otherwise I will have to ask for leave.If there are any typos, please point them out.

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