Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1671 Rising to the top

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

   "Is there any law for fighting in the palace? This matter must be investigated to the end, and the factory guards cannot take it lightly."

   After Xiao Jing listened, he said submissively: "Yes, yes, the servant obeys the order."

  Empress Zhang also frowned slightly on the side and said: "That's right, it's nothing more than a fight, but actually beat up the captain-in-law. There is no precedent for this in any dynasty or generation."

  Emperor Hongzhi twitched his face. He wanted to explain. According to his understanding of this matter, Jiang Bin might have been beaten. But after thinking about it, he fell silent again. He just said, "Hurry up and investigate thoroughly."

Xiao Jing nodded and was about to leave when suddenly, Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty...the Ministry of War passed a note saying that Weizhou Weiyuan came. The soldiers heard that His Majesty was called into the capital, and all of them are gearing up. They only hope that they can be in front of His Majesty. Show off your skills, Your Majesty... the Ministry of War means, in order to boost morale, you might as well... conduct a review of the Weizhou Guard."

  Emperor Hongzhi listened, nodded and nodded: "I also want to see the rumored Weizhou Guard. If that's the case, let the Ministry of War arrange it."

  ...

  Fang Jifan left the palace, returned to Xishan, and summoned Su Yuelai.

  I was sweating profusely just now, and my hands and neck were a little swollen and painful. Let Su Yue take a look.

  Su Yue carefully applied medicine and bandaged the master.

  Fang Jifan said conveniently: "In your Xishan Medical College, there is someone named Liu Ai?"

   Liu Ai...

  Su Yue was stunned for a long time, and finally said: "Master, there is a man named Wang Ai."

  Fang Jifan said conveniently: "I'm talking about him, how about this person?"

"This person..." Su Yue frowned: "He has a weird temper. He has always insisted that diet is the best medicine, which runs counter to the philosophy of our Xishan Medical College. Many people don't want to talk to him, saying that he is just talking to the public. , he met people and said, do you know how to raise pigs? Recently, raising pigs is the most popular, so he will not be an official and go to raise pigs. The most important thing in raising pigs is to let the pigs eat and drink. Also, if you understand the diet, you can know where the nutrition you need comes from. Everyone can accept the principle of raising pigs, but why can’t everyone accept the principle of raising people? He always says that this is also medicine..."

  Fang Jifan couldn't help laughing and said: "This person is really talented."

  Su Yue sounded a little puzzled, so it's better to ask her master.

   Just as he was talking, Wang Jinyuan rushed over anxiously.

   "Master, I found it."

  Fang Jifan cheered up: "What did you find?"

  Wang Jinyuan said: "A month ago, when the Ministry of War mentioned the Weizhou Guard, the villain was ordered by the young master to investigate the situation of the Weizhou Guard. Now... Finally, we have a clue."

  Su Yue on the side was savvy, afraid that she would not sound suitable here, so she got up immediately: "Master, the student is leaving."

  Fang Jifan pressed his hands: "It's not bad for you to come and listen. Anyway, you are in this medical school every day. After staying for a long time, you will inevitably be ignorant."

  Su Yue couldn't help crying with gratitude.

  Master has absolute trust in himself.

Wang Jinyuan said: "It is said that this Weizhou Guard can support himself only by relying on some fields. As the young master said, horses have no night grass and are not fat. However, his wealth is quite a lot, especially that Jiang Bin, his brother, actually bought several mansions in Beijing, and paid them all in one lump sum, without borrowing money from the bank. After the bank found out their accounts , felt even more strange, so... they sent a large number of people to investigate and unannounced around Weizhou, and the Statistics Department also mobilized people to help... Only then did they find out that they were pretending to be horse thieves in Weizhou Wei and robbed merchants. A month ago, there was a merchant who disappeared in Weizhou with goods for no reason. The government had checked, but in the end it was nothing. After that, the merchant’s goods appeared on the market. This matter... has something to do with Weizhou Wei."

   "Not only that, this Weizhou Guard has also been involved in many things, such as blackmailing merchants, murdering and extorting goods, and...colluding with private salt dealers..."

  Fang Jifan became more serious the more he listened.

In fact, until now in the Ming Dynasty, military households are a big problem. If the court doesn’t pay them, everyone can’t live on. Military discipline is corrupt, selling private salt, killing people and extorting goods. Many of them are related to the government and the army. The passage of bandits is like a comb, and the passage of soldiers is like a grate. That is to say, when the bandits came to plunder, they combed it like a comb and plundered all the property in the house, but the gap between the teeth of the comb is large, and there are still gaps. The teeth of the grate are very thin, which means that the soldiers came to plunder, and they searched clearly, with plenty of time, and searched carefully. The plunder is more hated than the bandit, unlike the bandit, who at least is afraid of the government coming over and has to plunder and leave in a hurry.

  Soldiers of this era and soldiers of later generations are two different concepts.

  Actually, Fang Jifan knew that there was a problem with Weizhou Wei before he even checked Weizhou Wei, but... he didn't expect it to be so bad!

  Can this dog thing continue to live a good life?

  Fang Jifan said solemnly: "Have you found all the evidence?"

   "Searching, please rest assured, young master, as long as a month, as little as half a month, I will definitely give the young master an explanation."

  Fang Jifan nodded, and said coldly: "Jiang Bin... dares to provoke us, Fang Jifan, he is really a reckless person! If Fang Jifan doesn't deal with him, how can we gain a foothold in Daming in the future?"

   "Give me a detailed investigation, and there must be real evidence in the investigation, so that no one will say... Fang Jifan framed me."

   "Yes." Wang Jinyuan cheered up.

Here in Xishan, although there is no such institution as factory guard, through the commercial network, it has already extended its tentacles into all walks of life, and even... relying on Xishan Bank, you can probably find out a person's property clearly. At the beginning of the audit, as long as there are discrepancies in the accounts, it is basically safe.

   But now, at the critical moment when the standing army is established, if the evidence of the crime is not detailed enough, it is inevitable that people will say that Fang Jifan is suspected of being framed.

  ...

  Jiang Bin limped back to the camp.

  There was an army coming to meet him long ago, Jiang Bin spat out **** phlegm in his mouth, and the commander made his colleague Yang Yong say: "Commander, this is..."

  In Jiang Bin's eyes, there was a hint of viciousness.

  People like him, desperate to climb up, aggressive and aggressive, are not kind.

  He stroked his military uniform and said, "I was bitten by a dog."

  I thought the conductor was going to see him, and the future was limitless, but who knew...he came back with many scars. Yang Yong was beating his heart and showing hesitation.

   "Why, do you have something to say?"

"this…"

   "Speak."

   "Just now, news came from Weizhou, saying that...someone was investigating in Weizhou several months ago, the matter of the porcelain dealer is not only that...it seems..."

  Jiang Bin's face changed: "Isn't this case settled?"

   "This...commander, if something happens, I'm afraid..."

  The muscles on Jiang Bin's cheeks trembled, and his body couldn't help trembling: "It's the Duke of Qi. This time, he finally got the appreciation, but who would have thought that he would become a thorn in the side of Duke Qi, a thorn in his flesh..."

"The Duke of Qi..." Yang Yong looked at Jiang Bin tremblingly with a look of horror on his face: "The Duke of Qi is not easy to provoke. If you provoke him, will we survive? If we had known this, we would have I won't come to the capital anymore, now... what should I do?"

Jiang Bin's face was cold: "Hmph, wealth and wealth are sought in danger. In Weizhou, there will be no bright future in your life. Brothers want to eat delicious food and spicy food. If you don't come to the capital, what will you eat? This time we come to Beijing, we Weizhou Wei, They are the chess pieces of the princes in the temple, which are at the mercy of others, but are we willing to be chess pieces? It’s just that we never imagined that... the Duke of Qi... actually found us, can we pass the investigation? This investigation, you and I are ten A human head is not enough to cut off."

  Yang Yong was so frightened that his feet became weak and he almost couldn't stand up.

  But at this time, some soldiers came in a hurry: "Report to the commander, Your Majesty has an order to order the Ministry of War to choose an auspicious day and review the Weizhou Guard. When the time comes, His Majesty will come to watch the ceremony in person. Please make preparations early."

  Jiang Bin sat still and took a sip of tea.

  He knew that he was in a very dangerous situation. If something went wrong, he might be doomed, or he might fly into the sky. Since then, he has been on the rise.

   There is no fear in his heart, but a wave of ambition, growing from his heart.

Jiang Bin waved the soldier back, and took a deep look at Yang Yong: "Now that things have come to an end, we have to be prepared. If... the Duke of Qi... doesn't find anything, let's review the soldiers and horses. If we can be loved by the emperor, when the time comes , you and I, brother, have a fortune. But if..."

Murderous intent flashed across his eyes, and thinking of Fang Jifan's fists and kicks to him just now, he suddenly lowered his voice: "If it really forces the brothers to have no way out, hey...we are used to licking blood with knives, and merchants can kill you." , and the year before last, a passing inspector was also killed, and he also sold illicit salt with a dealer. It is good for the heavenly king to give us wealth and honor, but if he can't, then simply...do nothing..."

He lowered his voice: "On the day of the review, all you need to do is give an order, and the brothers will start. Once the holy car arrives, the prince, grandson, Qi Guogong, and the six ministers of the cabinet will all come... At that time... it's not what we want How, how?"

  Yang Yong slumped down and sat down, paralyzed with fright: "Commander...this...how can this be..."

Jiang Bin was expressionless, with hatred flashing across his face: "When you distributed the gold and silver from the salt dealers, why didn't you say such a thing? When you **** those wealthy households and merchants and gouged out their hearts, you Why didn't you say something like this? When you burned, killed and looted in that remote Chenjiazhuang, you were at the forefront, why, so there are things in this world that you, Yang Yong, dare not do?"

  Yang Yong was flustered.

  He looked at Jiang Bin.

  When Jiang Bin said this, it seemed to be an understatement.

  He felt that there seemed to be some extremely dangerous aura in Jiang Bin's body, but he didn't know what kind of variables this aura would bring to his own destiny.

  (end of this chapter)