I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 33 The Art of the Emperor
Jiang Bao looked at the emperor's smile, and bowed to the ground in panic.

"Your Majesty, this old slave knows his mistake."

Seeing Jiang Bao's respectful appearance prostrate on the ground, Li Tian pursed his lips and smiled, and said calmly:
"Tell me, what did Huang Yan find out?"

Although Jiang Bao was demoted to Dongchang as a groom, Huang Yan did not dare to treat Jiang Bao as a groom.

Inside and outside the palace, no one knew that after Jiang Bao resigned from his position as the head of the imperial horse inspector, the position of the head of the imperial horse inspector had been vacant all the time.

Having said that, if the Holy Majesty really gave up on Jiang Bao, he would not demote Jiang Bao to Dongchang, but would directly ask for his execution in the court.

Jiang Bao, an old man, could not understand things that other people could understand, so as soon as he entered the East Factory, Jiang Bao assisted Huang Yan to investigate Jin Yiwei with all his strength.

When Liu Gang was in office, Dongchang was indeed suffering everywhere and had nothing to gain, but once Liu Gang left, Dongchang gained a lot in just three to five days. This was the main reason why Jiang Bao came to see Li Tian.

I saw Jiang Bao took out a list from his bosom, and respectfully presented it to the imperial case, saying:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the investigations of Admiral Huang and Lao Nu, Jin Yiwei has used the imperial power over the years to cut off countless local officials and put them in jail. Jin Yiwei will release them only after the officials offer a large amount of money on their own initiative.

Not only that, Zhejiang Jinyiwei Qianhu Shili and Shandong Jinyiwei Qianhu Tan Jin directly intervened in local government affairs, managed salt and iron transportation, and made a lot of money from it. "

Looking at the densely packed names on the list, Li Tian gradually became angry, and after hearing that Jin Yiwei had meddled in local government affairs, Li Tian became even more angry.

The matter of salt and iron has always been managed by the imperial court, and salt and iron account for at least [-]% of the annual tax.

Jin Yiwei, who claimed to be the emperor's most trusted eagle dog, dared to do such a rebellious thing, took a deep breath, and Li Tian said in a deep voice, "Does Liu Gang know about these things?"

Jiang Bao's face froze when he heard this, and he said respectfully:
"This old slave is not clear, but Liu Gang should not be involved in the incidents in Zhejiang and Shandong."

Hearing Jiang Bao say that Liu Gang was not involved, Li Tian raised his eyebrows, feeling suspicious.

The subordinate broke the law, but the boss didn't know, could it be that Liu Gang was taken out of the picture?
Li Tian hadn't figured it out yet, but he heard Jiang Bao continue:

"Admiral Huang wanted to arrest a few people for questioning, but without His Majesty's order, Admiral Huang did not dare to act rashly.

But Your Majesty, forgive me for saying that the Jinyiwei is rotten inside and out. The old slave once saw Jinyiwei Xiaoqi going in and out of the Sea Lion Tower every few days, eating and drinking wantonly. "

Sea Lion Tower is known as one of the eight major restaurants in the capital. Li Tian had heard about it a lot in the small teahouse that day. It is said that a meal at Sea Lion Tower costs five taels of silver.

The monthly salary of the six ministers of Zhengsanpin is only 20 taels of silver, which can be seen from the high consumption of Haishilou.

As for Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, it was just a seventh-rank official in charge of ten people.

Li Tian was really angry, but he wouldn't just listen to Jiang Bao's side of things. After all, Dongchang and Jinyiwei didn't get along so quickly, maybe Huang Yan deliberately exaggerated.

As emperor, he has his own solution.

After pondering for a moment, Li Tian threw the list in his hand directly into the brazier, and said:

"Tell Huang Yan not to investigate any more.

In addition, according to my decree, Ji Mian, the left commander of the Jinyiwei, was promoted to the commander-in-chief, Lu Gong, the right commander of the Jinyiwei, was dismissed, and he was bound to go to Beijing to plead guilty within three days. "

Seeing that the emperor burned the list, Jiang Bao's face changed suddenly:
"Your Majesty, there is only one list for this list."

Li Tian waved his hands indifferently, looked at Jiang Bao with burning eyes, and changed the subject:

"Jiang Bao, if I let you come back, would you be willing?"

Jiang Bao wanted to return to the emperor's side even in his dreams, so he kowtowed immediately, and the old lady whimpered:
"Thanks to Your Majesty for not giving up, this old slave will never do anything corrupting ink again."

"Knock lightly, don't crack my floor tiles again."

Hearing this, Jiang Bao hurriedly wiped the floor tiles carefully, grinning and choked up, and said:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the floor tiles in the imperial study will never crack again."

The last time the floor tiles of the imperial study room cracked was when Jiang Bao pleaded guilty. The meaning of Jiang Bao's words is very simple. He will never crack the floor tiles of the imperial study room because of his mistakes.

The effect of one piece and one relaxation has been achieved. Li Tian believes that Jiang Bao will be more honest in the future, so he said with a relieved smile:

"Okay, I still reserve the position of the Chief Supervisor of the Imperial Horse Supervisor for you."

Jiang Bao suppressed his tears like a wronged little daughter-in-law, but his heart was full of joy of returning to Li Tian's side, and he choked up and said:
"The old slave knows, the old slave knows that His Majesty has not abandoned the old slave."

Jiang Bao's words can be said to come from the heart. Once he changed from the emperor's servant to the Dongchang groom, Jiang Bao can be said to be deeply touched by the feeling.

In the side room of the imperial study.

Had a nightmare, dreaming that Wang Fu, who was Jiang Baoguan's reinstatement, woke up suddenly, and ran to the door of the imperial study room. When he heard the movement inside, his heart skipped a beat:
"Xiao Fangzi, doesn't your majesty disappear when you practice? Who is in there?"

Xiao Fangzi's complexion changed slightly, and he said with a flattering smile:

"If you go back to the second ancestor, it's Eunuch Jiang."

"Eunuch Jiang?" Wang Fu's expression changed drastically. Could it be that his nightmare had come true, he kicked Xiao Fangzi upside down, and said angrily:

"How dare you coax our family to sleep, you eat food from the inside out, our family wants your life!"

Xiao Fangzi didn't feel so wronged, he didn't know that Eunuch Jiang came back suddenly, he got up quickly and said:
"Second ancestor, this matter really has nothing to do with the grandson. Eunuch Jiang went to Dongchang, but Dongchang has always had the right to enter and leave the imperial study."

Wang Fucai didn't care so much, in his opinion, it was Jiang Bao and Xiao Fangzi who joined forces to trick him, otherwise why would Jiang Bao go in as soon as he fell asleep.

"Don't call me the second ancestor, we don't have a grandson like you in our family."

As he said that, Wang Fu kicked Xiao Fangzi again.

Xiao Fangzi was in pain from the fall, but he didn't dare to cry out, his mind turned, he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dizzy.

Seeing Xiao Fangzi lying on the ground pretending to be dizzy, Wang Fu gritted his teeth angrily, punched Xiao Fangzi directly in the face, and said in a low voice:

"Well, you bastard, you dare to act in front of our family. When our family was acting, your eggs hadn't been cut yet?"

In the imperial study room, Jiang Bao had already collected his emotions. Hearing the noise outside the door, he got up quickly and said:

"Your Majesty, the prince seems to be in a fight with Xiao Fangzi, should this old slave go out and persuade him?"

Li Tian imagined Wang Fu's blushing face, and couldn't help waving his hands, holding his forehead and saying:

"Let Wang Fu go, lest Wang Fu know you're back and suffer internal injuries."

Hearing that the emperor was joking, Jiang Bao became more courageous, and echoed:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. If the prince suffers from internal injuries, the old servant will at best spend some real anger and just help him straighten it out."

Li Tian laughed out loud when he heard the words, Jiang Bao practiced Yin Kungfu so well, and with a palm of true energy, Wang Fu would have to report to Lord Yan in no time.

(End of this chapter)