The screams disappeared, and only special syllables sounded rhythmically. The three magistrates were obviously desperate and died, but the execution eunuchs did their duty and were still executing the executions meticulously.
The snow is getting heavier.
The small snowflakes turned into heavy snow at some point, and even the wings of the officials' black gauze hats were dyed white.
This situation, this Chinese New Year, is really...fucked.
——The voices of the ministers.
"Puff, puff, puff...!"
A quarter of an hour later, the imperial staff finally ended, and the officials let out a long sigh of relief.
The heavy snow was still falling, and soon half of the three people were 'buried'. The eye-catching scarlet color turned into dark red, and the bloody scene faded away.
Zhu Di was not interested and raised his hand to wave.
"Pull it down." Xiao Linzi ordered in a sharp voice.
The executioner's eunuch bowed as he should, and carried the three of them out of sight like a dead dog.
The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the faces of the ministers are ugly, and their hearts are full of anger and fear.
Zhu Di changed into a more comfortable position and said lazily: "You can indulge in thieves and bandits to cause harm to the people, and their intentions are punishable. Do you think this is true?"
After a moment of silence, the ministers cupped their hands and replied: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Yes." Zhu Di glanced at the officials standing on one side, "This investigation is sponsored by Dongchang. You will supervise and coordinate the investigation. Let us share the results."
Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Hanlin Academy... Whoever Zhu Di saw immediately lowered his head. I don't know if he was frightened by the scene just now, or because he was not afraid of offending others and did not dare to take the lead, or it could be said that it was both.
Zhu Di's eyes finally stayed on Yu Qian, "Is there any progress?"
"Yes." Yu Qian's voice was clear and clear, penetrating through the wind and snow and going straight into people's hearts.
Some people's calves were shaking even more violently.
Zhu Di's face was slightly gentle: "Say."
"According to investigations, most of the smuggled porcelain from Fujian and Fujian comes from Xingan, Jiangxi. The source is a man named Jin Yuanbao."
"This name... is really pleasing." Zhu Di nodded, "Continue."
"Jin Yuanbao makes a large amount of porcelain and sells it all over Fujian. More than half of it flows into Jian'an County." Yu Qian continued, "The biggest buyer in Jian'an is a man named Yang Dahai."
"Gold ingots, Yang Dahai, fishing for gold ingots from the sea..." Zhu Di joked, "It's a bit interesting."
After Zhu Di finished his wise words, Yu Qian continued:
"Most of the porcelain made by Jin Yuanbao was sold to Yang Dahai. Yang Dahai sold it at a low price and did not even make any money. Weichen checked and found that the buyers of these porcelain are all old, weak, women and children."
After a pause, "Weichen was very confused and continued to investigate secretly. He found that after the old and young people bought the porcelain, they would soon be robbed by thieves. However, the thieves were 'kind-hearted' and did not embarrass these old and young people.
Instead, a sum of money will be left behind;
It was later verified that these thieves robbed their own homes, and all the porcelain they robbed was sold overseas, with 70% sold to Japan and 30% to North Korea.
Wei Chen asked Eunuch Lin for a few Dongchang soldiers and captured a lone bandit;
After interrogation, we learned that their boss only received 30% of the money earned from selling porcelain, and 70% of the profits had to be handed over."
"Where to hand it over?"
"A boss named Yang." Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, "According to the bandit, that boss Yang has someone in the capital."
"who?"
"Grand Master of the Cabinet!"
"From the cabinet?" Zhu Di glanced at the elder, then looked at the ministers, "That...the cabinet surnamed Yang, come out."
After a while, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong left their duties and then walked towards the imperial court.
"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor...!"
"Yes." Zhu Di nodded, but did not mention the flat body, and turned to look at Yu Qian, "Have you finished?"
"Not yet." Yu Qian said bluntly.
"Then you continue."
"Weichen targeted Yang Dahai, and sure enough, he is the boss Yang. According to his account, the person who sold him the porcelain gold ingot was also a cabinet bachelor."
"The cabinet is really promising." Zhu Di praised, "It is indeed a cabinet. That...the cabinet member named Jin comes out."
Jin Youzi came to the imperial court and bowed down to salute.
Zhu Di didn't seem to hear it and asked Yu Qian, "Is there anything else?"
"In the palace, Wei Chen only found so many." Yu Qian cupped his hands and said, "There are also real thieves and Japanese pirates. I have compiled them into a book."
Yu Qian took out the memorial from his sleeve and presented it with both hands. Xiao Linzi stepped forward to take it and forwarded it to Zhu Di.
"Well, you did a good job." Zhu Di took a general look, put away the memorial, and then looked at the three of them, "Does Yang Qing know Yang Dahai?"
Yang Shiqi raised his head and cupped his hands, "I don't know you."
"Where is this Yang Qing?" Zhu Di asked Yang Rong.
Yang Rong's face turned pale, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged..."
"Don't rush to complain, tell the story first."
"Yes," Yang Rong swallowed and said with difficulty, "Yang Dahai is Wei Chen's cousin, and he does run the porcelain business. As for whether he is involved in smuggling, Wei Chen... I really don't know!"
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Yang Qing, get up and go back."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Rong was overjoyed and nodded quickly.
Just as he was about to stand up, Zhu Di said, "I'm talking about another Yang Qing."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Shiqi kowtowed, looked at Yang Rong sympathetically, and turned back to class.
Zhu Di ignored Yang Rong and turned to Jin Youzi, "Does Jin Qing know Jin Yuanbao?"
"Back to the emperor, my cousin." Jin Youzi replied. Compared to Yang Rong, he was much calmer.
After all, selling porcelain in Ming Dynasty does not break the law!
Zhu Di nodded and said nothing further, leaving the two of them there, "Yu Qian, you go back to class first."
"I obey." Yu Qian cupped his hands and turned back to his class.
Zhu Di's eyes swept over the faces of Dali Temple, Hanlin Academy, Du Cha Yuan and others, and finally wrapped himself in a big cloak, "Who says it first?"
Jinyiwei Qianhu was the first to speak: "I will report to the emperor, and I will also gain something."
"explain."
…
More than half an hour later.
The minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate... more than ten officials knelt down in front of the emperor one after another.
It is evident that a small bandit smuggling case implicated so many officials at once.
Zhu Di didn't deal with it, just left them to dry in the snow, and started the annual summary.
~
The next process was the same as in previous years. The ministers paid New Year greetings to the emperor, and the emperor sent red envelopes to the ministers, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
However, the dozen or so people in front of the emperor could not afford to kneel down, and their joy was somewhat nondescript.
Li Qing waited for so long and only received a twenty-tael red envelope. He complained that he was losing money. After taking the money, he wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Zhanji.
"Uncle Qing, Grandpa Huang asked you to go to the Imperial Study Room first." Zhu Zhanji whispered.
"All right."
——
Royal study room.
Zhu Zhanji waved the young eunuch away and asked, "Uncle Qing, how do you think Grandpa Huang will deal with those officials this time?"
"I don't know, it depends on his mood." Li Qing picked up the tea cup, blew on the tea leaves floating on it, and took a sip, "It tastes really good. Give me two pounds later."
"That's easy to say." Zhu Zhanji readily agreed, "You should analyze the current situation first."
"What's there to analyze about this?" Li Qing blew gently, admiring the tea leaves spinning in the cup, "If you want to kill, just kill. If you don't, there's nothing wrong with it."
"What do you mean?"
"Literally."
"..." Zhu Zhanji said helplessly, "Then do you think Grandpa Huang will kill him?"
Li Qing asked back: "Then why do you think your grandpa Huang asked me to come here?"
Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, "You mean... Grandpa Huang is not going to kill him?"
Li Qing asked in surprise: "You don't seem to want them to die."
"Well, I really don't want to."
"Why?"
"Because they are all my father's supporters, and regarding the smuggling, except for Yang Rong, who is more responsible, the others did not directly violate the law." Zhu Zhanji said, "They may have benefited indirectly, but
At least they followed the rules, and these people are quite capable, so it would be a pity to kill them."
After a pause, "Even Yang Rong passively violated the law and was manipulated by his cousin to use it as a tiger skin. Of course, the real situation should be that Yang Rong pretended to be deaf and mute, with a mentality of inaction, and profited from the chaos.
;
But... no one is perfect, how can an official be not greedy?
Considering that they still knew how to cover up and did not break the law blatantly, their sin would not lead to death.”
Zhu Zhanji said seriously, "Corrupt officials will never stop being killed. Taizu killed so many, but the corrupt are still coming one after another. This shows everything."
Li Qing put down his tea cup and asked, "Then what is your political philosophy?"
"Use capable ministers instead of upright officials." Zhu Zhanji said: "In my opinion, it doesn't matter if a capable person loses some personal ethics, he can still be used!
If a person is incompetent, even if he has a breeze on his sleeves and doesn't take anything away from him, he still cannot be used!"
After a pause, he said, "Of course, officials must be responsible for the Qingming Festival, but they cannot be killed simply and crudely."
Zhu Zhanji lowered his voice and said: "Taizu killed tens of thousands of officials in one dynasty, which indeed made the administration of officials much clearer to a certain extent, but it also caused slack in government affairs.
How can a country prosper if there are no officials? Of course, I am not saying that Taizu is not good."
Li Qing smiled: "I understand. In fact, Taizu's governance is also biased. No one is perfect."
"Did you say that too, Taizu?" Zhu Zhanji came to the line, "That's what I told you. If grandpa hears it, it won't be over until I hit you with the imperial staff."
Li Qing rolled his eyes to the sky and sipped his tea without saying a word.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Di walked in.
The two stood up, "I (grandson) see you..."
"No need." Zhu Di walked to the front seat and sat down, "Everyone, please sit down."
Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Grandpa, I'll make you a cup of tea to warm yourself up."
——When the good saint-grandson is by the emperor's side, Xiaohuangmen is very relaxed.
Zhu Di did this, but only for his eldest grandson.
"Li Qing, is your body okay?"
"It's... not very good yet." Li Qing pointed to the huanghuali wood crutch inlaid with gold, "I'm already using it."
"You use a crutch just like Li Jinglong uses a fan in winter, all for the sake of showing off." Zhu Di said with a dark face, "I have something I want you to do. Only by going can you represent my attitude and let those aristocratic families know the importance."
"Going to Jiangnan to suppress the bandits?"
Zhu Di glanced at him in surprise, "Okay, my brain is still working well. It seems like you are still alive."
"Your Majesty, those people...?"
"We're in jail." Zhu Di took the hot tea from his eldest grandson and said, "Let's lock him up for now. These people are all capable ministers and officials. It would be a pity to kill them. They are die-hard princelings. Wait until I die.
, Gao Chi can still sell favors after he ascends the throne,
At the same time, we also managed to beat it.”
Zhu Di did dislike the eldest son, but after all, he was his own son, so how could he not consider him.
"Grandpa Huang will live forever and ever." Zhu Zhanji looked affectionate.
The two of them turned to glance at him in unison, then looked away in unison, without paying any attention to the grandson.
"For the Ming Dynasty, for the emperor, for the people of the world... I am willing to go to Jiangnan." Li Qing was a little embarrassed, "but..."
Zhu Di said with a stern face: "Don't worry, there will be subsidies!"