The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 1253 I'm So Awesome

Thousands of people point at it, but die without illness.

Under the watchful eyes of all the people in the capital, and Chen Zhao personally led the yamen to visit, even the most arrogant and powerful people could only obediently bow their heads, pinch their noses and admit that those usury loans were fake, and destroy those certificates on the spot.

But even so, they didn't end up well!

Almost every "white glove" of usury was escorted to the yamen by Chen Zhao and sent to the prison to clean up.

If you don't pay a "release fee" of several thousand to 1 taels, you can't even think about going out.

Apart from rewarding his subordinates, Chen Zhao sent all the money to the palace.Therefore, whether it is the emperor, the queen mother, the empress, or even the prince, they all support it very much.

This is a justifiable way to steal money from the powerful, but none of the officials can say "compete with the people", because if he says it, he will definitely be associated with "assassination of the imperial court official" and be beaten into the prison. A place of no return.

As Chen Zhao's crackdown continued to intensify, more and more money was left in the hands of the palace and government servants, and more and more people couldn't sit still!
Prince Taiping Mansion, study room.

The first Taiping King was the only non-Zhu royal family in the Ming Dynasty. He was the sworn brother of Emperor Yongle back then, and now it is only passed down to the third generation.

Although King Taiping no longer holds military power, he naturally does a lot of business, so he has been making a lot of money.

But during this period of time, King Taiping suffered heavy losses, and he was often teased when he attended the powerful banquets, so he was very annoyed by Chen Zhao's actions, and he was discussing with his confidants nervously the countermeasures.

"Chen Zhao really doesn't know how to live or die, he dares to fight against this king. This king wants him to die without a place to bury him!"

King Taiping's face was full of gloom.

Although he does not hold military power, nor is his surname Zhu, he is ambitious.

But he knows his own affairs, and with his own ability, he can only die if he acts rashly!

So he pinned his hopes on the next generation.

So after he inquired about the most secret news in Jianghu, he changed his son's name to Gong Jiu, and secretly sent him to that secret place to practice peerless magic skills for a big plan.

With such ambitions, he naturally knew the importance of money, so he hated what Chen Zhao did.

What was even more frightening was that Chen Zhao directly said that both their mansion and Southeast Palace had top experts, and even gave out his son's alias, which was eye drops for the emperor!

For the Taiping Palace, once it is noticed by the royal family, what a terrible thing it is!

After the small court meeting that day, King Taiping clearly felt Zhu Qizhen's vigilance and guard against him.

This is not a good sign!

"The prince calm down, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess!"

His confidant, Mr. Wu, had a gentle look on his face and consoled him in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is already on guard against the prince. It is unwise to act rashly at this time!"

"Of course this king understands this truth, but I really can't swallow this breath in my heart!"

How did King Taiping not know the key?But I really feel very angry in my heart, he is a dignified prince with the surname of prince, and he is really laughing at the generosity of a small fourth-rank official.

"My lord, there's no need to be angry. Naturally, someone will express this anger on my lord's behalf!"

Mr. Wu smiled slightly, his face full of wisdom. If he sat in a wheelchair, he could be the teacher of the emperor.

However, in King Taiping's mind, if Mr. Wu had an extra goose feather fan in his hand, he could sing "Ode to Father Liang"!

"Oh, what did sir teach me?"

So upon hearing Mr. Wu's words, King Taiping's eyes lit up, and he forced himself to cooperate with the impatience in his heart.

"It's not just the prince who offended Chen Zhao!"

Mr. Wu motioned indifferently, seeing that King Taiping still frowned, he sighed inwardly, but he didn't dare to continue pretending, and said directly: "It's fine for others, Southeast King is not a good-tempered person!"

"King of the Southeast?"

King Taiping's eyes lit up first, then he shook his head and smiled wryly: "Sir, I don't know, His Majesty gave Chen Zhao that servant Shang Fang a sword, and he has the right to make decisions on the fly. Although the Southeast King is domineering, his headquarters is in Huacheng. In the capital, after all, I dare not fight against Shang Fang's sword! That is a serious crime against the holy face!"

Since King Taiping was deep-minded and ambitious, he naturally understood the real power factions in both the government and the public.

As a rare real power faction among the royal family, the Southeast King sits in Huacheng, and the officials of Southeast Haimao are not ordinary people. Therefore, King Taiping is naturally quite familiar with the Southeast King, the prince of the South.

The southeast king's temper is true, but he is not a fool, otherwise he would not have reached such a high position as the southeast princes, and naturally he would not hold his neck against Zhu Qizhen.

Now is not the time for the precarious period of the founding of the country and the Jingnan and Tumubao changes. The prestige of the princes and kings cannot penetrate into the civil service system of the court, and there is a tendency to be further suppressed. At this time, it is very likely to be eliminated by force. Phan, this is not a good end.

"Have you forgotten those assassins who were killed by Chen Zhao on the spot?"

Mr. Wu smiled softly and continued to give some instructions.

"The reckless generation in the rivers and lakes, the arrangements of Cheng Guogong's family, this king only knows a little bit, why does Mr. Wu mention him?"

The Chengguo Duke's Mansion seems to be in decline. A good guard leader can't even defeat a mere fourth-grade official. This shows what kind of talents they are recruiting.

However, he deliberately ignored the fact that Chen Zhao defeated Wei Ziyun, the former imperial guard, in one move at the Palace of Qinzheng, and still treated Chen Zhao as an ordinary civil servant with his inherent thinking.

Mr. Wu smiled wryly. He could deliberately ignore Chen Zhao's force. As a counselor, he couldn't be negligent. It was dropped in one move, right?
"The prince may not know something. According to the news from Shuntian Mansion, those assassins who were killed were experts from the White Lotus Sect!"

Mr. Wu said: "The Southeast King can be a coward, but those bold guys from the White Lotus Sect may not necessarily buy into the imperial court's account!"

King Taiping's eyes lit up, he nodded heavily and sneered: "Sir, what you are saying is that it would be even better if we could take this opportunity to connect with the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect!"

What a shit!
Mr. Wu was speechless for a while, seeing King Taiping's political vision.

The White Lotus Sect claims to help millions of people, and it has appeal in the north. It launched the Tang Sai'er uprising more than 30 years ago. After the uprising failed, the leader Tang Sai'er disappeared without a trace, and the court couldn't find her despite all their efforts.It is enough to show the influence of the White Lotus Sect among the people at the bottom, and its strength is quite terrifying.

Since then, the imperial court has also fought and dragged the White Lotus Sect, not only sending people to divide the related sects, but also paying close attention to the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect. Therefore, at this time, the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect are all focused on making money, and they dare not have any delusions at all. Otherwise, what awaits them is a thunderous blow from the imperial court.

The senior leaders of the White Lotus Sect were also smart. In order to survive, they never interacted with the powerful people in the capital. This made the court relax its vigilance a little, but once they got involved with them, the fun would really come out.

A dignified feudal prince from outside the capital actually hooked up with the White Lotus Sect. It was obvious what he wanted to do.

Even though the Taiping Palace colluded with a certain hidden force in the Jianghu, it would be easy for the imperial court to deal with them.

King Taiping was not a fool either. He knew he was Meng Lang as soon as the words came out, so he changed the subject very far-fetchedly: "It will take a long time to contact the masters of the White Lotus Sect!"

He hated Chen Zhao deeply, but he couldn't wait that long.

"Don't worry, my lord, we are not the only ones offended by Chen Zhao!"

However, Mr. Wu chuckled, with a gloomy smile on his face, and said in a cold voice: "Those guys whose interests have been damaged, how can they just watch this guy still live in style and ease?"

"No way, the wind is so tight, do those guys have the courage to commit crimes against the wind?"

Startled, his eyes became more dignified than ever before.

"My lord, you don't know. Some guys have lived their lives for too long. I really think that His Majesty is a kind-hearted clay bodhisattva."

Mr. Wu’s eyes were deep and he had a faint sneer...

Zhu Qizhen is certainly not a clay Bodhisattva.

This emperor doesn't distinguish between grievances and enemies, doesn't distinguish between friends and enemies, doesn't know right from wrong, is cold and vicious as a person, and sinful as a king. He is definitely not a good emperor, and he is definitely not a mud bodhisattva in any normal context.

But he's faking it so well!
So that the messy things during the Zhengtong period can be pushed to Wang Zhen, and the Tianshun annual inspection can be pushed to Shi Heng and others.

If someone thinks he is a clay bodhisattva, they are afraid that they will be sold by him and shout long live.

What's even more disgusting is that after Zhu Qizhen was restored, he ordered a monument for Wang Zhen. The content explained that Wang Zhen "followed his heart" in the first battle of Tumubao, but "the generals lost their discipline", so Wang Zhen could only commit suicide heroically. The emperor was very moved, thinking of the "great righteousness of the monarch and his ministers", he got this thing for him, and attached a photo of the prince and his father, wearing a python robe.

Chen Zhao has seen this stele before, no matter in this life or in this life, but when later generations looked at it, they found that later people found it disgusting and chiseled the stele to tatters, mainly because the name of the prince was chiseled out.

Of course Chen Zhao understood Zhu Qizhen's rubbish temperament, he knew that this guy didn't like loyal ministers and good generals, but only those villains.

But for the sake of the stability of the dragon throne, he will kill those treacherous villains with the help of loyal ministers and good generals.

That's why Chen Zhao found a way to obtain the Shang Fang sword.

Just to do things cheaply without interference.

Whether it's dealing with assassins or beheading courtiers, you can kill them all.

Anyway, it was killed by Shang Fang's sword, which is equivalent to being killed by the emperor.

Zhu Qizhen is responsible for all of this.

For example, now, Chen Zhao was holding a brocade box containing Shang Fang's sword, and summoned his personal attendant Feng Ping to say coldly: "Something may change later. Let the guards come in, get together with everyone, and don't move!"

"Master, is there another assassin?"

Feng Ping was startled, and his face suddenly became white with fear and no color at all.

"It's just a jumping clown who wants to kill himself, don't worry!"

Chen Zhao chuckled and sensed that several extremely weak murderous auras were quickly approaching the house, and its purpose was naturally self-evident.

This murderous aura is extremely weak, and they are all a group of people who cannot stand on the stage.

Maybe they have some skills, but in Chen Zhao's eyes they are just like ants.

Chen Zhao smiled coldly, patted Feng Ping on the shoulder, and he strode to the middle of the yard.

shhhhhh...

Just after leaving the center of the courtyard, several sharp whistling sounds flew towards him.

It's just a hidden weapon.

Chen Zhao remained calm and stood upright, with his left hand behind his back, and with a wave of his right hand, his wide sleeves roared and rolled wildly, and suddenly a gust of wind rose suddenly, like a tornado storm, easily blowing away all the hidden weapons.

"Chen Zhao's child is to die!"

The killer who was hiding in the dark did not expect Chen Zhao to be so powerful. Knowing that the hidden weapon would not work, he immediately roared and appeared, flying towards him like lightning, each holding a sharp sword, and directly hit Chen Zhao's vitals.

Ha ha!

Chen Zhao sneered coldly, his expression still calm. Facing the several long swords roaring towards him, he didn't even blink his eyes. With a light shake of his left hand, the brocade box containing Shang Fang's sword suddenly opened, and a beautifully shaped long sword with a sheath The sword soared up, as if it had eyes and wings, and struck people who came by like lightning.

ah ah ah...

Shang Fang's sword came first, and pierced the necks of the assassins in one breath. These assassins only had time to let out a scream before falling to the ground, and all the strength in their bodies disappeared instantly.

They are dead.

Died under Shang Fang's sword.

Bang bang bang, the sound of several heavy objects falling to the ground suddenly resounded, and when the servants heard the movement and boldly came out to check the situation, they saw their own young master standing proudly, with four black-clothed corpses lying under his feet, with the necks of the corpses Blood spurted wildly, but a small pool of blood formed on the ground under his feet in a short while.

"Assassins, there are assassins..."

It wasn't until this moment that they fully reacted, and each of them was screaming at the top of their lungs in fear, as if they were the ones being attacked.

……

"Audacity, really audacity!"

Chen Zhao was assassinated again, Zhu Qizhen Longyan who received the news was furious, and even dropped a memorial at the Xiaochao meeting, which scared all the civil and military officials who participated in the early court.

"Check, you must check!"

Zhu Qizhen gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Whoever dares to be involved in this matter will be punished as treason! Wang An, Yuan Bin, you must hurry up, investigate and deal with it severely, and don't slack off!"

"The slave (minor) obeys the order!"

Wang An and Yuan Bin quickly knelt down and saluted, cursing repeatedly, saying that they would die if they did not find out the truth behind the case.

But all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked, and the whole court exploded. No one expected that Zhu Qizhen would make such a determination.

King Taiping and a group of high-ranking officials whose interests had been harmed were all secretly grateful. Fortunately, their planned revenge methods had not yet been carried out, otherwise it would have been a lot of fun if Zhu Qizhen had noticed.

Chen Zhao is cheap!
Although they were unwilling to do so, the current situation in the court was very sensitive. King Taiping and others had secretly stopped their efforts, not daring to touch Zhu Qizhen's bad luck at this time, which would be quite fatal.

Naturally, Chen Zhao would not be polite, and directly asked Zhu Qizhen, please transfer ten pairs of bows and arrows to keep the family safe. Such a request made Zhu Qizhen very angry, but the situation Chen Zhao was facing was indeed quite dangerous. The promise seemed too harsh.

In the end, Zhu Qizhen was generous for a while, and allocated fifteen bows and arrows of the army standard from the Ministry of War, and even five army hand crossbows to Chen Zhao for his own protection.

When this matter spread, it immediately caused an uproar in the court!
How can a military weapon be privately owned?
"If your lords are not willing, Chen Zhao will immediately hand over the work at hand. I hope that all your lords can help your Majesty clear up the capital city as soon as possible, and return the people of the capital to a bright future!" What the hell, want me to risk my life to do something, but don't give me any guarantee, how can it be such a cheap thing?
"Whoever objects will take over Chen Zhao's work!"

Zhu Qizhen was also quite displeased, he didn't set the rules in good spirits, he really didn't believe it, the gang of old foxes in the court had the guts to take over.

Although he was extremely upset, Zhu Qizhen had guessed the truth. As soon as he let go of his harsh words, the court that was still against the wave before was instantly cleared up.It is a trivial matter to take over Chen Zhao's work, but Chen Zhao's treatment is indeed something that everyone strives for.

It is everyone's dream to be a human being and strive for privileges.Don't care if other people feel stuck!So, under the envious and jealous eyes of the crowd, Chen Zhao generously received fifteen standard military bows and enough arrows, five small hand crossbows and three hundred special sharp arrows from the Ministry of War.

Assassins, you were killed by the emperor and the court, and you can't rest in the ground after death, how pitiful!

The temples in the capital are deep in water.

Even powerful departments like Yidongchang and Jinyiwei, with the support of the emperor, would not dare to attack some nobles.

After all, everyone is a native of the capital. Even if they are knowledgeable about certain things, they are still working within the same system.

There is no deep hatred for each other, so there is no need to offend some wealthy families to death.

Especially for Wang An and Yuan Bin, they are not as favored by the emperor as Wang Zhen and Xining, and they dare not offend those palaces and dukes.

What's more, even when those two were around, relying on Zhu Qizhen's favor, they only dared to play tricks with honest and honest people like the British Duke Zhang Fu.

Facing Cheng Guogong, Taiping Wang and others, they dare not fart.

Therefore, even if they found out who was behind the assassination of Chen Zhao in a short period of time, they pretended not to know.

And those behind-the-scenes masters naturally expected this.

So they dare to be confident.

Unfortunately, Chen Zhao's reaction was completely beyond their expectations!
Faced with successive assassinations, Chen Zhao dared not back down. He chose hard steel, directly sacrificed Shangfang's sword, and brought out more than half of the yamen's hundreds of yamen servants. Hundreds of soldiers directly surrounded the houses of the bosses of those underground gambling houses who had been prepared for a long time.

Chen Zhao didn't say anything, and directly picked up a thick wooden stake with his own hands, and blasted the closed gate open with a bang. Hundreds of yamen conscripts rushed in, not only capturing the target person and his family members, but also Scraping the ground and confiscating all the belongings in their mansion.

No one expected that Chen Zhao's methods would be so overbearing, that he would not even bother with the proper procedures and would arrest people and ransack their homes.

This is a big deal. Over 40 taels of cash, nearly one million taels of silver notes, and ten boxes of valuable antiques worth at least It's also around 30 taels!
Not only that, there are also some armor, weapons, bows and arrows, which can be seen at a glance to be used by the elite of the army.

Although I couldn't find usury IOUs, and there were some other miscellaneous things, the harvest on the surface alone was close to 200 million taels, which was a big problem.

When Chen Zhao sent all the money, jewelry and antiques to Qinzheng Hall, all the courtiers who wanted to impeach him shut up.

No one is a fool. Since those people hid usury notes, they would naturally hide things like soldiers and armor tightly.

Maybe it was Chen Zhao who framed him.

But a few unknown merchants in the district actually possess such a huge amount of money, and a fool can analyze that there is something strange in it.

Don’t think that just because there are many wealthy people in the capital, everyone is rich!
Anyone who thinks this way is very stupid and naive!

We are all rich and famous, and if we have money, we will naturally spend it on maintaining a luxurious life. For rice, we should use Jiangnan rice with fat, for charcoal, we should use fine anthracite coal, and for food, we should eat 100 taels of braised eggplant...

Not to mention those exquisite gardens, countless shops, and dotted houses...

Few companies have such ample cash, which is used for investment.

But these few unknown merchants actually have a family fortune of over 200 million. As long as they have a good brain, they know that there is something tricky in it.

Besides, these few unremarkable merchants are either rice merchants or cloth merchants on the surface, and the best mixed one is the owner of a small and well-known jewelry store. One or two thousand taels is not easy.

I really thought that the silver was blown by the wind.

Now, a huge amount of nearly one million taels of silver was just copied from the homes of five unknown rich families. Zhu Qizhen was shocked but not happy at all.

The water in the capital city is obviously more turbid than Zhu Qizhen imagined.

At the same time, he also gained a deep understanding of the gold-absorbing ability of underground gambling houses.

Such an underground gambling house should be controlled by his majestic emperor himself!

Who would dare to owe him Zhu Qizhen's money, and directly let Dongchang and Jin Yiwei suck their bones!

"Chen Zhao, have you encountered any difficult hands in arresting people and ransacking their homes this time?"

Even though he thought so in his heart, Zhu Qizhen still put on an expression of caring for his subordinates.

"Reporting to your majesty, this time it went relatively smoothly. I only encountered a few personal guards of wealthy families. I didn't need to do anything myself. My servants and soldiers took them all down!"

Chen Zhao shook his head, and said something that made some courtiers terrified: "It is estimated that they have heard the wind before, and either they are all transferred, or there are other arrangements!"

"Well, Chen Zhao, what you said is very reasonable!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded in approval. When he remembered what Chen Zhao had said before, that some of the bodyguards of some ministers were even stronger than the Ouchi guards who guarded the safety of the royal family, he felt unhappy and said coldly: "Interrogate those captured traitors as soon as possible." , press them to ask the whereabouts of their masters, we must kill them all and not let one go!"

Zhu Qizhen felt very unhappy and a little uneasy. When he thought about the many masters hidden in Kyoto, he felt faintly cold in his heart.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty doesn't mention it, I won't let them go easily!"

Chen Zhao smiled coldly, and a fierce and ferocious aura suddenly appeared on his body, and he said with murderous intent: "They must pay the price with blood!"

The courtiers at the scene, including Zhu Qizhen, all trembled in their hearts...

An impromptu meeting ended after Chen Zhao's solo performance.

A group of high-ranking officials of the imperial court left full of depression, and at the same time they were very worried. The recent turmoil in the imperial court continued, which was not a good sign for them.

You must know that no matter whether it is a civil servant or a military general, whether it is the cabinet, the six ministries, or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, since you have become a high-ranking official, you naturally hope to be able to work steadily without any accidents.

But looking at Chen Zhao's movements, it seemed that he wanted to make things worse, even if he was assassinated.

It is a person who has the courage to do practical things.

It's just that those assassins are too blind!

Who doesn't know that Chen Zhao possesses peerless martial arts?Ordinary assassins can't kill him at all.

I'm afraid that only the Ye Gucheng and the Jade Rakshasa mentioned by those guards can deal with him.

Even so, why bother to provoke him!
Do you think you are dying too slowly?
……

Seeing the demeanor of a group of ministers whispering to each other, Zhu Qizhen understood clearly, he has made a decision at this time, as long as Chen Zhao does not betray, he must reuse it!

After all, in the court of Ming Dynasty, a young Jinshi who is not afraid of offending the powerful class like him, who is also powerful and capable, is exactly the capable official that the court needs. How many times have changed, and at the same time, how many benefits have they brought to the court?
If it weren't for this guy, Zhu Qizhen would still be in the dark. He wouldn't know about the ambitious people inside and outside the city, let alone how many monsters and monsters are hidden here!

"This Chen Zhao only knows how to do things, and has no intention of asking for rewards at all, but since I have received millions of dollars, how can I not show it? You must know that the rewards come from above, but there must be a public opinion! His great achievements, if I If it wasn't the last time, wouldn't the hearts of the courtiers be chilled?"

"Why don't I give him a title? Then give him the title, Chen Zhao, how about the title Hanfan? It's very suitable for him to be the fence of my Han family!" Zhu Qizhen thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)