The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 1251

Zhang Ru was destined to hit the iron plate.

Shuntian Mansion has just carried out the "strike hard" operation in depth, and has reaped rich and brilliant results. It is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue further. It is estimated that even the emperor and the court chiefs are waiting for the good news from Shuntian Mansion.

As a result, Zhang Rulai, the supervisory censor, wanted to interrupt the good situation that had finally appeared. Even if Chen Zhao himself didn't care, the emperor and the bosses couldn't care less.

If he had a normal head, he would immediately suspect that Zhang Ru, the supervisory censor, was a pawn of those lost stakeholders.Want to stop Shun Tianfu and Chen Zhao from continuing to investigate?

If it was normal, Zhu Qizhen would not care.

The political battles of the hundreds of officials below are bloody, the more lively the better!As the emperor, he can just coordinate and coordinate.

But now it's different!

Seeing that some people's power is getting stronger and stronger, it is related to Zhu Qizhen's ability to sit firmly on the throne. The "strike hard" policy implemented by Chen Zhao is a move to safeguard the imperial power and the peace of the government and the public. interruption?
The bigwigs who are in charge of the government and the opposition also know that the reason why the situation of "strike hard" is so good now is entirely because of Chen Zhaoyi's presidency. As for Shuntian Prefecture Governor Zhang Qingbo, because of his too smooth personality, he can't be counted on at all. At this time, if something happened to Chen Zhao and those thieves became rampant, affecting the safety of the officials, who would benefit?
Naturally, those profiteering property owners whose buttocks are not clean and who are being targeted by the Shuntian Mansion!
With this kind of thinking, don’t say that Chen Zhao himself has no problems, but that he really has problems. Today, for the dragon chair under his buttocks, and for the safety of the official career of the big bosses, neither the emperor nor the big bosses will do it. If Chen Zhao was too concerned, at most he would beat him up.

Therefore, Zhang Ru, the supervisory censor, is completely cannon fodder this time without any benefit!
The Ming Dynasty was not the Song Dynasty, and the prime minister had to close the door to avoid suspicion after being impeached by the imperial censor.

Although being impeached will be disheartened, his actions will also be supported by the big guys behind the scenes.

Chen Zhao can also go up to the table to defend himself.

Talking about talking about it, Chen Zhao is confident that he will not lose to anyone.

So he also showed up, not only scolded Zhang Ru to pieces, but also vaguely labeled him as making friends with foreign feudal clans, and then continued to do things swaggeringly.

In addition, when he and his government servants were preparing to set off to continue to make trouble, he also ordered Chen Ping to notify Gan'er Zhao and Gan'er Li, and let all the "Bao Inquiries" in the city keep an eye on the supervisory censor Zhang Ru. If there was no problem, it would be fine. If there is a problem with this guy himself, he will definitely be doomed!
Today, just like yesterday, Chen Zhao brought a group of yamen servants, secretly cooperating with the soldiers from the five cities, and 'visited' the brothel Chu House and the Men's House where a family bought abducted children.

Taking yesterday's example as an example, although the people in charge of the front desk looked ugly, they had to hand over the abducted children they bought, and they didn't dare to fart one more.

In one day, Chen Zhao led hundreds of yamen servants and rescued about [-] abducted children, but the matter involved more and more widely, and almost involved the somewhat high-end brothel Chuguan in the capital.

Except for Chen Zhao, the accompanying officials were all worried. As more and more people and forces were offended, their hearts were raised in their throats.

If it continues like this, I really don't know what will happen in the future. Thinking about it, I feel guilty and frightened for a while.

"My lord, the number of children we have taken in has exceeded 150, and the Yamen really can't accommodate them!"

When the office was about to leave in the evening, Wu Fan deliberately found Chen Zhao and smiled wryly.

"Then rent a nearby inn and let these children stay safely there!"

Chen Zhao pondered for a while, and directly ordered: "In addition, please ask a few enthusiastic women to help take care of it, and nothing will happen, you know?"

"Understood, my lord, isn't it too expensive to do this?"

Wu Fan nodded in agreement, and asked a new question: "The expenses are a bit high, and I'm afraid that the brothers may have opinions in their hearts!"

"Whoever has an opinion, let him come to the official!"

Frowning, Chen Zhao said in a flat tone, "I didn't take money from their salaries. If anyone disagrees, he won't have a share in the benefits in the future!"

Chen Zhao brought people to visit with great fanfare in the past few days. Some guys with strong backgrounds who are not afraid of big things will naturally not look good, let alone offer benefits.

But those who don't want to 'be famous', or say that the boss behind them is not like the exposed brothel Chuguan, but they respectfully offer the kidnapped boy who was bought, and also offer a lot of benefits.

This is the 'legitimate' gray income of yamen officials. As long as the amount is not too large and there are no other special requirements, they will be accepted.

Such a small amount of money income is still quite a lot. Chen Zhao looked down on such a small amount of money, and directly distributed it as a bonus and welfare, which naturally won the cheers and support of the bottom yamen servants.

This time, more than 150 children were resettled, and the money would naturally have to be taken from these benefits. What Wu Fan was worried about was that the yamen servants would not accept it.

Chen Zhao didn't care about this, as he said, it would be good to share the benefits, but if he dared to babble, he wouldn't even think about getting a penny.

Taking control of the bottom, with the support of Zhu Qizhen and the big bosses in the court, and Chen Zhao's "reverse impeachment" is also very powerful. All the censors stopped for a while, and the supervisory censor Zhang Ru was even more powerful. Disgraced, it is said that he was reprimanded by Zuodu Yushi for an excuse. He was so embarrassed that he had to shut his mouth and dared not speak again.

After all, the hat of "making friends with foreign vassals" is really too big!
Coincidentally, the current emperor Zhu Qizhen was threatened by what should have been a vassal king, and he was aggrieved in Nangong for several years, sitting as the Supreme Emperor for a period of time.

When it comes to the fear of foreign vassals, Zhu Qizhen is more serious than his cheap cousin Zhu Yunwen and his own father Zhu Zhanji!

So basically here, Zhang Ru's official career has come to an end, and it is expected that after this turmoil, he will have to retire and return home.

After nearly a month of processing, Chen Zhao returned the abducted children to their families one by one. These families were naturally grateful to Chen Zhao and Shuntian Mansion.

But the matter is not over yet.

Because a considerable number of children were sold to rich and powerful families by Ren Yazi.

"My lord, what should we do?" Wu Fan found Chen Zhao and reported the matter to him.

"The families of those children heard that their children had disappeared, and they were all crying in Shuntian Mansion. They couldn't afford to offend those rich and powerful families, but they are full of confidence in our Shuntian Mansion." Wu Fan said with a sad face.

"What's the difficulty? I'm going to the palace right now to meet His Majesty!" Chen Zhao smiled lightly.

In fact, those children who were sold into wealthy families were nothing to those wealthy families.

Perhaps for the sake of face, they did not agree to straighten out Tianfu.

But if the emperor had spoken, of course they would not object.

So will Emperor Zhu Qizhen speak?

That must be a must!

As an emperor, every word and deed must be recorded by the official historian. Of course, he will not lose face as an official for the sake of a few children.

Sure enough, things went smoothly, and Zhu Qizhen readily agreed to his request.

Then he summoned the British Duke to the palace and talked with him about the matter.

Therefore, the rich and powerful families in the capital "quickly" handed over the children they bought from Ren Yazi to Shuntian Mansion.

The supervisory censor Zhang Ru became the laughing stock of the capital.

After these groups of people Yazi were punished to die by "standing in a cage", the children also returned to their homes, and Chen Zhao distributed the bonuses and rewards to the yamen servants, thus completely gaining a firm foothold in the yamen and getting touched everyone's hearts.

So Chen Zhao immediately struck while the iron was hot and carried out the next step of "strike hard".

This time, the target is the large and small underground blockades in the city of Kyoto.

You must know that in this era, brothels and gambling houses are legally operated, not to mention that there are big figures behind them, and they cannot be eliminated at all.

So Chen Zhao targeted those underground gambling houses first.

Adhering to the principle of putting the easy ones first and then the difficult ones, through the clues provided by the beggars and the confessions of the arrested criminals, Chen Zhao took the pains to personally lead the team and directly seized all three underground gambling houses in Dongcheng.

Because the "snatching" incident went smoothly, the morale of the entire Shuntian Mansion was greatly boosted, and no one was holding back. Seeing the seizures in the yamen lobby, Chen Zhao couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.

But when he saw the harvest sorted out by his subordinates, and the pile of more than a dozen boxes of usury IOUs, he couldn't laugh anymore.

A black gambling house is a black gambling house, it is really a black one.

Three small black gambling houses found a total of 8000 taels of silver and nearly [-] silver bills. As for the copper plates, they were packed in more than a dozen baskets before they were moved.

These are not the most important, the most important thing is those boxes of usury IOUs, looking at the blood-red handprints, his heart suddenly became very heavy.

From the confessions of the arrested black gambling shop owners and thugs, through severe torture, they directly interrogated the evidence of their killing dozens of people.

Not only that, but they were also forced to ruin their families, to sell their wives and daughters into brothels, to send boys to men's houses or mining factories in other places, and to rob their homes and fields.

Chen Zhao didn't go back to the mansion that day, but sat in the yamen and directly turned on the lights to fight at night. With a group of clerks, he cleared out all the boxes of usury IOUs. The money involved reached nearly 2 taels, and the interest alone was enough to have the same figure. , It is simply blood-sucking and crazy.

At the same time, it was confirmed by the old yamen servants in the yamen that the number of people and families involved in these usury IOUs has reached an astonishing hundreds. This is only the common people and small businessmen in the Dongcheng area, and there are not a few IOUs involving the suburbs. There are so many servings.

It's really shocking...

At the same time, there were several mansions in the capital, and the lights in the master's study or secret room also remained on overnight.

The heads of these families, who usually seemed benevolent and kind-hearted, now had ferocious faces and murderous intent, and they were urgently discussing with their confidantes how to deal with it.

"Du Tongxuan, why are you so unconcealed in your hands and feet, and Chen Zhao beat you to the door!"

"Chen Zhao is clearly looking for death, dare to touch the place of the master!"

"This kid is really timid and bold! I really thought I could walk sideways in the capital!"

"If you don't show him some color this time, I'm afraid this little thing knows nothing!"

"..."

Those who have the guts to open an underground gambling room in the capital are ruthless people, otherwise they would not be able to deter all monsters and monsters in the capital.

Being rich and powerful is the best portrayal of them. At the same time, they all have powerful backers behind them. Unexpectedly, when they met such an unreasonable guy as Chen Zhao, they would directly bring the yamen servants and the soldiers of Wucheng soldiers and horses to come to them suddenly. , hit them by surprise.

When they realized it, the underground gambling house had been sealed off, and the news from the Shuntian government office made them furious. The loss this time was extremely heavy.

These guys are all daring people, and suddenly suffered such a big loss, how can they let it go, contacting the backers above, and contacting the forces of the rivers and lakes who have cooperated for a long time, preparing to teach Chen Zhao a profound lesson.

Without having to connect with each other, they have already made a bold decision.

Chen Zhao looked at the harvest overnight, feeling heavy in his heart.

Under the prosperous and peaceful world, there are all kinds of crimes hidden everywhere.

There are still only three underground gambling houses in the area, and there are probably more than a dozen underground gambling houses of the same size or even larger in the capital of Ming Dynasty. Thinking about it, I feel extremely heavy.

According to his estimation, at least one-third of the population in Kyoto should be implicated, either the underground gambling house's own people or the victims of the underground gambling house.

Moreover, most of the victims of these underground gambling houses are ordinary people who have little ability to resist risks. It is not easy to struggle out of this quagmire, let alone try to take advantage of it.

The "regular" gambling houses, which are small in number but larger in scale, are aimed at rich and powerful families. They cooperate tacitly with the underground gambling houses and almost form a terrorist network, covering most of the capital city.

The officials under his command had been working in the yamen all night and were quite exhausted, so Chen Zhao asked them to rest, and gave out part of the seized proceeds as a bonus, and then walked out of the gate of Shuntianfu yamen with the documents.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the area around the Shuntian government office was very quiet and empty. This area is where the government offices are densely populated, and few ordinary people visit them. Only the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi pass by from time to time, giving the silence The streets bring a trace of solemnity.

Chen Zhao got into the carriage and headed directly towards the palace gate.

At this moment, the mutation happened!
"Officer Chen Zhao, puppy, take your life!"

Suddenly there was a violent roar from the empty street, and a vigorous figure jumped down from a high wall on one side, the steel knife in his hand gleamed with a sharp cold light, and roared down with indomitable ferocity.

"Ah..." Chen Ping had never encountered such a thing before, and he screamed in shock, frightened.

However, the two guards around Chen Zhao were vigilant, and immediately drew their knives to meet them, and instantly fought with the visitor...

But the matter was not over yet, and there was another sound of breaking through the air.

dang dang...

Hidden weapons like raindrops hit the carriage, but there was a tinkling sound of gold and iron.

Is this carriage made of iron?
But looking at the horse pulling the cart, it doesn't look like pulling an iron cart at all!
But at this moment, the assassins are no longer allowed to think too much, they can't care about other things, and each of them has a murderous look on their faces...

At the same time, several memorials to impeach Chen Zhao for wanton acts and looting people's wealth were placed on Zhu Qizhen's desk...

"This Chen Zhao, it's only been a few months since he became a Jinshi? Why are you so tossing around!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at these memorials with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wang An, the chief eunuch of the Supervisor of Rituals, stood aside, silent.

Although he is a new eunuch, one generation lower than Wang Zhen and Cao Jixiang, but in terms of strength and ability, he is no worse than the two of them. Now that he is the chief executive, he is naturally very cautious.

Although he deeply understands his master's temperament, he dare not speak lightly.

If someone thinks that Zhu Qizhen is a fool, they are very wrong.

An emperor who killed Yu Qian, expelled Xu Youzhen, imprisoned Shi Heng, and wiped out Cao Shaoqin, really thought he lost his heart and let others bully him?

That's just not related to the safety of his dragon chair.

Sure enough, Zhu Qizhen smiled coldly and said: "Some people think that I'm really confused and don't know their little plans?"

When the emperor was angry, how fierce it was!
He just smiled coldly, which was enough to make everyone frightened!

"Wang An, let Yuan Bin come over, I have something to order." Zhu Qizhen ordered lightly.

Yuan Bin is the commander of Jinyiwei and has just succeeded.

During the orthodox years, or the early days of the Tianshun years, the commanders of Jinyiwei had to kneel down and salute when they saw the chief eunuch of the chief eunuch of the chief inspector of ceremonies, or the Duke of Dongchang.

But since Cao Jixiang and Cao Shaoqin were suppressed by the emperor, the commander of Jinyiwei was replaced by Yuan Bin. This is also the leader of Jinyiwei who has been protecting the emperor since the "Tumu Fortress Change", and he has an extraordinary position in the emperor's heart. Don't care about eunuchs.

Even though Wang An has now become the inner minister, he still dare not take big in front of Yuan Bin.

"Yuan Bin, what has this guy Chen Zhao done recently that caused the courtiers to actively impeach him?"

Zhu Qizhen shook the memorial in his hand in front of Yuan Bin and asked.

He knew that Yuan Bin must know these memorials.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I know a thing or two." Yuan Bin immediately kowtowed back.

Yuan Bin was the emperor's confidant, so he naturally knew what to say and what not to say. He knew a thing or two in his heart, and replied: "I heard that just yesterday, Feng Fucheng took the servants of Shuntian Mansion and ransacked several underground gambling houses!"

"Oh, an underground gambling house!"

Zhu Qizhen let out a soft cry, but his eyes were flickering with coldness. If he was in the orthodox years, he might not really know what an underground gambling house is, but after so many years, he already has a comparative system for things in the capital and the world. understanding.

He knew that the underground gambling house was a place to deceive people, and as a new Jinshi like Chen Zhao, he moved forward sharply, but had a cautious temperament. If he hadn't got the actual handle, he would not have acted so rashly.

"These officials are too arrogant. They are really good ministers of mine. They actually speak for this underground gambling shop. Do you still regard yourself as an official of the court?"

Zhu Qizhen sneered, and said angrily: "These bastards, at the beginning they insulted the father as the 'Emperor Cricket', and now they want to fool me. Do you really think that I won't deal with them?"

"Your Majesty calm down, it's worthless to be so angry!"

Wang An was taken aback, and hurriedly comforted him cautiously.

Yuan Bin also quickly knelt down, not daring to say more.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm quite upset!"

Waving his hand, Zhu Qizhen didn't put on any airs in front of his absolute confidant, and said with a displeased face: "These guys don't even think about who they are!"

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen was still angry, Wang Hai and Yuan Bin looked at each other, then changed the subject without leaving any trace, and said with a smile: "I am curious about the Fengfu Cheng, how brave he is!"

Zhu Qizhen was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Yeah, this guy has just offended the bosses behind the brothels in the capital, and now he's starting to deal with the gambling houses in the capital city!"

"It's also His Majesty's insightful eyes, which is why Feng Fu Cheng has room to display his talents, otherwise there would not be such a titan in the court!"

Wang An smiled and flattered, and then he was a little worried: "I'm afraid that too many people and influences will be offended, and Feng Fucheng will not be able to bear it and be squeezed out in the end!"

This is more pleasant to say, ostracism is still light, the most likely thing is to be convicted and killed, Zhu Qizhen is not a strong-tempered monarch, maybe he will really act like this for the stability of the court.

Yuan Bin's body was shocked, and he lowered his head even lower.

For a person like Wang An, what he said must be what the emperor wanted to say in his heart.

It seemed that the emperor valued Chen Zhao very much.

Yuan Bin knew in his heart that Jin Yiwei wanted to treat Chen Zhao differently.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen sighed in his heart, and his impressions of Chen Zhao were quite complicated. He felt that there should be such a strong character in the court, but also felt that such a guy was too troublesome, and would make some movements from time to time, which caught him off guard and could not control him. The feeling, this feeling is quite bad.

Although he is only in his 30s, he always feels that his life is getting older and his life is shrinking.

I'm afraid that when Zhu Jianshen grows up, he should see Taizu.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and soon a young eunuch walked in cautiously, and whispered something in Wang An's ear.

Wang An's face changed, and Zhu Qizhen saw it and asked curiously, "What happened?"

But for a short moment, Wang An's forehead was already covered with cold sweat, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, just now when Feng Fucheng left the Yamen, he was attacked by several assassins!"

"What, assassin attack!"

Zhu Qizhen's face changed suddenly, he got up abruptly and said angrily: "What's going on, what about the people from Wucheng Bingmasi, and where did Chen Zhao encounter a surprise attack?"

This incident has surpassed the bottom line that Zhu Qizhen could tolerate, and it also touched the extremely sensitive heartstrings in his heart.

Every emperor has the mentality of "there are always people who want to harm me", but it may be strong or slight, sometimes obvious and sometimes hidden, but their hearts are extremely sensitive. Once something happens, the consequences will be quite dire, at least It will not end until the heads of some officials fall to the ground or the black hats are removed.

At any time, the assassination of an official in the court would be a disgrace to his emperor!

It is an insult from the Ming court!

Even if he is just a small Sipin Fu Cheng!

Zhu Qizhen's eyes glanced over the case inadvertently, and when he saw the few memorials he had just read, his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and he instantly connected the two matters.

That is for sure!
When two things happen together, anyone will think together.

No matter what, if you dare to break the bottom line and do things in the capital, you must violate all codes of conduct!

Zhu Qizhen was very angry in his heart!
It seems that he, the emperor, does not show his power, and was really fooled by people as a sick cat. Since you want to court death, then I will help you!

Wang An's heart trembled. He, who had served Zhu Qizhen for many years, had already felt the anger in Zhu Qizhen's heart. The area is under attack!"

"Okay, okay, what audacity, you dare to sneak attack the court officials in Yujie!"

When Zhu Qizhen heard the rage, the sensitive heartstrings in his heart twitched tightly. Someone dared to assassinate the imperial court official in the imperial street. What's the difference between slapping him with a big ear scraper?
If such things are tolerated, will the courtiers dare to have one heart with him in the future?
"How is Chen Zhao?"

(End of this chapter)