As the Son of Heaven, if you both listen, you will be enlightened, but if you believe only, you will be dark.
Although Emperor Zhou trusted Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan, he could not believe everything Yang and Li said. He had to verify it again.
Half an hour later, a eunuch announced that Duan Tianya had arrived.
"Caomin Duan Tianya, see your majesty!"
Although Duan Tianya is the number one secret agent of Hulong Villa, he does not have an official official position and can only call himself a commoner.
"I heard that you are proficient in Japanese martial arts?!"
"When I was young, I was sent to Japan by my adoptive father to learn Iga ninjutsu and other Japanese martial arts!? I did have some minimal research on Japanese martial arts."
Yuhuatian gave the Japanese version of "Broken Bone Palm" to Duan Tianya.
"Do you recognize this martial arts?!"
Duan Tianya took the Shattered Bone Palm and found that it was written in Japanese characters, and the martial arts recorded on it felt very familiar to him.
He also recalled the tragic decisive battle he had with his father-in-law on the snowy mountains when he rushed back to the Central Plains.
At that time, the other party had used palm techniques similar to those in this book!
The force of the palm penetrates the flesh and blood and shocks the bone marrow! It is so vicious that it is hard to guard against.
If it weren't for Yagyu Taimamomo's bone-shattering palm that hadn't fully matured that day, he wouldn't have been able to return to the Central Plains alive.
"Back to Your Majesty! This martial arts seems to be the secret skill of the Japanese Yagyu family, "Bone-Breaking Palm"."
Emperor Zhou didn't speak, and Yu Huatian on the side stepped forward to confirm.
"Duan Daxia! Have you ever looked carefully! Before long live, you must be careful in your reply!"
Duan Tianya hesitated slightly before speaking.
"Your Majesty, I have been injured by this palm technique before! I dare not lie. Although I have never seen the secret book of the Japanese Broken Bone Palm, judging from this book, the essence of the palm technique is generally similar, even if it is not completely consistent.
They should be from the same origin, and Eunuch Yu also knows that the ways of martial arts are ever-changing, and different people have different magics in their hands, so I dare not say for sure. But they are at least 90% similar."
Duan Tianya carefully gave a specious answer.
Duan Tianya's appearance and his answer were all part of Yang Qingyuan's rehearsal.
No one in the imperial court had actually seen the secret book of "Broken Bone Palm". If Emperor Zhou needed someone to verify it, he would definitely choose someone who was proficient in Japanese martial arts and Japanese writing.
In the eyes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Japan was just a land of foreign countries and barbarians.
The Japanese pirates who raided the southeast coast were nothing more than a plague of scabies.
Therefore, there may be people in the court who are proficient in Japanese writing for the sake of etiquette, but there are very few who are proficient in Japanese martial arts and Japanese writing at the same time.
As far as Yang Qingyuan knows, the one in the capital that best meets this characteristic and whose martial arts has reached a certain level is Duan Tianya.
Although Duan Tianya is a secret agent, he is loyal and honest.
He will definitely tell everything he knows.
The moment Duan Tianya saw the Japanese version of the "Broken Bone Palm" secret book, he had already fallen into Yang Qingyuan's plan.
Emperor Zhou and Yuhuatian could not understand Japanese characters, but Duan Tianya could.
Yang Qingyuan mentioned the word "broken bones" repeatedly at the beginning of the translation, and also added Yagyu Sogan's name at the end of the text.
Yagyu Muneyetsu is the previous generation head of the Yagyu family.
At the beginning of the translated version, Yang Qingyuan began to hint at Duan Tianya, which is the Broken Bone Palm.
Once a person has a preconceived notion, it is difficult to change it.
Yang Qingyuan's revised version of "Bone-Shattering Palm" is as close to the Yagyu family's "Bone-Breaking Palm" as possible in concept, so the more Duan Tianya looks at it, the more it feels like it.
When he saw Yagyu Sogan's name at the end, Duan Tianya could even confirm that this was the Yagyu family's martial arts, but he still remained a little skeptical because of his professional habits as a secret agent.
But Yang Qingyuan's goal has been achieved.
After listening to Duan Tianya's words, Emperor Zhou now believed 98% of the content of the memorial! The remaining two points were just necessary doubts for a king.
"Okay! You go down! Yuhuatian, reward Duan Tianya with two hundred taels of silver, ten pieces of brocade, and three pieces of jade!"
This is not because Emperor Zhou was stingy, but because he was really poor!
Although the emperor is rich all over the world, he is really not rich at home.
Even before, Yang Qingyuan rectified water transportation, increased tax revenue, and filled the national treasury a lot.
But that was only the treasury! Emperor Zhou could not use the money in the treasury privately. If he wanted to use the money in the treasury, Emperor Zhou had to discuss it with the cabinet.
The money in the internal treasury was the income from the imperial palace and the royal family's private property, as well as the annual appropriation from the treasury and the Zhou emperor's salary as emperor.
Yes, the emperor has a salary, which is much higher than that of ordinary officials.
Emperor Zhou's monthly salary was 600 guan of copper coins, which was equivalent to 600 taels of silver. When converted into later currency, it was 720,000 yuan.
Just looking at the salary, this seems to be a figure that is unimaginable for ordinary people. After all, the monthly salary is 700,000.
But these six hundred taels were not enough for the daily maintenance and expenditure of Emperor Zhou's Daming Palace.
You must know that the property fee for a 500-square-meter villa in Blue Star in later generations is RMB 5,000, which shows the maintenance cost of Daming Palace.
The main income of Emperor Zhou was the royal palace and other various assets.
But even so, Emperor Zhou still had a very difficult life. There was no need to spend money on rewards from concubines, daily living, purchasing various materials in the palace, and hosting banquets?!
Emperor Zhou was now reduced to the point where he was only interested in Xiaojiu and Shisan's private money.
If it weren't for Xiaojiu and Shisan, Daming Palace would still have leaks!
Putting aside the trouble of lack of money, Emperor Zhou picked up the memorial in his hand again. He had already made a decision in his heart. Tomorrow is no longer important. At this moment, Emperor Zhou had already decided to give Wen Jie the death penalty in his heart!
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Therefore, today's discussion in the Imperial Study Room was actually just a formality. Emperor Zhou had already thought about how to deal with Wen Jie!
Of course, words can't explain it, Emperor Zhou still wanted to show his humility in accepting advice.
Zhou Dixiang looked at Wei Donglai, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who had a very weak sense of participation.
"Wei Qing, you are the Minister of Punishment. Please tell me how to judge this case!"
Wei Donglai can be regarded as being impartial, and in this matter, Wei Donglai is a bystander. He is neither a member of the Xungui Group, nor has a good relationship with Yang Qingyuan and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is considered a neutral figure and does not favor anyone.
One party’s reasons.
Wei Donglai originally thought he was here to fill up the number of people, but he didn't expect to be called upon by the emperor and be the first to speak.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the evidence in the memorial from the Metropolitan Procuratorate is clear and the arguments are rigorous enough to win your trust. You should be severely punished in accordance with the law!"
Wei Donglai expressed his opinion, but he did not fully express it.
Said it, but not completely.
Yang Qingyuan on the side complained in his heart: Listening to you is like listening to a speech.
He is worthy of being an old bureaucrat, and he is as good as Xini at his fingertips.
Even if we confirm the investigation results of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, but do not reveal the specific verdict, we will not offend Fengyang Xungui, and neither party will be offended!
"Li Qing, you are the person in charge of this case, what do you think?!"
