area51novel Chapter 196
Chapter 196
Chapter 196
Hear a kill word.
Liu Wenjun's third son, Liu Jin, peed his pants in fright.
He tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... This has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me! It's my father, it's all my father..."
He looked at Liu Wenjun, tremblingly said: "It's him...it's his fault...Your Majesty...he...he's not my father...not my father..."
At this moment, Liu Wenjun only felt a tingling pain in his heart.
Zhu Di stared at Liu Wenjun firmly, with a sneer on his lips.
Several big Han generals are ready to do it.
Liu Jin continued: "Your Majesty...what I said...what I said is true. It was my mother who told me that at the beginning...she had an affair with the accountant Zhou in the mansion, so she gave birth to me. My father... no, Liu Wenjun doesn't know, he has been kept in the dark...Your Majesty, look at me... I and Liu Wenjun...do you have half alike? My mother told me the truth when I was last year...I covet the Liu family Great career, great cause, dare not recognize ancestors and return to clan... But I am really not his son..."
"..."
The hall was extremely quiet.
Liu Wenjun originally wanted to cry and beg Zhu Di for mercy and spare the life of his last son, but now...he also fell silent.
Zhang Anshi: "..."
But that big Han general, who doesn't care so much, is about to raise his knife and chop him off.
With a thought in his mind, Zhu Di said in a deep voice, "Wait a minute."
Zhu Di stared at Liu Jin and said, "Is this serious? If you dare to deceive the emperor, you may not be able to survive or die."
Liu Jin hurriedly said: "As long as you ask about this matter, you will know. My biological father... is still in the house... As for Liu Wenjun, a bastard... Your Majesty, he really has nothing to do with Xiaomin. Please be aware of it."
Zhu Di looked at Liu Wenjun with a sneer, and said lightly: "Of course I won't implicate others. If it's not Liu Wenjun's descendants, I can naturally forgive you..."
As if struck by lightning, Liu Wenjun scratched his heart in distress, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay...it's really great."
At this moment, Liu Wenjun seemed to be going crazy, beating his chest and falling to his feet, he said: "I never expected that my family is so unfortunate that I would end up in such a situation, but Your Majesty... Your Majesty... this son... this son still needs to be killed."
Zhu Di said indifferently: "Do you dare to teach me?"
But Liu Wenjun said: "This Liu Jin...if he is really the biological father of that accountant...then...then...that accountant Zhou Cheng...although he was hired by the criminal minister as a accountant, but in fact, he is the criminal's father's father. son……"
"what……"
At this moment... everyone couldn't hold back anymore.
Liu Wenjun gritted his teeth and said: "My mother is like a fire. At the beginning, my father secretly raised a concubine and gave birth to this accountant Zhou Cheng. When my father was dying, he was afraid that Zhou Cheng would be left alone, so he whispered to the guilty minister. Teach the guilty minister to take care of him, but how dare the guilty minister take him into the mansion openly? So... so he was taught to change his name to Zhou Cheng, and let Zhou Cheng come to the mansion this week to be a free accountant. He is a accountant in name, but in fact he is The criminal's half-brother..."
Speaking of this, Liu Wenjun was so angry that he gritted his teeth to pieces: "The criminal minister never expected that Zhou Cheng, who killed a thousand swords, would hook up with his sister-in-law and give birth to this evil child. This Liu Jin, even if He is not the son of a minister, but... but he... is also considered a nephew of a minister, since His Majesty has said that if you want to destroy the crimes of the whole family, the son of the minister will be killed, but shouldn't the nephew of the minister be punished?"
Zhang Anshi, who was watching from the side, was about to lose his mind.
Subconsciously, he wanted to reach out to cover the ears of the people around him, but his hand was empty, and then he realized... It seems that Zhu Zhanji is not here today.
It's a pity that his good nephew Zhu Zhanji is not here. If Zhu Zhanji knows, he will be angry for several days.
Liu Jin's trembling voice came: "Nonsense...nonsense, you nonsense...this...how is it possible..."
"Your Majesty, everything the guilty minister said is true, and it can be verified that this scoundrel...he...he and his father are both of my Liu family's blood..."
Several big Han generals looked at Zhu Di.
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
At this time, he accepted Liu Wenjun's words.
So General Dahan ignored Liu Jin's plea and cut him down with a single blow.
Then I saw Liu Jin's body spraying out a cloud of blood mist, accompanied by unwilling wailing, and fell into a pool of blood.
Liu Wenjun seemed to be crazy, he grinned in a daze, and said with a smirk: "I never thought of it... I never thought of it..."
But Zhu Di looked at Liu Wenjun: "The decree goes on...the Liu family... don't let anyone stay."
"Yes."
Several big Han generals obeyed and dragged the corpse away.
After giving the order, Zhu Di stared at Liu Wenjun closely, and said in a cold voice, "Liu Wenjun, I'm here to ask you...how much money have you been greedy for me?"
Liu Wenjun collapsed on the ground tragically. In fact, at this moment, he knew that he had no chance of surviving.
What followed...was nothing more than being tortured again and again.
Liu Wenjun sighed and said: "Got it... I got 11 taels... The one that arrived... is the criminal minister's old house in Binzhou..."
Zhu Di was furious: "11? It seems that until now, you still think I'm a fool, don't you?"
Liu Wenjun prostrated himself on the ground, saluted with all five bodies on the ground, and said with tears: "It's really 11 taels... the accounts... are all clear and clear..."
At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly burst out laughing...
11 taels... what does this mean?
It means that there are countless treasures that are priceless, costing countless manpower and material resources, and treasures bought with the blood of countless people. As a result... 11 taels were secretly sold at a low price by a head of the household department.
Even if the person in front of him is greedy for millions of taels of silver, Zhu Di will recognize it, after all...money touches people's hearts.
Can……
Zhu Di raised his eyes, glanced at all the officials, and suddenly said in a meaningful tone: "I can be deceived by the price of the treasures outside, gentlemen...doesn't anyone know it? On weekdays...you don't use ivory less And rhino horn, did you use less spices?"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials panicked, lowered their heads one after another, and then bowed down in unanimous agreement: "The guilty minister will die."
But what Zhu Di obviously wanted to hear was not the so-called ten thousand deaths.
Instead, he realized that among the hundred officials, apart from the really stupid ones, they were just a group of people pretending to be stupid.
Many people know that there is something tricky about it, but those who know it don't say it, and there are even... some people are colluding, which reminds Zhu Di of the empty seal case.
In such an obvious fraud case as the empty printing case, I don’t know how many local parents and officials used it to embezzle money and food, and depleted the national treasury.
But how long has this situation lasted?
From Zhu Yuanzhang's enthronement to Hongwu's eight years, that is, for eight years, no one exposed it!From the Beijing officials to the local parents' officials, whether they benefited from it or not, all of them remained silent.
It wasn't until Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this situation and demanded that it be purged, but the civil and military officials in the court were all interceding for it. It was hard to reconcile the accounts back and forth, and if the accounts were not correct, it would cause a lot of trouble and so on.
These people speak plausibly, as if everyone is wronged, but they don't know...this account...is related to taxes, how much money your local government has collected from the people, and you can directly collude with the Ministry of Households to fill in nonsense , is this okay?
Isn't this tax as much as you say, and you can report as much loss as you want?
So, Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree.
But even now, there are still many people complaining for those involved in the empty printing case, thinking that the punishment was too harsh.
At the beginning... Even if it was more than eight years ago, someone brought up the matter of Shangzuo, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to formulate a suitable method of reconciliation for this matter, the fact may not anger Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the whole matter, everyone thought that many local officials were forced to do so, but they didn't know that what Zhu Yuanzhang resented was precisely that he had been on the throne for so many years. At the beginning, none of you said that it was troublesome to reconcile accounts. The system is nothing, and when Zhu Yuanzhang really found out, everyone pretended to be wronged!
It is conceivable how much Zhu Yuanzhang hated these people at that time.
Then again, for a ruthless person like Zhu Yuanzhang, it is a fool for someone to be the emperor one after another. Everyone tacitly joined hands to fool.
Although Zhu Di is also ruthless, after all, his rank is still far from Zhu Yuanzhang!
Don't fool you, can you live up to your black hat?
At this time, Zhu Di saw that no one responded, so he was trembling with anger, and said angrily: "Liu Wenjun is the best choice for the merit test of the official department. The household department also praised him full of praise. Wenyuan Pavilion also praised him. He is a gentleman. I called all the ministers here and asked them what they think of him, but no one criticized him!"
"Are you all blind and deaf? There are millions of taels of silver. He got 10,000+ taels of silver, so he dared to sell so many treasures for 10,000+ taels of silver. You usually keep your mouth shut. Is it the fat of the people and the anointing of the people? Isn’t it the suffering of the people? Isn’t it all about those boatmen and artisans who went to the West? Let me ask you, if you really have half a heart of compassion, why are you so silent about it? , you dogs!"
All the ministers kowtowed, and said: "The crime of ten thousand deaths."
Such words really made Zhu Di tremble, he laughed and said: "Okay, okay, what you said is good, the crime of ten thousand deaths, Xie Jin..."
Xie Jin trembled suddenly, before saying: "Chen... I am here..."
Zhu Di said: "Didn't you also say that he is a gentleman, back then... did you recommend this person?"
Xie Jin hurriedly said: "I have eyes but no eyes, I really deserve to die..."
Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "Is that all you can say?"
Zhu Di raised his eyes and looked deeply at Xie Jin.
Xie Jin was terrified, hesitantly said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di said: "A few days ago, you told me about the merits and demerits of sailing to the West, and when you thought of the soldiers and civilians who went to sea, you wept, saying that... so many strong and strong people died and injured along the way, you were heartbroken, this... Did you say that?"
Xie Jin bit the bullet and said: "The minister did indeed use the mouth of the sage to say: the country of a thousand chariots, respect things and believe, save money and love others, so that the people can be timely."
But I have to say that Xie Jin is worthy of being a talented man. He quoted scriptures and made up his own hands. The meaning of this sentence is: To govern a big country, one should be respectful, honest and not deceitful, save money, love the people, and requisition labor should not violate the farming season.
These words are obviously a tactful expression, His Majesty should save people's energy and stop doing those vain things. Such an emperor is a holy king.
Zhu Di said calmly: "It seems that Xie Qing's family loves the people like a child!"
Xie Jin tremblingly said: "I... I am a scholar. Is there any reason why I don't...don't love the people?"
Zhu Di said: "Then so many people, they died in the ocean, are you heartbroken?"
Xie Jin said: "It hurts...the pain is too painful to live..."
In fact, Xie Jin can only follow Zhu Di's words at the moment, and he dare not speculate on Zhu Di's thoughts at all.
But Zhu Di looked at him mockingly and said: "There are so many fathers, you are also a person who loves the people like a son without a child. You are in pain, and you deserve it. But... I don't think you are sad at all."
Xie Jin was shocked and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di looked at him coldly and said, "If you really lost your son, how could you be so calm? I see that you only have fear, only trepidation, why did you ever have any hatred?"
Xie Jin said: "Chen..."
Zhu Di turned his gaze at this time, but Chao Yishi said: "I see... Only when my son died, would I know the pain, just like this Liu Wenjun..."
Xie Jin's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he said quickly, "Your Majesty, please listen to me..."
Zhu Di interrupted him, and said flatly: "Xie Zhenliang, the son of Xie Jin, ordered to execute him!"
He said this lightly.
After hearing this, Xie Jin felt dizzy, as if his whole body's strength had been emptied all of a sudden.
All the officials were panicked, and all of them panicked.
But Zhu Di went on to say: "Look, Xie Qing's family looks like a dead son now. In my opinion, you and other ministers, it is because they have sons that they don't take the sons of the common people seriously. People's fat and people's anointment, as a tool for your fish and meat! It's better if you don't have a son, because if you don't have a son, don't you love the people like a son?"
"Take Liu Wenjun for me, go to the imperial prison, torture day and night, where my treasures have gone, give me a hundred and fifty, and tell me everything, and... If other people are involved, Jin Yiwei does not need to report, immediately arrest."
Xie Jin only felt dizzy, and muttered in his mouth: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
At this time, even Hu Guang was in a hurry.
He reconciled with Xie Jin...but his son and daughter's relatives had already appointed a baby relative, and Xie Jin's son, Xie Zhenliang, could be regarded as his future son-in-law.
So he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty... If someone commits a crime, he will kill the offender, but this matter has nothing to do with Xie Gong... How could Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di only glanced at Hu Guang, and then uttered a sentence: "Does Qing Hu have a son?"
After hearing this, Hu Guang's expression changed suddenly, and he quickly bowed down, not daring to speak again.
Zhu Di said: "Today's right and wrong, I leave it up to you to talk about it. It's nothing more than gossip. Today... don't find out the truth of this matter, don't take back my treasures, even if you lose a penny, you can wait one by one." Be careful with your head!"
After all, walk away.
He only walked halfway, under the horrified eyes of all the officials, he suddenly came back in a hurry, and shouted: "Zhang Anshi, why are you still standing there watching the excitement?"
"Ah..." Zhang Anshi paused suddenly, and then woke up like a dream. He suddenly realized that he seemed to be on Zhu Di's side, so he hurriedly looked down at Xie Jin and Hu Guang who were on the ground, and then followed Zhu Di in a hurry. Behind him, he walked away angrily.
"His mother, these beasts are not as good as pigs and dogs." Zhu Di cursed all the way.
"How dare they fool me, what do they think I am?"
Zhang Anshi comforted: "Your Majesty, how dare they fool Emperor Taizu Gao? Emperor Taizu Gao killed so many people, didn't he change it? Don't get angry, Your Majesty. Just think about Emperor Taizu Gao. Peace of mind."
This sentence is like adding fuel to the fire: "These people are all high-sounding, and they keep talking about eating the king's salary, being loyal to the king, doing meritorious service, making a statement, and ruling the country and the world. They are just a group of moths. Return to my treasure... I... I..."
He was so angry that he seemed to go into shock.
Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di worriedly, if he died of anger, whose fault would it be?
At that time, the hundred officials must have killed him. It was he who murdered His Majesty.
So Zhang Anshi hurriedly said again: "Your Majesty calm down, isn't it fortunate that you discovered this?"
"Those treasures, when the time comes, catch them back, you come to auction." Zhu Di said without hesitation: "This matter can no longer be left to these silverfish."
Zhang Anshi nodded, but thought in his heart, can he still chase him back?
Your Majesty is mainly too angry. If after knowing this, he secretly arranges and makes a surprise attack, the treasures may be able to return, but first, the massacre will be carried out. Those who are involved in this will be wiped out immediately. All traces of it.
I'm afraid it's too late.
It's just that Zhang Anshi didn't point out these things, he decided...the last batch of Qixia's treasures will be auctioned in a later time...it seems...the price will skyrocket.
"The minister will make arrangements first, and then let Neiqianhusuo..."
"Go, go, take them as a warning. Of course, I don't mean to hit you. I'm afraid that when you grow up, you will also learn their tricks. You were raised by the prince, and I, and The prince is of one mind, let me keep it firmly in mind, you know!"
Under Zhu Di's fierce tiger eyes, Zhang Anshi resentfully said: "Yes, remember."
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Zhu Di returned to Wulou, still furious.
"Your Majesty." Yi Shiha said, "Jin Yiwei has gone to Jie's house..."
Zhu Di said expressionlessly: "There is no need to report."
Yi Shiha said: "The servant girl knows."
This sentence is tantamount to thoroughly confirming the death penalty of Jin's son.
Of course Yishiha knew that this was a warning, not only to Xie Jin, but also to the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty.
Whether there is any fault, the emperor has the final say, whether to kill or not, it is also the emperor who has the final say.
As for killing someone's son, let people work.
This was also the norm in the early Ming Dynasty. When Emperor Hongwu was around, he often did this. For example, the famous Fang Xiaoru, whose father Fang Keqin was the prefect of Jining. was killed.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang let Fang Xiaoru work as usual, and they didn't feel any embarrassment at all between them.
This Xie Jin still needs to study books now, and he is also a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. He still has a lot of things at hand, and he can't do without.
Killing his son and letting him work obediently, His Majesty has made the best use of everything.
Your Majesty is indeed worthy of upholding the law of the ancestors. Compared with that Jianwen, I don't know how much filial piety he has.
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Zhang Anshi returned to Qixia anxiously.
Immediately, he summoned Chen Lilai, and said face to face: "Neiqianhusuo, put aside what you are doing for the time being, so that you can investigate the case of stealing and selling treasures. I'm afraid the Fusi of Beizhen has already been dispatched, so hurry up."
Chen Li was at a loss, but he didn't dare to say a word, so he said immediately: "Humble, let's arrange people."
Zhang Anshi called Zhu Jin again, and ordered: "The auction matter, after a few days, let's say... let's say... Xie Gong's son died. I, Zhang Anshi, are very sad. The auction house will be closed for seven days. At least I will wait for his son." After the first seven days, I will say."
"Ah, Duke Xie's son is dead?" Zhu Jin was very surprised, but then thought... what does this have to do with us?Lord Hou, we opened the door to do business, and his son died as soon as he died, and he had nothing to do with us.
Seeing that he was still standing there blankly, Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, "Hurry up!"
Zhu Jin still hesitated and said: "Will this reason seem perfunctory?"
"Idiot, you just have to be perfunctory, not only have to be perfunctory, but also pretend, we don't want to sell at all..."
"Ah..." Chen Li was surprised and said, "Master Hou, you mean...reluctant to sell? Could this be inappropriate? At the beginning...Master Hou, you...you can... because of the tung oil..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Tung oil is different. Tung oil is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. The price has risen to the sky, and the common people can't make a living? But our precious goods are sold to rich and noble families. Naturally, the more expensive the better. Don't care about the silver, what people value is the high price, if you are not expensive, he still thinks that he is not worthy of his own worth."
"Oh... got it." Zhu Jin cheered up, and Master Hou said something, and he said whatever he said.
On the contrary, Zhang Anshi sighed at this time, and said with emotion: "Sin, sin... I really can't see these things, call the fourth child, I want him to help to ask, Xie's family can't open it when the first seven is over. Let's start the banquet, no matter how you say it, if you are a minister of the same court, you should have a banquet, otherwise it would be impolite."
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Xie Jin was sitting upright in the public room in a daze at this time, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Hu Guang was also a little panicked, he was different from Yang Rong.
Yang Rong can stay out of the matter because Yang Rong reconciles with Xie Jin after all and does not have too many personal relationships.
But Hu Guang was the same age as him, fellow countryman, and in-laws, so he always couldn't bear to lose face and cut his robes to judge justice.
At that moment, in the public room, he said with a wry smile: "Jie Gong, don't worry, maybe when His Majesty calms down later, there will be a decree of kindness."
Xie Jin just sat, staring straight at the void. At this moment... He seemed to be speechless, as if he had taken time out.
"Then Liu Wenjun, it's really hateful. We were mistaken. Who would have thought that he is such a shameless person. Hey... this matter... I also feel strange..."
Xie Jin took a deep look at Hu Guang: "A minister makes a mistake and acts according to the law. Why is this... this..."
His lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.
Hu Guang said: "Hey, Mr. Xie, it's time to be careful."
Xie Jin said painfully: "I know Your Majesty, nine times out of ten, it's just to scare me, it's just... humiliating the minister like this... I really want to hang up the crown and leave, I don't want to serve anymore... I would rather go back to my hometown and teach The disciples should study and tell them that whatever they do is good, they should not be officials."
Hu Guang sighed, "Hey..."
Xie Jin said painfully: "Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, accompanying a tiger and a wolf... I... I..."
He continued sadly: "The present is not as good as the past, and the present is not as good as the past."
Hu Guang no longer knew how to exhort him.
But he couldn't help but said: "It's really not going to work, you might as well resign, or you can save it."
Seeing Jin's desire to retire, and thinking of Yang Rong's criticism of Xie Jin, he also seemed to feel that staying here with Xie Jin's temperament... sooner or later might lead to disaster.
But Xie Jin heard Hu Guang's words, but suddenly gave Hu Guang a vigilant look, and remained silent.
But now... Hu Guang seemed to realize something.
It seems that he has made a slip of the tongue. Xie Jin can say this kind of resignation, but he can't say it, because Xie Jin opened his mouth, which is called high-spirited, but when he comforted him, it became some crooked thoughts.
Xie Jin... It is impossible to retire. His obsession with power and position is definitely not what he said.
At this moment, a member of Zhongshu She came in quickly. The person looked down and said with a bleak expression, "Waiting...there is news from outside the palace..."
Xie Jin regained his energy, and said with a dignified look, "Say."
"Jin Yiwei took the driver's sticker, went to get to know the public, and arrested Young Master Ling... I heard...Young Master has been executed."
Xie Jin's spirit, which he had managed to bring up with great difficulty, seemed to be overwhelmed by these words. After a sudden shock, his body swayed.
He thought it was just a scare.
Thought there was still a decree.
But after hearing this sentence, it was like a bolt from the blue: "No, no...impossible...why...why..."
Then, a eunuch came.
The eunuch was expressionless.
Hu Guang got up: "My father-in-law is here, do you have an oral order?"
The eunuch said: "We are ordered by mouth to come here only to have a look. Your Majesty said: Let the slaves have a look. Xie Gong died of his son... Is it sad?"
Hu Guang: "..."
He looked at Xie Jin worriedly.
But he saw that Jin was frozen in place, as if his body was about to fail.
Suddenly, Xie Jin let out a mournful cry: "My son... my son..."
The eunuch remained expressionless, just standing aside, like a wooden stake.
Hu Guang's face was miserable, and he couldn't help but feel sad. He wanted to say something, but shook his head again.
Xie Jin wailed, shouted in his mouth, stood up involuntarily, beat his chest and stumbled, and said, "What's wrong with my son, what's wrong with my son, what did he do wrong?"
The eunuch was expressionless, still looking at Xie Jin coldly.
After being heartbroken, Xie Jin wiped away his tears, but his body was still shaking.
The eunuch said: "Your Majesty also asked, is Xie Gong in pain?"
Xie Jin actually bowed down at this time, and said tremblingly to the eunuch: "Return to Your Majesty, the pain... the pain is too painful to live."
The eunuch said: "I hope Mr. Xie can understand the heart of the parents of those who died in the sea, and take it as a warning."
Xie Jin prostrated himself on the ground, his body trembling non-stop.
He tried very hard to open his mouth, but the next words were really hard to come out.
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I caught a cold and went to the hospital for an injection, which delayed some time. Chapter 2 may be about 10 minutes late.
(End of this chapter)