Yuezhou Mansion, Yueyang Prince's Mansion.
Ever since he was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the imperial envoy, the palace has been plunged into gloom and gloom.
A whole hundred households, rotating day and night, stared at the palace.
The clan members in the mansion are even more worried all day long, for fear of being implicated.
Especially those clans that don't even have titles. They usually enjoy no benefits, have arrears of salary and silver, and have no guarantee of food and clothing. Now that they have to be implicated in such a thing, the feeling in their hearts is even more difficult to describe.
Today Zongzheng Wu Jinghe came to deal with the Yueyang Palace.
After summoning the officials of the royal palace and the direct lineage of the clan to the ancestral hall, they talked for two hours without knowing what the outcome would be.
The collateral clan members feel even more suffering.
Then I saw the Zhili who usually showed off their power, crying and struggling as they were dragged into the prison van. The people waiting there were even more frightened.
"Wu Ma! You know how to bully the weak like me! You have the ability to cause trouble for those princes and princes!"
"I don't accept it! I want to see His Majesty!"
Another clan member was dragged out of the clan hall. His face was frightened and he kept shouting. Obviously, the result was not good for him.
Zhu Yunhua looked around the crowd and pinched the hole in his clothes uneasily.
Naturally, he knew that person. He was a titled uncle, and he usually showed off his power.
Although I couldn't help feeling a little secretly happy, with this atmosphere, the entire palace might not be able to escape disaster, and they were not in the mood to rejoice in the misfortune.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the priest walking out of the ancestral hall, tapping a few people, and said, "The angel lets you in."
Zhu Yunhua was clearly the person being pointed out.
He was slightly startled when he saw several eyes falling on him. He quickly suppressed his uneasiness, lowered his head and followed them.
When he walked into the ancestral hall, he saw Wu Jinghe sitting in the main seat and eunuch-looking people standing on the left and right.
Because a group of people had already been dealt with, there were only a few Fengguo lieutenants and Xiangjun left in the ancestral hall.
But to his surprise, these people's faces did not look awkward, but looked as if they had been granted amnesty.
This is the aftermath of a disaster?
Zhu Yunhua felt happy in his heart. If this was really the case, then there would be no reason for them to pursue the case for those clans that had not yet entered the mainstream.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Wu Jing and the eunuch beside him step forward and said: "Zhu Yingyan raised bandits, attacked county offices, killed imperial envoys, and conspired to rebel. His crime will not be pardoned!"
"The imperial envoy has the imperial mandate, and he acted expeditiously. He should have implicated everyone in the palace according to law!"
Sun Long's voice was fierce and he scolded everyone. All the lieutenants and village princes who had not been granted the clan title and were officials knelt down and confessed their sins.
Zhu Yunhua also followed the crowd and knelt down.
He had a look of fear on his face, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Now that we've reached this point, it's time for a turning point.
As expected, Sun Long changed the topic and continued: "But I will accompany His Majesty to bathe in virtue and observe Yi's conduct."
"Understand His Majesty's way of loyalty and forgiveness, and if anything happens, you should not dare to involve yourself in it."
"Today, for the crime of treason in the Yueyang Palace, only the first culprit will be punished, and the rest will be spared death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone bowed down one after another: "Your Majesty is kind and virtuous, and the angel is noble!"
Sun Long nodded with satisfaction.
He glanced at Wu Jinghe implicitly, raised his head again, and said condescendingly: "Of course, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided."
"Everyone in the Yueyang Prince's palace who responded to the title of the clan will be deprived of it!"
"The farms, tea gardens, and shops were all returned to the inner court."
After saying that, he retreated to Wu Jinghe, apparently finished.
The clan members in the hall did not dare to say anything except thanking you.
Zhu Yunhua lowered his head, stared at his ragged clothes, and then secretly looked around.
He lowered his voice very low and asked boldly: "Angel, do you want to stop Lu Yin's hair?"
It's not that he doesn't want his life to show off at this time.
But Luyin is really about life!
There are thousands of rules in the clan, such as the prohibition on following the four professions, the prohibition on leaving the city walls, etc.
But often the higher-ups turn a blind eye, but when it comes to the untitled lower-level clans, they are strictly enforced.
Selective law enforcement is best reflected in them.
In other words, Zhu Yunhua has no other income except the salary and silver that are always in arrears.
If Lu Yin stops...what's the difference between letting him die?
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to him.
That Zong Zheng also paid attention to him.
There was silence for a while.
Wu Jinghe finally said: "The distribution of salary and silver will also be stopped."
Zhu Yunhua's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.
If so, isn't the emperor just letting people wait for death?
What else is there to say about benevolence!?
It's a pity that it's too far to the north - these days, there are quite a few low-level clans who can't afford food and join the Tatars.
Zhu Yunhua was just thinking when he heard Zong Zheng's tone suddenly rise: "But..."
"His Majesty Delong is kind, but he has other arrangements."
Wu Jinghe glanced at the untitled clansmen of all generations who had just been called in, and slowly said: "You can start your own business to make a living."
As soon as the words fell.
There was an uproar in the clan hall!
All the clan members looked at each other and hesitated to speak.
They all looked at Wu Jinghe, trying to tell whether he was joking or not.
Lieutenant Fengguo, who had just pretended to be dead and dared not speak, said in shock: "Your Majesty wants to release the ban on clan business!?"
Zhu Yunhua was also stunned and speechless.
No wonder they were so surprised.
The clan's prohibition on the conduct of the four people was a stricter prohibition than the other prohibitions on leaving the city and the prohibition on killing the people!
This dynasty is not like the previous dynasty. In the former Tang Dynasty, when Xuan Ma paid homage to the prime minister and left the town, the clan could only live in a dream!
Scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants must not be contaminated.
Although business is not as strictly regulated as the first three, few clans dare to touch it.
Previously, some members of the clan were unable to bring the matter to light and wanted to set up a stall to sell shoes, but were not allowed to do so. The emperor expressed his sympathy and ordered the place to be strictly monitored.
The uneasy and well-meaning officials of the Ministry of Rites would even say something sinister: "I want to imitate Uncle Liu. Do you think the Ming Dynasty is about to die?"
Even the county and township princes learned how to work as female workers, and if they wanted to sell their weaving and embroidery, they could only covertly ask people in the government to do so.
Each vassal made several appeals, but they could not pass the test of the Ministry of Rites. The saying "the laws of the ancestors are immutable" is already familiar to even a three-year-old child.
Under such circumstances, the emperor said that he would open up the trade ban!?
Their old Zhu family still has such a good saint!?
Zhu Yunhua couldn't believe it.
Wu Jinghe glanced at everyone's performance, nodded slowly, and once again confirmed what he just said.
However, he added: "But... you can only engage in business!"
The clan members of the Yueyang Palace looked at each other in shock.
Zhu Yunhua was impatient and asked quickly: "Zong Zheng, what is industry?"
Wu Jinghe recalled the emperor's instructions and patiently explained: "Cotton processing, silk weaving, ready-made clothes, rice milling, oil extraction, paper, printing, straw weaving, bricks and lime, etc., any physical output is counted.
Industry.”
"As for pawnshops, banks, salt sales, and water transportation, you are not allowed to get involved."
"Specifically, Eunuch Sun will have a detailed name and give it to you."
Many people showed joy.
They didn't care about the impact of this matter, or who objected, or who impeached them. Anyway, they could finally make shoes and sell shoes!
There are also people with sad faces.
After all, not everyone has a craftsmanship.
Zhu Yunhua, on the other hand, looked a little further and couldn't help but ask: "Zong Zheng, can you just do it by yourself, or can you set up a workshop and work together?"
Wu Jinghe glanced at this junior in surprise, he was quite talented.
He almost thought he was asking these questions.
He finally showed a smile: "Of course it's okay."
"In addition, there is..."
Wu Jinghe looked around at the crowd, then looked at Sun Long, nodding to signal him to speak.
Sun Long quickly stepped out of the queue and took over the conversation: "As the Prince Consort said, you still have two choices."
"The palace property of the royal family was taken back to the inner court, and it was not meant to be sold off or left to lie desolate."
"After the inner court takes over, it will also take it from the palace and use it for the palace - to establish the palace trading house and set up some industries."
"You can either be employed by a merchant company, receive some assignments, and receive a share of salary and silver."
"Alternatively, the government will support you in the early stage and let you go out and work hard on your own. You will be responsible for all losses and hand over 30% of the profits."
As soon as the words fell, all the members of the untitled clan immediately kowtowed again: "Your Majesty's Holy Virtue! Your Majesty's Holy Virtue!"
We all belong to the Zhu family, who doesn’t want to be born a master?
No matter how bad it is, being a dandy is enough.
Nowadays, I have no clothes to cover my body and no food to eat. I was still lamenting last winter that the fox fur was not warm and the brocade quilt was thin. Summer has just entered a few days ago, and the house leaks and it rains all night.
In this situation, it is a great blessing to have the hope of eating and waiting to die.
What's more, it's at the juncture of a major treason case!
It turned out that they took back the royal family's property, punished the direct clan members, and finally the favor fell on them!
Zhu Yingyan died well!
In the past, it was these Zhili people who showed off their power and took over all the benefits of the palace without even sharing a morsel of soup.
Now that it's under the emperor's control, I can finally get a taste of it.
After all, everyone is treated equally, right?
Several titled clan members slowly stepped forward and quickly bowed down.
I don't know what I feel in my heart.
Zhu Yunhua buried his head in thought, wouldn't this palace become a royal business?
But... no wonder these imperial envoys are looking for trouble in all the royal palaces.
Otherwise, how can we justifiably confiscate the royal family's property and bribe the lower-level clans like them?
Only by keeping those direct clan members in line can the major royal palaces be transformed into imperial trading houses!
What a holy king!
Zhu Yunhua thought silently, in this case, if he went out to work alone, would he be considered a shopkeeper?
He should be able to earn a lot... He hasn't changed into new clothes for a long time.
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Some people play the good role, and naturally some people will play the bad role.
Whether it is taking the royal family's property back to the emperor or showing favor to the lower-level clans, the princes and princes above must be obedient.
Unfortunately, King Dongan is not an obedient character.
After all, Zhu Xianzhen was a county king. After he was led to the governor's office, no one deliberately made things difficult for him. He was only taken to a clean and bright side hall.
He had perfected his Qi-nurturing skills, but the old god was sitting on the chair, receiving both overt and covert glances.
It wasn't until Hai Rui walked in from outside with the file that Zhu Xianzhen slowly opened his eyes.
The latter was calm and composed: "The angel called me personally, and without saying a word, I followed Yushi Hai to the governor's office, but I haven't asked the angel yet, what on earth did I commit?"
If they themselves have done their job cleanly, these imperial envoys can at most just catch the wind and make a fuss.
There's nothing to rush.
Furthermore...
When something happened in Prince Jing's Mansion, he didn't believe that these imperial envoys would dare to humiliate them, the princes, so unscrupulously.
Aren't you afraid of stirring up shock in the world?
Hai Rui sat opposite Zhu Xianzhen, opened the file, turned around, and placed it in front of Zhu Xianzhen.
Zi Guzi said: "In the previous search for merchants, smugglers, soldiers and barbarians, the Chu vassal was also involved. Does King Dong'an know about it?"
The interrogation naturally starts from where there is evidence and slowly deals with the other party.
Zhu Xianzhen was stunned for a moment. He thought he was going to confront his nephew immediately, but he didn't expect to talk about it.
He paused for a moment before shaking his head: "I don't know everything about the Chu vassal, more than ten royal palaces, and thousands of clans."
Hai Rui thoughtfully turned the file to a page and pointed at it: "Dongan Prince's Palace is also involved."
"Zhu Yingsui, the concubine of King Dong'an, personally handled this matter."
Zhu Xianzhen suddenly laughed and said: "Then Yushi Hai should ask Zhu Yingsui to come. How did you summon me?"
Hai Rui nodded: "I just summoned him to the governor's office, and I'm coming from his place."
Zhu Xianzhen hesitated.
He turned his head away in silence.
Hai Rui ignored what he just said and spoke again: "Last year, when the lake was flooded and the court was providing disaster relief, the Yueyang Palace approached Sun Yizheng, the chief envoy at that time, and asked him to exchange the silver coins for copper coins."
As he spoke, he took out a copper coin from his sleeve.
In terms of shape, it is privately cast at a glance.
Hai Rui pushed it over: "After I came to Huguang, I inquired about this matter. These privately minted copper coins, owned by the farm under the name of King Dong'an, are all circulating with the people. This type of copper coins is exactly the same as what Sun Yizheng exchanged for silver coins.
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Zhu Xianzhen frowned: "I didn't expect that under my rule, I would also suffer from illicit casting. I will definitely investigate thoroughly when I return!"
Hai Rui looked at Prince Dong'an seriously, shook his head and said, "Some witnesses said that these copper coins were leaked from Prince Dong'an's palace and were used for exchange by the people designated by the palace."
Zhu Xianzhen was silent for a while again and sighed: "The servants can't control it!"
Hai Rui suddenly interrupted him in a cold voice: "Then when Zhang Chucheng went to the palace to give orders to King Dong'an, it was a servant's business!?"
He leaned forward, looked at Zhu Xianzhen, and said word by word: "King Dong'an stole mines, minted coins privately, smelted soldiers and armor, and connected the inner and outer barbarians."
"After being ordered by Zhang Chucheng, I was afraid that he would go to the imperial court and ruin your position as vassal lord, so I sent the Yueyang Palace to collude with the clan officials who Zhang Chucheng had offended this time to kill the imperial envoy!"
"After the incident, he was so frightened that King Dong'an assassinated Zhu Yingyan, flouting the law and resisting the investigation!"
The words were spoken in a stern tone, as if they were seen with one's own eyes.
Zhu Xianzhen suddenly slapped the table!
Huo Ran stood up and said, "Hai Rui! I am giving the imperial envoy face, and I am paying respect to His Majesty behind you! I am not asking you to pretend to be powerful here!"
"The imperial court is not some low-level gang. You must rely on evidence and abide by the law!"
"I don't have time to listen to your stories! If there is nothing else, I will go back."
When he was about to turn around and leave, the guards at the door immediately stepped forward and stopped him.
Zhu Xianzhen turned around and looked at Hai Rui: "Why, do you want to put me in prison?"
Hai Rui also stood up and lowered his tone: "What I just said was just one of my speculations. It's wrong. I just want King Dong'an to correct me. Why are you so excited?"
Zhu Xianzhen also suddenly laughed and said, as if the unhappiness just now was all fake: "Yu Shi Hai had already said so, and thought that the king had been convicted."
The two briefly exchanged a few moves without revealing any details.
The two people behind the screen were amazed by what they saw.
Feng Shiyu looked at Li Zaiting beside him and said curiously: "Just like this, I'm afraid I can't keep the King of Dong'an, right?"
Li Zaiting couldn't take his eyes away and replied casually: "I don't expect to be able to deal with him now."
"It's just that whether it's to search for ore thieves in Daye County or to isolate his influence in Chu Fan, we have to invite him to be a guest here for a few days."
Feng Shiyu nodded.
Some people sighed: "This King of Dong'an is really confident. I don't know where he got his support."
Logically speaking, if the imperial envoy was found out, even if he did not do it himself, he would inevitably feel panicked.
Not to mention responding so calmly.
It was especially surprising to see Shi Shiran, the king of Dong'an, sitting down.
The two people in the hall tried it out and sat down again.
The atmosphere was completely different.
Hai Rui looked at Zhu Xianzhen and put the file aside: "Just now King Dong'an said that it is difficult to manage the servants. It seems that the Chu vassal is busy with affairs and has made King Dong'an tired."
Zhu Xianzhen nodded frequently as if he were a close friend: "There is no way, the King of Chu died young at the age of thirty-one. As an uncle, if I don't support him, how will he think of me?"
Hai Ruiyi pointed out: "That being said, King Dong'an may not be able to escape the blame for this oversight."
Zhu Xianzhen said matter-of-factly: "I will report to Your Majesty that I will cut my salary and fine me silver."
Hai Rui shook his head: "Your Majesty gave me the power to act expediently, so I won't wait for two months for this transaction."
"Since King Dong'an is not able to control the Chu vassal affairs well, we should leave it to King Wugang to take charge."
Zhu Xianzhen paused and finally put away his amiable expression.
He said coldly with an ugly expression: "Angel, the one who created the figurines, has no descendants?"
The person who was the first to invent figurines for burial would probably not have a good end.
Hai Rui did not answer and stood up to end the conversation.
When he left the room and changed the door, he couldn't help but frowned.
The reaction of King Dong'an was very different from what he expected.
What exactly is there to rely on?
I haven’t been so busy since the 24th. It’s been a very tiring period of time. Thank you all for your support.
Chapter completed!