I am the carpenter king

Nodding slowly, Emperor Tianqi didn't say anything, and the room fell into silence.At this time, everyone knew that Emperor Tianqi was in a bad mood, and no one would touch Emperor Tianqi's brow.

After a short time, footsteps sounded outside. It was Chen Lin who opened the door and walked in. He walked quickly behind Emperor Tianqi, and stood aside respectfully.

Behind Chen Lin, three people walked in at a time, the leader was Ding Qianli, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, behind Ding Qianli was the prefect of Yangzhou, and then Li Chang.As soon as they came in, the three of them were taken aback for a moment, none of them expected that there would be so many people in the room.

Seeing Emperor Tianqi sitting on the main seat, they were all stunned. The prefect of Yangzhou and Li Chang naturally knew Emperor Tianqi. Isn't this the young owner of the Longchang firm?Is that Bai Yu, the number one lawyer in the capital?But at this time, both of them knew that Emperor Tianqi was extraordinary, and it could be said that it far exceeded their expectations.

Ding Zhuanyun who was standing in the front was different from these two people. Ding Zhuanyun was trembling at this time and his face was pale.The cold sweat was pouring down, the teeth were constantly colliding, and the body had already started to shake. [

"Cough!" Seeing a few people standing there in a daze, Chen Lin rolled his eyes and coughed forcefully.

The cough really worked, and he called back all his personal affairs. Ding Zhuanyun, who was standing in the front, softened his legs, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed his head, and said in a trembling voice: "The guilty minister Ding Qianli, the transfer envoy of Yangzhou, has an audience with the emperor! Long live, long live my emperor!"

This time the prefect of Yangzhou and Li Chang were all stunned, how could this happen?How could the young owner of Longchang Company be the emperor!The two of them just felt dizzy.His body suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"The guilty minister, Yangzhou prefect Yang Xiayu, sees the emperor, long live my emperor!" Yang Xiayu knelt on the ground.Compared to Ding Qianli, Yang Xiayu looked even more unbearable.

Li Chang on the other side is naturally unwilling to be lonely, but he is also the most feared person. He is not the most stupid among the three, but his status is the lowest.On weekdays, if he buys people with money, he can also call some officials brothers and sisters, but when something really happens, his identity will definitely become a mere businessman.How much money do you have.At this time, your identity will not change. In the eyes of the court bosses, you can be killed at any time.

Emperor Tianqi didn't pay attention to these three people, and reached out to take the tea offered by the two twin maids. Emperor Tianqi took a sip gently, and said: "Jiangnan is indeed a good place, a rich place. There are really too many rich people Yes. I only know what being rich is today, I’m so ignorant and ignorant!”

All the people in the hall listened with their ears upright. Although Emperor Tianqi spoke in a very peaceful voice, the people in the hall shuddered involuntarily.No one would think that what Emperor Tianqi said was good, but it was obviously ironic.

His eyes swept across the faces of the three people, and he put the tea bowl on the table.He smiled and said to Ding Qianli who was kneeling on the ground: "Ding Qianli, if I remember correctly, you are from Hubei, right? I can't remember which year I was a Jinshi, am I right?"

"Back to the emperor, the criminal's hometown is Hubei!" Ding Zhuanyun said with his heart trembling and his lips trembling.

Slowly nodded.Emperor Tianqi smiled indifferently, and then said: "You are in your hometown in Hubei. Your father is no longer there, but Gaotang's old mother is still here. Three wives and concubines gave birth to you four sons and two daughters. Your eldest son has You passed the Juren examination, but you failed the Jinshi examination this year. But your youngest son is only six years old, so he’s not that old!" As if talking about family matters, Emperor Tianqi’s tone was very kind.

The more Emperor Tianqi spoke, Ding Qianli's body trembled more violently. Finally, he kowtowed on the ground and cried loudly, "Your Majesty! The guilty minister has been convicted. If your Majesty wants to kill, kill me alone! My The old mother is over 70 years old, please let the emperor let her go!"

In the hall, Ding Zhuanyun was crying terribly, but none of the people showed any compassion, but sneered at the corners of their mouths.

"Okay, don't cry! Let me be upset. You came here for the real imperial decree, don't worry! I will keep my word and will not kill you, let alone your family! "Emperor Tianqi frowned slightly, and took another sip of tea. I don't know when, Emperor Tianqi liked drinking tea more and more, and the more he drank it, the stronger it became.

"Writing Lord Long En, the guilty minister must be smashed to pieces to repay His Majesty's grace!" Ding Zhuanyun was immediately overjoyed, and kowtowed to the ground continuously, his head was covered with blood and he didn't pay attention at all.

Nodding his head slowly, Emperor Tianqi said in a deep voice: "Then you have given away all your family property, and I can leave you a hundred acres of fertile land, and I will give you 5000 taels of silver, so that your family can live in peace. Of course, there are conditions for all of this, I understand this, you must cooperate with the investigation and hand over all the corrupt officials you know!"

"Long live the emperor! The guilty minister will always be grateful to God!" Ding Qianli was overjoyed, kowtowed vigorously to Emperor Tianqi, and cried loudly.

Waving his hand, Emperor Tianqi said casually: "Stand aside! I hope you will repent in the future. In fact, I really want to confiscate your family and exterminate your family, so you should pay attention. If you do something wrong in the future, you will be sorry for the court and cause disaster. For things in the village, I will also send someone to raid your home!"

"Criminal dare not!" Ding Qianli replied aggressively, then bowed and stepped aside, raised his hand to wipe the blood on his forehead, but grinned from the pain.

Focusing on the remaining two people, Emperor Tianqi took another sip of tea and said in a deep voice: "Li Chang, I know you because you are a good son. Even if you don't come today, I will find out about that case." , I will also raid your home. It will be far more than it is now, and it seems that you are not stupid!" [

"The grass people don't know that the sky is in front of them, and they deserve death! The grass people are willing to help find out the illegal salt case, and hope that the emperor can bypass the grass people!" Li Chang also imitated Ding Qianli, kowtowing his head to the ground vigorously, while Said while crying.

"Your Li family is the same as Ding Qianli's family, but there is one thing, that son of yours is going to die. It is an unforgivable crime to rob people's daughters in the daytime and frame others in order to get them. I don't have to pursue your affairs, I hope You understand!" Emperor Tianqi's voice became more and more severe, but there was a bit of regret in the last words.

Hastily kowtowing vigorously, Li Chang shouted loudly, with genuine joy on his face.

On the one hand, the magistrate of Yangzhou breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that his life can be saved. It is really not easy, but it is worth it anyway.

Emperor Tianqi cast his eyes on Yang Xiayu, the magistrate of Yangzhou, and said in a deep voice: "It was clearly written in my imperial decree that only the first person to stand up will be pardoned. Only Ding Zhuanyun can be here this year. There is no need for the death penalty, but seeing Li Chang's attitude, I thought it was not bad, so I spared his life."

"Your majesty, I understand that I hope that the emperor will show grace, and that I am willing to serve as your Majesty's forerunner and change the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River!" The prefect of Yangzhou originally thought that Emperor Tianqi would bypass him if he said so, but he did not expect that after a long time, Emperor Tianqi would not say.

"Do you think I should spare you? I didn't investigate those two people deeply, and naturally I wouldn't investigate further when I came to you, right?" Looking at Yangzhou prefect Yang Xiayu, Emperor Tianqi slapped the table fiercely and said loudly.

Ding Qianli and Li Changquan, the transshipment envoys standing aside, were taken aback. Why did Emperor Tianqi lose his temper at this time?

"I tell you, I will not save your life, I will destroy your three clans. As a magistrate, corruption is fine, after all, everyone does this. But you, as the magistrate of Yangzhou, actually united with others Frame the people under my rule, and make the people feel wronged. As a local parent, I have neglected my duties, and I will kill you to make an example to others!" Emperor Tianqi stared at the prefect of Yangzhou with scorching eyes, and said viciously.

Emperor Tianqi's words were like a sledgehammer, slamming on the Yangzhou magistrate's body, his face turned pale and he fainted.

Cursing his lips in disdain, Emperor Tianqi said to Dang Han on the side: "Drag this person down and keep him under strict supervision, don't let him die!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dang Han replied respectfully, then went out to find two Jinyi guards, and took off the clothes on the prefect of Yangzhou.Then dragged him down like a dead dog.

"Yang Aiqing, the matter here is left to you. You can go to the Yangzhou government office later! Finish the trial of the case there, give an explanation to the common people, and then issue a notice to An Ming, so that the common people should not panic too much! "Emperor Tianqi turned his gaze to Yang He, who was on the side, and said in a deep voice.

Slowly nodded, Emperor Tianqi looked at Ding Qianli and Li Chang, and said quite seriously: "What should you do, don't show any abnormalities, don't show the slightest flaw. Your heads are all It’s placed around my neck, if I don’t want it, I’ll take him down!”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will keep our mouths shut and we will never make any mistakes!" The two quickly knelt down and saluted, saying respectfully.

Looking at Yuan Keli, the Emperor Tianqi continued: "Yuan Aiqing, draw up an imperial decree for me to drop Xu Xianchun, the Jinyiwei Tongzhi, who is in charge of the Beizhen government office, to Nanjing. In addition, let Dongchang send people to let the Wei Dynasty choose carefully. Once you choose, you won't come to the wine bag and rice bag!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I'll do it now!" Yuan Keli saluted respectfully and said in a serious tone, but there was still a trace of worry in the middle. He knew who Emperor Tianqi was looking for, and he also knew who Emperor Tianqi was looking for. what to do.

Finally, Emperor Tianqi's eyes fell on Chen Lin, and he said slowly: "Get ready, we will leave tomorrow, let's go to Nanjing!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! This servant is ready!" Chen Lin naturally had no objection, and said respectfully from the side. (to be continued...)