I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 141 The crime of deceiving the king
Li Chenggui?Wu Zijiang?
Hearing the latter's familiar name, Li Tian couldn't help raising his eyebrows, narrowing his eyes slightly and saying in a normal tone:
"Explore again."

"The old slave complies."

With a promise, Huang Yan, the admiral of the East Factory, immediately resigned.

Caressing the smooth vermilion pen holder in his hand, Li Tian stared at the red candle flame on his right, pursed the corner of his mouth, and laughed out loud:

"It's getting more and more interesting."

In fact, during the cabinet meeting in the afternoon, he had already discovered something was wrong.

It wasn't because Yang Shiqi was the only one who received the secret letter, but because Huang Zhun suddenly became nervous when he said that he wanted to transfer the Qingpinghou Wu Haiwang file.

Li Tian still attaches great importance to Huang Zhun's abnormal mood changes.

After all, Huang Zhun was the first court elder to support reform and innovation, and the household reform bureau he was in charge of was also the only reformist force that was thriving in the DPRK.

It wasn't until Li Tian asked Huang Yan for a question, that he realized that Wu Haiwang and Huang Zhun had a deep relationship.

This so-called origin happened ten years ago, that is, the 12th year of Yongle when Zhu Di was still alive.

Because Huang Zhun was framed by Zhu Gaoxu, he was imprisoned. Just when he was about to be executed, Wu Haiwang, Marquis of Qingping, stepped forward.

Using his prestige in the court, he dragged on for three years.It is precisely because of these three years that Huang Zhun finally waited until Zhu Di changed his mind.

Not only was he released from prison, he was also restored to his post in the 15th year of Yongle.

When he first learned about the relationship between Huang Zhun and Wu Haiwang, Li Tian was quite surprised to be honest.

After all, Huang Zhun and Wu Haiwang were strangers to each other, and they were different in culture and martial arts, and logically speaking, Wu Haiwang had no reason to stand up for Huang Zhun.

It is even rarer for a military general to serve as a guarantor for civil servants than for an old sow to climb a tree.

But after Li Tian learned the reason why Wu Haiwang stepped forward from Huang Yan's mouth, he couldn't laugh or cry.

It turned out that Wu Haiwang and Huang Zhun were born in the same year and the same month. Wu Haiwang did a fortune-telling calculation with some demigod, and concluded that Huang Zhun was his nobleman. If Huang Zhun died, his luck would also be affected.

Of course, this is not the most interesting thing.

The most interesting thing is that Huang Yan soon discovered that Wu Zijiang, the son of Wu Haiwang, had a special relationship with Baoding Marquis Meng Xianying.

After briefly asking Li Tian for instructions, Huang Yan immediately ordered Dongchang to send three Qinggong masters to follow Wu Zijiang every step of the way.

Then, a major event that could break the sky was naturally handed over to Li Tianyu's case.

That is Yang Shiqi's second son, Yang Dao, who engaged in tea horse smuggling in Jianzhou, Baoning Prefecture, Sichuan. In less than nine months this year, he traded more than [-] catties of tea with the Northwest Fanbu.

For this matter, Li Tian's shock can be imagined.

The imperial court set up three foreign trade tea and horse departments in Xining, Taozhou, and Hezhou. The total annual trade volume of these three tea and horse departments is only 50 catties.

In other words, Yang Shiqi's son alone can support one and a half tea horses.

But after learning the news, Li Tian's first reaction was not to be angry, but to be enlightened by Yang Shiqi's various abnormalities in the cabinet meeting.

No wonder when he asked who Yang Shiqi was, Yang Shiqi kept showing a struggling face; no wonder when Huang Zhun suggested releasing Meng Xianying from Beijing, Yang Shiqi immediately agreed.

It turned out that Meng Xianying had the evidence of Yang Dao's smuggling of tea horses, which made Yang Shiqi so cautious.

However, Yang Shiqi's loyalty was perfectly demonstrated in this matter, and he tried to lose his son's head without hiding it from him, which made Li Tian very pleased.

So Li Tian is also willing to give Yang Shiqi some time to deal with it, so as not to open the skylight and speak honestly, embarrassing the monarch and his ministers.

After pondering secretly for a long while, Li Tian smiled humorously, came back to his senses, and turned to look at Jiang Baodao:

"Send someone to urge Baoding Hou Meng Xianying to tell me to leave immediately."

Every time Huang Yan came to report, he didn't avoid Jiang Bao. Jiang Bao also knew what had happened, and when he heard the words, he made a promise, turned around and went out to make arrangements.

Looking out of the window in a blink of an eye, Li Tian smacked his lips, only to see that the setting sun had completely submerged into the West Mountain, and the remaining sunset glow was only a little fringe, hanging stubbornly on the horizon and refusing to leave.

Touching his slightly deflated stomach, Li Tian suddenly felt a little hungry, so he took a sip of tea and said:

"Jiang Bao, let Yushan supervise the dinner."

Jiang Bao was outside explaining how the eunuch should handle his duties, he hurriedly responded with a loud voice, and then beckoned a little eunuch over.

The dinner of the Imperial Food Supervisor passed on very quickly, Li Tian waited for less than a moment, and then saw Bao Shu, the head of the Imperial Food Supervisor, arrived with the menu.

After a while, the huge round table of the Eight Immortals was filled with delicacies. Smelling the gluttonous aroma of the dishes, Li Tian only felt that the saliva flowed down his throat as if he didn't want money. He picked up the silver chopsticks and delivered the food to his mouth.

"Jiang Bao, I can't eat so much by myself, come and help me eat together."

"Very well, Your Majesty."

This is the difference between eunuchs and courtiers. As the emperor's servant, Jiang Bao never made any concessions on the surface of Li Tian. He always did what the emperor said.

Taking the bowls and chopsticks from the duty room next door, Jiang Bao pursed his lips, carefully sat next to Li Tian, ​​and picked out dishes that Li Tian would stop eating after two bites.

After Hululu drank a big mouthful of shrimp and tofu soup, Li Tian burped and said casually:
"Jiang Bao, you go to see Wang Fu at the Imperial Hospital tomorrow. If he is fine, tell him to leave the palace and set up a bank as soon as possible."

"En." Straightening his body, Jiang Bao responded:
"The old slave remembers."

After three rounds of dishes and five bowls of soup, Li Tian yawned and stretched himself.

Feeling sleepy when you are full, this problem is really not good for any exercise.

After dinner, Li Tian wanted to play two games of backgammon with Jiang Bao, but as soon as the jade Go board was placed, Huang Yan rushed in again.

"Your Majesty, this old slave has just taken Qin Tianjian to Zhou Mingli, arrested him and put him in prison."

"Who's in prison?"

Taking advantage of Jiang Bao's inattention, Li Tian stole a pawn and asked again casually.

"To report to Your Majesty, it is Zhou Mingli, the supervisor of the Qintian Supervisor, who was entrusted by Yan Shenggong to deliberately lie about the astrology to intimidate His Majesty. The old slave had already arrested him in Dongchang Prison two quarters of an hour ago."

Lie about the horoscope?

Li Tian's face froze when he heard the words, and he was immediately annoyed.

Wang Fu had already reported to Zhou Mingli that Kong Yanjin gave Zhou Mingli a pair of "Pictures of Dead Wood and Strange Rocks", and he knew about it long ago.

But he always thought that it was true that Yinghuo kept his heart, and that Kong Yanjin was just a ride.

But listening to the meaning at the moment, it seems that there has never been any astrology, Zhou Mingli has always been talking to himself, directing and acting by himself?

After sneering twice, Li Tian slapped the table and said angrily:
"Zhou Mingli is so brave, he dared to play with me and all civil and military officials.

Jiang Bao, go and order the cabinet to draw up an order to remove Zhou Mingli from the post of Qintian Supervisor and remove his reputation. After Dongchang interrogation, he will be handed over to the third division of the Ministry of Punishment for joint trial. "

"Old slave, go here."

When the emperor got angry, Jiang Bao couldn't care less about playing chess, he clasped his hands, and flew out of the imperial study.

(End of this chapter)