The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 1247
"The disaster-stricken area in Henan, you mean the Yellow River is flooding. The imperial court allocated 200 million taels of disaster relief from the stretched treasury. Didn't it really use it?"

In the catastrophe in Henan last year, the court heard that 200 million taels of disaster relief money was squeezed out of the not-so-rich treasury in the first place, and part of it was his credit. He took the lead in impeaching Shi Heng, which led to the ransacking of the general's home. All his family properties filled the treasury, and the total amounted to more than 100 million taels of silver.

Chen Zhao therefore became a fifth-rank official.

"I bother!!"

Speaking of this, Ye Yun looked angry and said disdainfully: "I don't know if the imperial court allocated the money, but the gang of corrupt officials in Henan didn't do any disaster relief at all!"

"The imperial court specially sent a censor to supervise the disaster relief. I heard that the disaster relief situation there is very good!"

I didn't expect to get such breaking news. I don't have to think that there must be collusion between the top and bottom in a major corruption case. I just don't know what level of people are involved this time.

Even the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court can handle it. What happened this time is very unusual.

If it is true, then Shi Heng died unjustly.

His hard work and greedy money have all benefited the gang of corrupt officials below.

Thinking this way in his heart, his face remained calm, and he smiled and said, "Since you said that the Henan government has no disaster relief actions at all, why haven't the refugees from Henan come to Beijing?"

According to the usual disaster years, the government's relief is a drop in the bucket, not to mention that there are officials at all levels involved, and the relief money that can finally fall into the hands of the victims has three levels allocated by the imperial court. The local officials are already very conscientious.

Naturally, the victims who cannot survive will not stand by and die. They are all wandering from village to village, town to town, or even prefecture by prefecture.He didn't know where the refugees in the southern region wandered, but as long as there was a problem in the northern region, most of the refugees would come to the capital to survive.

After all, we are at the feet of the emperor, so we will naturally not watch a large number of refugees starve to death. No matter whether it is the court organization or various wealthy families who are kind and provide relief, in short, although the refugees in the capital have the same hard life, they will never starve to death on the streets. .

With the rise of Wang Zhen, Cao Jixiang, Cao Shaoqin and many other great eunuchs, a large number of unknown people also appeared in the capital, and most of these people were homeless disaster victims.

If according to what Ye Yun said, the disaster victims in Henan did not receive government relief at all, then they should have come to the capital in groups to seek survival, but there have been no large-scale refugees entering the country in the past half a year, which is really weird matter.

"Hmph, those dog officials are working together. That imperial envoy spent a good time in the Fireworks and Willow Lane in Henan, so how can he speak ill of the local dog officials?"

Ye Yun knew quite a lot, and said with a sneer, "As for the refugees, hehe, the government at all levels has set up checkpoints everywhere on the road, how can those unarmed refugees survive?"

Speaking of this, he had a look of resentment on his face, and two cold lights shot out of his clear eyes: "It's hateful, those dog officials watched the victims of the disaster under their rule die in large numbers, but they were indifferent and still spent their days and nights. It's simply not as good as a beast !"

Bullshit!

Chen Zhao didn't believe it at all.

As the saying goes, "If the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?" If the government sets up a blockade, it can actually block a few thousand people at most. But once the victims become tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, the officials in the district will not be able to stop them. The men and horses are of no use at all.

I'm afraid there have been rebels everywhere!

Just a few decades ago in the prosperous age of Yongle, there was Tang Saier's uprising, a generation of heroine Tang Saier made a big fuss, and then disappeared without a trace. powerless.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhao frowned slightly, and said angrily, "Seeing that you are so angry, why didn't my master hear the news that an official was assassinated in Henan?"

Even the officials didn't dare to kill. How did the disaster victims of the Ming Dynasty become so self-restraining?
Are the ambitious people among the disaster victims so qualified?

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

Ye Yun looked disdainful, and sneered: "Killing people in a fit of anger is a reckless act. It will not only attract severe blows from the government, but it will have no effect on alleviating the suffering of the victims in the disaster area!"

Is this guy stupid?
Are you about to die, afraid of being retaliated against?

Is this a disaster victim?

"I didn't expect you to be a grand thief with a brain!" Chen Zhao smiled slightly, and decided not to discuss this issue with him.

It's useless to talk to a guy who doesn't know what a "peasant uprising" is, beyond his understanding.

Chen Zhao asked back: "So you came to the capital to commit crimes and send the money back. Is it safe? How can you guarantee that those who take the money will not take advantage of the money? How many of them will eventually fall into the hands of the victims!" "

"The loyalty of the sons and daughters of the Jianghu is the most important thing. If anyone dares to play tricks on this, he will not have to mess around in the Jianghu in the future!" Ye Yun's expression changed, and he sneered: "At least they are much more reliable than those dog officials!"

"Hey, so what if you can't hang out in the rivers and lakes?"

Chen Zhao did not let him go, and said disdainfully: "Take the money and run to the capital, or run to Jiangnan or Huguang, hide your name, live a happy life, what if you don't hang out in the world? Thousands and tens of thousands of taels of silver are enough. The whole family will live a prosperous and happy life in the future, and even be able to become big landowners or something like that. In the face of absolute interests, the morality of the world is nothing!"

"Then how are you doing?"

Ye Yun was angry, and said angrily, "I'm only one person, even if I have three heads and six arms, I won't be able to keep up with it. If I don't ask my fellow gangsters for help, why should I trust those greedy dog ​​officials!"

Chen Zhao shook his head, the Jianghu reckless is the Jianghu reckless, everything is done according to the rules of the Jianghu, wouldn't it be a little flexible and use some normal means?

Now that he knew that Ye Yun was a grand thief and that the purpose of stealing money was to help the victims, he would not easily hand this guy over to the government.

Even though he worked so hard, he was most likely making wedding clothes for someone.

This caused a group of people to withdraw from the world.

"If it weren't for the fact that you still have some benevolence and righteousness, I would have killed you long ago!" Chen Zhao smiled coldly and slowly changed the subject: "I'll give you two choices, either to surrender or to be disabled. First of all, let me tell you, if you hang out with me, you will have meat to eat!" According to the information provided by Wang Hu and Sun Liu, whether it is Dongcheng or Xicheng, there are many poor families who suddenly have a lot of silver in their homes. Just think about it and you will know that it is This is Ye Yun's handiwork.

Although the purpose is good, this method of giving people a fish is actually a drop in the bucket, a typical help without thinking.

However, Chen Zhao also made sure that this fellow was not a pure gangster, otherwise he would not be polite when capturing this fellow.

"Are you a child of the government?"

Ye Yun stared at Chen Zhao with his eyes.

In his mind, although the guy in front of him called himself "Master Ben" and "Master Ben", he probably pretended to be an old man, and he was obviously the eldest son of an official's family. With his martial arts skills, he ran in front of him and acted as a master. It was really abominable very!
Thinking of this, he sneered and said, "It's fine if you want me to join you, but first of all, you can't be a member of the government, otherwise I won't agree even if I die!"

"It's a pity that I happen to be from the government." Chen Zhao's face remained unchanged and he said calmly: "I am a Jinshi Jinshi, Chen Zhao, the fifth-rank chief of the Ministry of Justice. I am very interested in talents like you..."

"What, you are not a child of the government? Are you a Jinshi of the current science, or a fifth-rank official?" Ye Yun was suddenly shocked.

This person is more than a person, it is simply maddening!
The other party is younger than him, not to mention his martial arts is more advanced than him, he is still a famous Wenqu star on the gold list, and he has already become a high official in the imperial court!

Ministry of punishment!
This is the top yamen of the Ming Dynasty!

Yu Qianyu Shaobao has a high prestige among the people.Before he died, he was just the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"My master doesn't need to lie to you, and you are not qualified." Chen Zhao said lightly.

Ye Yun was quite speechless when he said this.

"Boy, my master didn't call you to do anything harmful to the world, but just to ask you to help find out some secret things, so as to be prepared."

Chen Zhao smiled, and said his purpose lightly, ignoring Ye Yun's expression of disbelief, and said with a light smile, "Whether my master's identity is true or false, I think you will be able to find out soon, but since you want to Go to investigate, then you must follow my master! Otherwise, all your skills will be sacrificed and let others slaughter you, it will not feel good."

"Then, then, how do we get in touch?"

Ye Yun let out a long sigh, and for some reason, he didn't even have the intention of refusing.

Perhaps deep down in his heart, he firmly believed in Chen Zhao's words.

It is also possible that he himself is an adventurous person who likes all kinds of novel and exciting adventures, so he agreed to Chen Zhao's invitation.

Of course, the biggest reason is that the opponent's martial arts is really unfathomable, and it seems that the opponent's true energy is lurking in the body.

It seems that as long as the other party is willing, that true energy will immediately transform into overwhelming waves, swallowing him completely.

"When the time comes, you will leave a secret mark here, and naturally someone will meet you!"

Chen Zhao smiled lightly and didn't take it seriously, and asked calmly, "Looking at you, you seem to know quite a lot about the forces in the rivers and lakes around the capital. Are there any evil bandits and bandits within a hundred miles away?"

"What are you doing?"

Ye Yun finally regained his composure, and asked with a vigilant face when he heard the words, obviously he hadn't adapted to the life of being a subordinate yet.

"You little thief has turned Kyoto upside down. Since you are now my subordinate, I must find a scapegoat to take the blame for you!"

Chen Zhao sat there without moving his hands or feet, but looked at Ye Yun with his eyes, and said with a sneer, "There are people outside of people, and there is sky outside of the sky. When you really mess with them, they only need to send out one random person to guarantee that even if you, a little thief, have ten lives, it won't be enough!"

Seeing Ye Yun's disbelief, he sneered and said: "Believe it or not, now you have stolen property worth millions of taels of silver, which is enough to attract the attention and covetousness of some powerful people. Don't hurry up now." When do you want to get out?"

Although Ye Yun was proud and conceited, he was not without brains. Hearing what Chen Zhao said, he couldn't help but believe it.

After thinking about it, he said: "Fifty miles northwest of the capital, there is Bailong Mountain. There is a group of bandits there, about 50 people. They really do a lot of evil, but because they are connected to a certain prince's palace, the government has never eliminated them."

"Okay, after you leave, you go directly to Bailong Mountain, and put the few valuables you stole into the warehouse of the Bandit Den, and they will take all your crimes!"

Chen Zhao didn't say a word and directly expressed his opinion. Seeing Ye Yun's dumbfounded expression, he laughed and scolded angrily: "You bastard, since you are a bandit who is used to doing evil things, why do you care about them?"

Ye Yun thought about it for a while, nodded his head involuntarily, and then smiled coyly, but deep down in his heart, he didn't take it seriously. He said in his heart that he must be vigilant against you, a dog official, otherwise he won't know when he will be betrayed by you.

"Do you know how you were exposed?"

With just one glance, Chen Zhao knew what Ye Yun was thinking and directly changed the subject and asked with a smile.

"How did you expose it?"

Regarding this matter, Ye Yun was really puzzled. Even though Qingzhi was not blocked by the mysterious master in front of him, and he couldn't do it simply by doing light work, there was always a little luck in his heart.

"Hey, a real top swordsman, his Qi can be retracted and released, but you can't retract it. Running on the roof in the middle of the night is no less than the sun in the dark night. You can be as conspicuous as you want!"

Chen Zhao said lightly, his words were completely attacking Ye Yun's martial arts.

"Impossible, the aura on my body is very tightly controlled!"

However, Ye Yun was full of disbelief, and said to himself: "I usually meet first-class masters in the world, as long as I don't take the initiative to expose them, they won't notice it!"

"That's because you haven't met a real master." Chen Zhao said: "Sikong Zhaoxing makes a move, and he can restrain his breath. If I find him, it will be half an incense stick later than I found you."

Chen Zhao smiled lightly, and Chen Zhao did not forget to strike: "Remember to improve your strength early, otherwise if you meet a real master in the future, you probably won't be able to escape the fate of being killed and arrested!"

Ye Yun was speechless, thinking that all the great masters in the world are people who respect their status. There are so many good masters in the world, and they can only become real masters within ten fingers. With his current strength, he is still far away from this realm. It's a long way away.

Let alone him, even the King of Thieves, Sikong Zhaixing, can't reach that level.

"Okay, okay, let's go!"

After waving his hand, Chen Zhao said something that surprised Ye Yun, but also made him extremely embarrassed: "Teach you to be a good boy, if you want to help the victims, you can find a reputable company, and there is a company in the north The cooperation of the famous bodyguard bureau is much more reliable than your so-called loyalty relationship!"

"If my predictions are correct, those of you who are loyal to the rivers and lakes will either stick together for no reason, or be blacked out by black people. There will be no one out of ten who is a real king who transports gold and silver."

Ye Yun was dissatisfied in his heart, obedient to his promise, and finally picked up the night's harvest in front of Chen Zhao, and disappeared into the gradually boiling night after a few flashes.

Tonight, the dignitaries' residences in the capital were noisy again. The flying thieves once again visited the homes of several wealthy families. The stolen property was worth more than [-] yuan, making the entire East City agitated and restless.

The next day, Chen Zhaoshi came to the hectic and anxious Shuntian government office. After waiting for an hour, he found the governor Zhang Qingbo who had just returned from outside under the disdainful eyes of his colleagues. In his eyes, he opened his mouth indifferently and burst out fierce news...

Five days later, the Shuntian government officials gathered together a hundred-man army dispatched by the Beijing camp, sneaked secretly to Bailong Mountain, fifty miles away from the suburbs of Beijing, and suddenly launched a siege attack on the bandits entrenched on the mountain.

Usually, the imperial court is not defensive about some political arrangements at all. What is discussed in the court in the morning will be spread to the street at noon.

But this time, because the people who were stolen were all wealthy and powerful people, the confidentiality of this march was extremely high, and everyone was truly united and acted suddenly.

The bandits on Bailong Mountain were also caught off guard. The already crude defense system collapsed instantly. On the Bailong Mountain with complex terrain and lush vegetation, they were killed crazily by the officers and soldiers who suddenly came.

Because the officers and soldiers were commanded by well-informed generals, they acted closely, fought bravely, and conformed to the art of war. In addition, they fought more and fought less, so it only took half a day to wipe out all the bandits in Bailong Mountain.

Although some of the bandits were brave and ruthless, and they were very good at fighting alone, they couldn't hold on in front of the army at all, and they were quickly defeated, and they were poked into blood holes one by one.

The losses of officers and soldiers can be said to be negligible.

This battle can be said to be a complete victory.

But Zhang Qingbo, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture who personally led the team, had a dark complexion.

He was no fool. Although he found several lost treasures in the bandits' warehouse, it was obvious that these bandits had nothing to do with that flying thief.

This is clearly a dump.

But Zhang Qingbo didn't dare to speak out.

Because this is a great achievement, he can't deprive the soldiers of their hard work, let alone make himself unable to do business!
So he had to hold his nose and admit it.

But no matter what, neither Zhang Qingbo, the officials of the Shuntian government office, nor the generals of the Beijing camp had any intention of continuing to investigate further, and directly pinned the case on the gangsters.

But what shocked them even more was that a lot of military supplies were found from the bandit's lair, among which were such tightly controlled weapons as crossbows.

Seeing the ten shining crossbows placed on the field, all the officers and soldiers present who were encircling and suppressing the bandits broke into a cold sweat.

Secret marches really have the benefits of secret marches.

If it is done in a big way, these bandits are well prepared, and they only need to occupy the pass and shoot with these ten bows and crossbows, which is enough to cause them heavy casualties.

Not only that, but they also found some deadly things, as well as some very critical letters.

When Zhang Qingbo saw it, he was taken aback, wishing he hadn't seen it at all.

So he blocked the news immediately, and at the same time, after sorting out the things he found, he returned to the capital and reported to Zhu Qizhen as soon as possible.

It was related to the safety of the dragon chair. Zhu Qizhen, the Emperor of Tianshun, was furious when he heard this, and immediately dealt with the relevant responsible persons. The county government in the suburbs of Beijing where Bailong Mountain is located ranged from high-ranking officials such as county magistrates, county magistrates and Zhu Bo, down to ordinary people. All the yamen servants were thrown into prison, and at the same time, some officials of the Sixth Ministry of Kyoto also suffered bad luck, especially the yamen of the Ministry of War became the hardest hit area.

The middle and low-level officials didn't know why, they only thought that this was the beginning of another round of battle in the imperial court, and they all feared that they would become cannon fodder for the battle.

As the leader of all these practices, Chen Zhao not only knew the brutality of the battle when wiping out the bandit gangs, but also knew that Zhu Qizhen had become suspicious of a certain faction this time, so he beat that faction hard and beat some of it. Important officials were either captured or marginalized.

Regarding Zhu Qizhen's move, all the military officials of the DPRK and Chinese were in unison and fully supported it.

It's no wonder that Zhu Qizhen was furious, and all the officials agreed. It's really a faction that's doing something bad. It's nothing more than raising people and horses, but it's so close to the capital, with powerful weapons in hand, and good fighting power. What is this for?
They also want to have a "Change of Seizing the Door"?
This is beyond the safety line of court struggle!

Everyone has agreed on the political struggle, and they will fight each other with words, words, and domineering.

But you actually hide your troops and horses, and prepare crossbows. This is outrageous!

Officials who show signs of this must be completely eradicated.

Therefore, a major earthquake in officialdom began to rumble.

Of course, Chen Zhao was the absolute winner in the officialdom earthquake in the capital.

Chen Zhao successfully took over the post of Shuntian Fu Cheng, a fourth-rank official, and became a standard quasi-senior official.It's still a good thing to hold real power and be the second-in-command in a key government office like Shuntian Mansion.

Just a few days after he became the fourth-rank Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, Chen Zhao made a suggestion to the Fu Yin. In view of the fact that the bandits in Bailong Mountain were too alarming, he suggested that the Gyeonggi Yamen should eliminate these bandits in Shuntian Prefecture. All bandit forces will be thoroughly investigated and eliminated one by one, otherwise there may be huge consequences in the future.

Zhang Qingbo took it for granted, this time he managed to pass the test with great difficulty.The bigwigs who held the real power were furious because of the Bailongshan bandits, and he, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was also responsible.

Anyway, this Bailong Mountain is under the rule of Shuntian Mansion, and it is a serious oversight that the officials below colluded with this group of bandits and bandits, and it is reasonable to punish him.

Fortunately, he was a confidant of the present, and the nobles involved in this matter had a very high status. Even Zhu Qizhen didn't want to make the matter too big, so he barely escaped the catastrophe, but he also broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhang Qingbo knew in his heart that if something like this happened again, he would no longer need to wear the black hat on his head, and it was hard to say whether he would be able to get away with it.

Now that he heard such a suggestion from his new deputy, while he was terrified, he was naturally resolute, and directly handed over the matter to Chen Zhao to handle it.

This is what Chen Zhao wanted. He first wrote a memorial and reported it jointly with his boss Zhang Qingbo. After receiving the emperor's permission and support, he directly found several commanders of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, and then contacted the Jingying, requesting to be dispatched. Some officers and soldiers acted together, how could this matter lack the support of officers and soldiers?

After Shi Heng was driven to prison by the ruling and opposition parties, the entire Beijing camp was also cleaned up. All the generals in office were trembling and did not dare to slack off, for fear of being caught by those civil servants, so they were all serious and responsible.

When Shi Jian encountered such demands from top to bottom, no matter which general would naturally give the green light to Chen Zhao's request, Chen Zhao appointed Zhu Yong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanwei Camp, to take charge of the matter.

Zhu Yong is 30 years old this year, and he is named Fu Ning Bo. He is considered to be Zhu Qizhen's direct confidant. Chen Zhao asked him to help by name, naturally to create opportunities for him to make meritorious deeds.

At this time, Ye Yun, the little brother he had just recovered, provided timely intelligence support and pointed out all the strength of the bandits in the suburbs of Beijing.

Chen Zhao swipe carefully on the ugly map, he couldn't help but shook his head and was speechless for a while.

I saw that on the map of Shuntian Mansion, the Kongbai area, which belongs to the suburban mountain forest area, has sparsely marked more than a dozen bandit and bandit forces, and two of them are highlighted with black circles. Yun didn't dare to provoke him easily.

The majestic capital, the foot of the emperor, should be the most benevolent place, but there are so many bandits and bandits. Is this the so-called prosperous age of Ming Dynasty?

It seems that some bigwigs in the capital stretched out their hands too long!

That being the case, let the emperor's confidants give you a major blow!

Zhu Yong deserved to be a family of generals, and his own strength was pretty good. He commanded the Imperial Guards of the Xuanwei Battalion in the capital camp, set out in a mighty way, ran for dozens of miles day and night, and wiped out fifteen bandits in one go.

However, there was a problem in Changyun Mountain.

The enemy was waiting in full battle, equipped with strong bows and crossbows, and closed the pass according to the mountain situation, unexpectedly restraining the attack of the officers and soldiers.

Zhu Yong only used one charge to realize that the enemy was well prepared, so he immediately stopped the attack, rushed to Beijing, and informed the court of his judgment.

Obviously, the opponent is an existence more powerful and powerful than Bailong Mountain, and it cannot be wiped out by a thousand orthodox officers and soldiers.

After receiving the news, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked again.

In the important area of ​​Gyeonggi Province, there is a stronghold that even a thousand officers and soldiers cannot break!
This is not a refugee despising imperial power.

Instead, the powerful were behind the scenes and opposed the emperor.

Is it the Southeast King?King Taiping?Or several other princes?
Or some Duke's mansion, Marquis' mansion?

Zhu Qizhen lost his temper at the court meeting, and immediately ordered Zhu Yong to lead the army back to Beijing. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers from the five cities, the Masi and the Beijing camp to jointly dispatch [-] officers and soldiers to Changyun Mountain. All the gangsters were wiped out.

Of course, this kind of operation can be seen by everyone.

It is clear that the emperor intends to calm things down and give the people behind the scenes a step down.If he doesn't go down the steps, then don't blame Zhu Qizhen for tearing his face apart!
So the three thousand troops left in a mighty manner, but they came to nothing in Changyun Mountain.

And the Shuntian government office didn't go anywhere easily, because of the incidents of gangsters one after another, the boss of the court was quite dissatisfied with the governor Zhang Qingbo, and he was named and approved of this guy during the court meeting, which made the governor Zhang very uncomfortable Depressed and frightened, for fear of throwing off his official hat, Chen Zhao took the opportunity to make an idea...

(End of this chapter)