My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 232 II: Rewards beyond specifications

  The captains of Qianhusuo in a team swarmed into the Hanlin Academy.

  This aura frightened the editors and scribes inside.

  At this moment, someone found Chen Hui's valet.

  When a group of people rushed in, there were still people talking outside.

  For the Hanlins, what a sacred place this Hanlin Academy is.

   It's not a place like Jin Yiwei where Qiu Ba comes here at will. Even if he wants to arrest someone, he just gets a driving ticket and makes people wait.

   Kenei Qianhusuo, obviously there is no such rule.

   The strife between various departments, even to the point of daggers drawn, is actually not as simple as just letting out a sigh of relief.

  The logic behind this is that when you can crazily step on the opponent's bottom line, you and your subordinates, to some extent, gain confidence. In the words of later generations, it is a sense of honor. Even a dog in Uchitodo can hold its head high and hold its chest high. This is true, and vice versa.

The so-called honor is actually a kind of welfare. This thing may be invisible and intangible, but if you report your name, others will naturally respect you. The sense of steadfastness here is much higher.

  But for the Hanlin Academy, it is another matter, because they are the ones being stepped on. Many Hanlins feel that their self-esteem has been ruthlessly trampled on.

   "What are you going to do?" Hanlin was not an ordinary servant. At this time, some people realized that they stepped forward to ask questions.

The captains didn't do anything to them, but they didn't pay attention to them. After all, they only know how to talk. As long as they hold the knife, they will always keep their opponents within a safe range of ten feet. They only glared at themselves and pointed. Or berate loudly.

  Boom...

  The door of the duty room was kicked open.

   Immediately afterwards, the captains rushed forward.

  Zhang Anshi was also under the protection of everyone, rushed in, and just saw it, and immediately snorted: "Fuck it."

   But he saw a person hanging from the beam of the valet room. Someone untied the hanging person, and then said: "Master Hou, it's Chen Hui, a bachelor's attendant, who has been dead for less than half an hour."

  Zhang Anshi was furious.

  Chen Li showed resentment: "Take the corpse away, take it back for inspection, and surround his house."

   After finishing speaking, Chen Li had no choice but to close the team. He followed Zhang Anshi closely and said, "Master Hou...you see."

   "The problem is very serious." Zhang Anshi frowned and said, "It's much, much more serious than we imagined... We must report to His Majesty immediately."

  Chen Li raised his head and glanced at Zhang Anshi: "That's right, Master Hou Mingjian, this matter...is not easy."

  Zhang Anshidao: "I will write the report, and you continue to investigate. This Ningbo prefecture was not just a magistrate in the past. If they had the ability, they committed suicide one by one."

  Chen Li nodded: "I understand."

   Zhang Anshi's memorial was sent up, and an hour later, Zhang Anshi was summoned in the palace to meet him.

  Led by the eunuch, Zhang Anshi came to Wenlou and saluted Zhu Di.

  Zhu Di glanced at him, then said: "Look, the impeachment memorial of the Imperial Academy has been sent to my desk."

  Zhang An Shidao: "They react so quickly."

  Zhu Di smiled: "You are fearless."

  Zhang Anshi said bluntly: "I do things for His Majesty, what is there to be afraid of? Not to mention the Imperial Academy, even Zhao Wangfu..."

  Zhu Di pressed his hand, glared at him and said: "Okay, okay, what is it and what is it, let's talk about your memorial."

   "Your Majesty." Zhang Anshi got straight to the point: "This case was originally thought to be an ordinary and major case, but now it seems that it is obviously a pain that has penetrated deep into my bone marrow..."

  Zhu Di paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, frowning slightly and said, "Continue."

Zhang Anshidao: "First: Neiqianhusuo has just found out the former prefect of Ningbo. When he arrived at the Imperial Academy, Chen Hui, a bachelor's attendant, committed suicide. It can be seen...these people are all over the place. They are all clear about which step Qianhu found out. After all, if they commit suicide in fear of crime, they will die so hastily. On the side of the minister, after getting the news, they immediately acted, but when the minister arrived, He committed suicide half an hour in advance, so he must have received the news beforehand, and it was definitely not Nei Qianhu who came to him and committed suicide hastily."

  Zhu Di said: "There is also a problem with Neiqianhusuo?"

  Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be the problem of Neiqianhusuo...but..."

  Zhang Anshi paused, and said: "Could it be that there are a group of spies besides the Fusi of Nanbei Town?"

  Zhu Di laughed and said: "It's ridiculous, is there anything else, wouldn't I know?"

"As long as there is money and a community of interests, why can't we do it?" Zhang Anshi said: "The reason why I suspect so much is that the other party's eyes and ears are too sharp. After calculating the time, I got the news and let the people from Neiqianhusuo attack It should be within half an hour when the person is captured, and the other party committed suicide one step ahead of us, which means...they are one step faster than us. I can't imagine who...can be one step faster than Ui Qianhusuo .”

  Zhu Di's face gradually darkened, and said: "If so, then the seriousness of this situation has far exceeded my expectations."

  Zhang Anshi continued: "What's more, they smuggled commercial goods in such a big way, involving so many people, I was thinking, the reason why there is no news at all, it may be that there is a group of people behind it... to **** them."

  Zhu Di nodded, and then said: "Go on."

"There is one more thing that I find extremely strange. Since Chen Hui, the prefect of Ningbo, committed suicide in fear of crime, it can be seen that this person is involved more deeply than other people. It is not surprising that he is deeply involved. But the strange thing is that he Afterwards, he went directly to Beijing to serve as a bachelor's attendant."

Zhang Anshidao: "The prefect is the fourth grade, and the bachelor's servant is the fifth grade or both. Chen Hui also served as the bachelor's servant in the name of Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhanshi. It stands to reason Said, this is just a mediocre tone, but your majesty... the Hanlin Shidu bachelor, plus the vain position of a fourth-rank Shaozhan Shi, how expensive it is, it is completely different from the mere prefect."

  Zhu Di nodded subconsciously after listening.

  In the Ming Dynasty, officials were not necessarily divided by rank. The rank determined only the amount of salary.

  For example, the magistrate seems to be in charge, but at the level of the imperial court, he is simply not popular. Even if an ordinary Hanlin editor arrives somewhere, the magistrate must treat him carefully.

   On the surface, Chen Hui is only mediocre, but in fact, it is justified to even raise a few levels.

   It stands to reason that with Chen Hui's official position as the magistrate of Ningbo, he will at most be an inspector or chief executive in this life, and that will be the end.

   But for the first time, he was directly transferred to the capital, where he was a bachelor's student. He was very expensive. In the future, it would be nothing to be a servant in the hall. As for the minister, there was a great possibility.

   Coupled with the title of Zhan Shi Fu Shao Zhan Shi, the gold content is even higher.

  The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure that the princes could succeed smoothly, would fill Zhan Shifu with a large number of people he recognized.

  These people may not be responsible for serving the prince full-time. Generally, they all hold their own positions in the court, but they have a false title of Zhan Shifu, which is actually the same as that he is the team of the future prince.

   That is to say, Chen Hui has completed a leap that ninety-nine percent of people in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty could not complete. Its level of difficulty, even if his father is the Shangshu of Daming, it is impossible to do it.

Zhu Di said: "All the selection of officials above the third rank must be recommended by the court, except for the Hanlin officials. As long as they are above the fifth rank, they need to be decided by the court. You are right... such a thing cannot be done by one person. decided."

   As he spoke, Zhu Di sneered and said, "Even if it is me, I may not be able to satisfy my wishes."

  Ting Tui's rules are very strict, not to say that the emperor can appoint whoever he wants.

   Instead, once there is a vacancy for senior civil servants, it is often recommended by other ministers of the third rank or above in court discussions. The recommended number of people is roughly between two and three people.

  The role of the emperor is nothing more than choosing one of the two or three candidates recommended by the minister.

   To be promoted by the court, first of all, you need to obtain the approval of most ministers, and all of these ministers are of high authority and extraordinary status.

  Chen Hui's promotion was originally unimaginable, it could be said to have skyrocketed, but it got the attention of many ministers in the court and pushed him out.

   Here, there are many articles to do.

  Because on the surface, the minister only recommended two or three people for the emperor to choose.

   But in fact, if the vast majority of ministers want a certain person to be elected, in fact, basically the emperor has no choice.

  Their method of operation is very simple, in addition to Chen Hui, it is enough to push another person who the emperor does not like.

   When the emperor saw the candidate, he saw Chen Hui's experience, and found it lackluster and mediocre.

   But look at another person, oh, it turned out to be that thorn again, that guy, who scolded me in a memorial a few days ago.

  So, although the former is mediocre, most of the time, the emperor will obviously choose the latter.

  Zhu Di immediately glanced at Yi Shiha: "Bring...Chen Hui's court push...the record of the court meeting."

  Yi Shiha nodded and hurried away.

   After a while, he also disappeared and returned, and then sent a record.

Zhu Di looked down, and immediately remembered, and said: "It was last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was a vacancy for the Imperial Academy's apprentices. One of the people recommended by the court was this Chen Hui, and the other was the imperial censor. Liu Yong, it's just Liu Yong..."

  Zhu Di didn't continue talking when he said this.

   Zhang Anshi then understood that, nine times out of ten, even if Liu Yong had never scolded Zhu Di's mother, at least he had scolded Zhu Di face-to-face.

Zhang Anshi did not ask this question too much, but said: "In this way, Chen Hui's connections cannot be underestimated. There are quite a few ministers recommended by the court, and they all favor him. To be able to take up this position, there are tricks behind the scenes.

   Of course, this does not mean that ministers can monopolize the promotion of all senior civil servants.

   The real caller is still the emperor. It's just that for Zhu Di, what he really cares about is probably only the candidates for the Wenyuange University Scholars, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials.

  As for what kind of bachelor, what kind of Dali Temple, Honglu Temple and so on, the emperor didn't care much, and he was not interested in knowing which minister was qualified.

  Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "You say that, it is true that someone manipulated the court, and the reason why the court can be manipulated is because someone manipulated the minister. Someone manipulated the minister...to make a profit?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Yes. This is what I mean."

  Zhu Di said with a gloomy face: "Chen Hui, the problems exposed are too alarmist. But the facts are right in front of us, and I have to believe it."

  Zhang Anshidao: "The minister has followed the vine and sent people to Ningbo Mansion...the whole Ningbo Mansion..."

   "It's right to follow this." Zhu Di nodded: "But people like Chen Hui have to commit suicide, so what about the others?"

   After a pause, Zhu Di said angrily: "It's only been a few years, and the government has become so bad."

  Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di's expression and said, "It's all Jianwen's fault, Jianwen..."

  Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi: "Jianwen is indeed stupid, but of course I have to take the responsibility. Now you and I are talking behind closed doors, so you don't need to use these things to comfort me."

  Zhang An Shidao: "I'm actually more worried about one thing."

  Zhu Di said: "Say it."

  Zhang An Shidao: "I am worried, they are one step ahead of us in everything now, once they perceive danger, they will inevitably breed disasters. Your Majesty, if a dog is in a hurry, he will jump over the wall."

  Zhu Di stared at Zhang Anshi, nodded subconsciously: "Yes, the dog jumps over the wall, if you let it go like this, it won't work. Then do you have any suggestions?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Ten days, within ten days, we must grasp the backbone of this case. If we can't hold it... what will happen later, I can't be sure."

Even the heartless Zhang Anshi was so worried, and Zhu Di couldn't help feeling anxious about it: "Damn it, I still hope to have a good kill on the battlefield. Like now, the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. What a **** headache for me. Can they be caught within ten days? According to my prediction, these people are probably not simple, they are not trivial..."

  Zhang Anshidao: "I can only do my best."

  Zhu Di sighed and said: "Then do your best. I don't ask how to handle the case. I just want you to use all means to find out these thieves."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Yes."

   Time was urgent, and Zhang Anshi didn't stay long. After explaining the matter clearly, Zhang Anshi resigned from the palace.

  After Zhang Anshi left, Zhu Di was frowning, thinking... this smuggling case, so far, seems to be full of civil and military affairs, and it seems that everyone should have heard some rumors, but he, the emperor, is the only one who knows it later.

   I'm afraid that the mood at this time is the same as that of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor who learned about the Kongyin case.

   I was insulted again on the question of IQ.

  The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more his heart became blocked. He called out coldly: "Yi Shiha."

  Yi Shiha knew that Zhu Di was in a bad mood and seemed cautious, so he hurriedly said, "The servant is here."

  Zhu Di said: "You said... why did Emperor Taizu get so angry when he learned about the Kongyin case?"

Yi Shiha thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, it's hard to talk about slaves and maids. You said that this empty printing case was a malpractice for personal gain, but it was indeed a malpractice for personal gain. At that time, Beijing officials and local officials did this."

  Zhu Didao: "People at that time said that Emperor Taizu Gao killed many people arbitrarily."

Yi Shiha said: "No matter whether this matter is a long-standing malpractice or not, such a big loophole involves taxation and treasury issues. The local officials and the officials of the household department actually treat it as a child's play. Your Majesty, those The common people, in order to pay a little money, food and taxes, are hungry on weekdays, and they don’t have a meal, and some... in order to satisfy the government’s pressure for money and food, they have to borrow money everywhere, and even sell their ancestral land.”

"Think about it... isn't this the real Min Zhi Min Gao? This Min Zhi Min Gao was collected by the local officials, but the accounts were not clear, and they were sent to the capital in the name of loss. Officials of the Ministry, everyone fills in at will, how can this be done? Isn’t this the same as going to the imperial examination with a cheat sheet?”

  Zhu Di nodded, and quietly said: "Yes, cheating in the imperial examination is not allowed, because it concerns the interests of all scholars. If there is any cheating, there will be an uproar between the government and the public, shouting and killing. I wish I could wipe out the nine families of cheaters."

Taking a breath, Zhu Di said again: "But this involves people's fat and people's anointing, the food and tax of countless people, but everyone thinks that they can go directly to the household department to fill in at will with a blank stamp. As long as the account is checked, no matter how much it is lost in the middle , and no matter how much food was wasted by the local government. Emperor Taizu Gao was furious and started killing people, but many people thought it was unreasonable, thinking that Emperor Gaozu had killed innocent people indiscriminately."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help sneering, and continued: "The ridiculous thing is that if the truth is justifiable, Yousi should have reported it to Emperor Taizu Gao, and Emperor Gaozu would formulate a reasonable method according to the situation. But what happened? It turned out to be a full eighteen years. During the eighteen years, prefectures and counties in various places, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, under unreasonable names, took official documents with a blank seal, and dared to come to the capital to fill in the documents at will. How much food has entered the treasury!"

   "I'm thinking... In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, after Emperor Taizu Gao learned the truth of the matter, he must be as angry as I am now."

  Yi Shiha said: "Yes."

Zhu Di stood up unconsciously, and said with a cold face: "So no matter what...they dare to do such a thing, then don't blame me for following the example of Emperor Taizu Gao! Now that I think about it, I have been too kind in the past few years. They seem to have forgotten how I got my start, Emperor Taizu Gao was a Jianghuai commoner, and I was favored by Emperor Gao of Taizu Gao, and I was a vassal at the beginning, but in this world, I was also a sword It was done with one shot."

  The more Zhu Di said, his complexion became colder, and there was a cold light in his eyes, and he said: "Since anyone wants to test whether my knife is sharp or not, then just come and try."

  Yi Shiha was too frightened to vent his anger. At this time, he saw a murderous look from Zhu Di.

  Seeing Zhu Di said again: "If you kill these people, they will know how powerful they are, right?"

  Yi Shiha was terrified in his heart, but he still muttered: "Your Majesty, this may not be the case."

  Zhu Di glanced at Yishiha, but at this moment, Yishiha actually sang the opposite tune.

Yishiha said: "How discerning and decisive is Emperor Taizu Gao? From the founding of Emperor Taizu Gao to the eighteen years since Hongwu, could it be...the number of officials killed is still less? But the empty seal case, isn't it the same? It's been hidden for eighteen years, eighteen years...that's a whole generation."

Zhu Di felt that his chest was very tight, and he felt a sense of heroic shortness of breath, but it was not unreasonable to say that, in fact, there was no one who governed officials more harshly than Emperor Gao, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. The big case is still being uncovered.

   Instead, in other dynasties, there were not many major cases like the Hongwu period. Is it because the officials only had trouble with the Hongwu emperor?

  I'm afraid the reason is that in the past dynasties, there have been countless cases similar to the empty seal case or various big cases, but...other emperors did not have the courage to uncover it like Emperor Hongwu did.

  Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said: "I will inherit the great rule of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, and I will act like the emperor, level the world, clarify the administration of officials, and those who stand in my way will die!"

After all, he suddenly arrived like a cannonball: "The specifications of Zhang Anshi's mansion have to be expanded. It is allowed to add a high wall to the specifications of the county prince's mansion, and he is also allowed to dig a moat. In addition, set up 30 sentry posts. two…"

  Zhu Di was here, pondered for a moment, and said again: "Set up the Annanwei Thousand Household Office, with a capacity of 300 people, to act as his guards."

  The Marquis is not forming a guard.

   Only vassals and county kings have such qualifications.

  Yi Shiha couldn't help reminding: "I'm afraid all the officials will find out..."

  With an unquestionable expression on Zhu Di's face, he said: "This is my idea, whoever objects to it. Tell him to come to see me, and I will personally convince him."

  Yi Shiha didn't dare to say anything more, and said, "Yes."

Zhu Di sighed: "That fellow Deng Jian dared to lift the cover and come out. Zhang Anshi must have supported him. Zhang Anshi dared to solve such a big case because he was fighting to the death with those rebellious officials and thieves. Those rebellious officials and thieves, How could he be caught without a fight when his family and life were involved? At the beginning... there were still people who tried to assassinate me. If something happened to Zhang Anshi, who else would dare... to be the pioneer of the king?"

"This matter should be done as soon as possible. All the thousands of households and the three hundred households in Annanwei's thousand households, as well as the general banner, small banner, and school captains, etc., should all be decided by Zhang Anshi himself. If there is a candidate, report to us. Just come here."

  Yi Shiha said: "Observe the order."

  At the other end, Zhang Anshi returned to Qixia non-stop, and then impatiently sent people to find Chen Li and Zhu Jinlai immediately.

  Seeing Zhu Jin, he pulled him aside and explained.

  Zhu Jin said pleasantly: "Master Hou... we..."

  Zhang Anshi patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, now is not the time to be happy, go do it and work hard."

  Zhu Jin's eyes were shining brightly, and he said excitedly: "Young one, let's go and ask."

  When Zhu Jin left, Zhang Anshi told Chen Lidao: "You have to go to Ningbo Mansion yourself."

  Chen Li didn't ask too many questions, he just nodded and said: "Ningbo Mansion...Humble to go in person, it's just the capital side."

Zhang Anshi said: "Don't worry about the capital, you can deal with the Ningbo mansion. Also, going there may be dangerous, you have to be more careful, send more capable captains, and stay in the hotel on the way, and be more careful , Beware of someone poisoning you, even if you live in a station, don't be careless, this station may not be safe."

  Chen Lidao: "Humble to know."

   After explaining, seeing Chen Li leave quickly, Zhang Anshi put his hands behind his back, looking at the empty small hall, Zhang Anshi's expression was heavy, and he couldn't help muttering: "Ten days...Ten days..."

   There can be no clues for ten days. When the other party is fully prepared, it will be completely out of the control of Nei Qianhu.

   During these ten days, many people probably haven't reacted to Deng Jian's report and Zhang Anshi's sudden attack on the smuggling case.

  Even if he reacts, he is still in a state of shock.

   This is the best time. Once the time is over, you may have to face an opponent who has already been prepared.

  In the evening, Zhang Anshi was on duty, and when he returned to Zhang’s house in the inner city, he began to remove his armor out of breath.

  To be honest, it is quite heavy to wear a piece of armor under the unicorn suit now. Although Zhang Anshi's limit is to wear two pieces, he can still act as usual under the desire to survive.

  After meeting Zhang Anshi and coming back, Xu Jingyi greeted him in the middle hall early, and smiled softly: "Husband, some people from the palace came just now."

  Zhang Anshi said in surprise: "Ah...why don't I know?"

  Xu Jingyi smiled and said: "My husband is not a god, how can he know everything? They read out the decree, and the prospective husband built a mansion with the rites of the county king. Not only that, but also added Annanwei Thousand Households to protect the husband, the Marquis of Annan."

  Zhang Anshi was so shocked that he couldn't close his jaw: "What's wrong, what's wrong with your Majesty?"

  As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I immediately realized that something was wrong, and looked around vigilantly.

   Knowing this sudden news is more surprising than knowing that Zhu Di ran naked!

  The Marquis uses the county king ceremony, which can be said to have directly surpassed the etiquette regulations of Ming Dynasty. Even if Zhang Anshi is dead now, the standard that can be used is at most the Duke level.

  Xu Jingyi looked at Zhang Anshi's astonished reaction, and said: "Your Majesty said it himself, and also said that you are at work, so I won't disturb you. I just sent an order to come home. It's my concubine... to receive the order."

  No matter what the reason is, this is a good thing. Zhang Anshi was already rubbing his hands excitedly: "This is so embarrassing. In this way, our Zhang family has a guard for generations?"

  Xu Jingyi smiled and said: "There are more than three hundred mouths..."

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "Raising is not a problem, can't our Zhang family still afford it? The three hundred guards are not a problem. The problem is that this is a gift from His Majesty to me. I am a person who attaches great importance to affection. His Majesty loves me so much. It taught me to be happy in my heart."

  Xu Jingyi said, "Where do you plan to recruit these three hundred people?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Yes, this is troublesome. People can be stored in the model camp to practice, but where do the personnel come from? I am not familiar with the military."

  Xu Jingyi smiled and said, "My father is very familiar."

  (end of this chapter)