The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 576 That's the same thing as Chen Zhao!
Hearing the voice, the other party was already in a state of desperation.

But Chen Zhao and others ignored them and continued to move forward.

The other party was furious, and immediately ran a group of people, all dressed as servants, all of them were arrogant, waving their arms wildly, and the leader shouted: "Where is Jiangnan Zhen's Mansion? Regardless of your grade, you have to get off your horse!" Do you have awe in your eyes?"

The man was still a few steps closer to Chen Zhao's mount, and kept gesticulating.

Chen Zhao smiled slightly, raised the horsewhip in his hand, and whipped it straight down, only to hear a "snap", and whipped it directly on the opponent's face.

Of course he only punished him slightly, but the man was caught off guard, his face was red and swollen, and he covered his face and howled miserably.

When the few people running behind saw this scene, their faces turned pale. They were all so frightened that they stopped immediately and did not dare to move forward.

But when he saw that Chen Zhao was only wearing Jinyiwei's flying fish suit, he became more courageous, and someone immediately yelled: "Bold madman, disturbing Mrs. Fengsheng Qingxiu, that is disrespectful to the Supreme Emperor!"

Chen Zhao turned a deaf ear to it, and continued to ride forward, but those people ignored him, and they were so frightened that they not only strengthened their strengths, but also tried their best to dodge.

"When did the Great Zhou court order that civil and military officials dismount from their horses and sedan chairs in front of Zhen's mansion?"

Standing on the horse, Chen Zhao asked coldly.

The servants on the opposite side were dumbfounded, and there was no way to answer.

One must know that the reason why the Zhen family is among the top nobles in the south of the Yangtze River is that Mrs. Zhen is the grandmother of the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor has lived in his house three times during his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River.

The second is that Zhen Yingjia's father has been weaving in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, scouting the south of the Yangtze River for the emperor who is still the emperor.

Therefore, over the years, when all the civil and military officials from the south of the Yangtze River and wealthy businessmen from Guizhou passed through the gate of the Zhen family, they were all cautious and dismounted from their horses and sedan chairs to show respect.

But the Taishang Emperor was out of face, no matter how much he trusted the Zhen family, it was impossible for him to issue such a domineering order.

Seeing a group of Jinyi guards coming with no care, several servants of the Zhen Mansion could not help but be shocked when they saw that they did not help each other.

Could it be that in Jinling City, there are still people who don't give face to the Zhen family?

There is a saying that those who are soft are afraid of being violent, and those who are violent are afraid of death.

At this time, the usually arrogant domestic slaves immediately retreated in fear. One of them sat down on the ground with his feet trembling. Watching the horses coming, he couldn't help but scream in fear.

Of course, Chen Zhao would not trample on a mere scare, but his yelling made the servants at the door of Zhen's house nervous.

Chen Zhao smiled faintly, turned over and dismounted, and said:
"Jinyiwei Chen Zhao, please see Mr. Zhen, the president of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education."

Although seeing Chen Zhao approaching the door without hesitation, someone being whipped with a horsewhip, and someone yelling in terror, Zhen's family has lost a lot of face.

But the guards in front of Zhen's house didn't show any panic. Instead, they glared at Chen Zhao. Feng Sheng's wife's mansion, even the emperor would have a modest attitude. How dare you be so arrogant. Do you want to plot rebellion?

Seeing Chen Zhao get off the horse and say "see Master Zhen", everyone felt relieved, it turned out that Jin Yiwei was not here to arrest him.

The gentlemen may not know about the Qinglian Boat on the Qinhuai River last night, but the servants do. Everyone is still a little uneasy, but this person is here to ask for an audience, and he is honored as Mr. Zhen, so there is nothing to worry about. Said.

But the other party was none other than Chen Zhao, the imperial envoy who had been passed around all over Jinling's noble circles, and the servants must all know about it.

Especially last night when Qinglian Boat was set on fire, and when I came to see you early in the morning, riding a horse to the door so arrogantly, the steward in front of the door didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he nodded and bowed quickly and said: "So it's Mr. Chen, please invite Mrs. Chen." Wait for a while, the little one will report inside."

Just as the manager was about to leave, he was stopped by Chen Zhao, who said calmly:

"Go in and tell Lord Zhen that if you don't see me, I'll think about the debt owed by the treasury; if you see me, you might still have some face, go!"

I am used to seeing high-ranking officials and nobles in front of Zhen's mansion, which ones are not polite, even the Supreme Emperor used to be on the southern tour with a smile on his face, today Chen Zhao, a member of the Jinyiwei, came to behave like this, it is really impressive They were stunned.

But the matter of "the treasury's arrears" was too involved, and the housekeeper didn't dare to neglect it, so he hurriedly turned around and went in to report it.

Without much effort, the chief steward of Zhen's mansion came out in a hurry. This chief steward was not Jin Jiuling, who was in charge of foreign affairs, but an old man of the Zhen family, the grandmother brother of the Supreme Emperor. He is the housekeeper of the house, with a style different from others, and he can be regarded as the No. [-] person who has served the Supreme Emperor recently. The bosses of Jinling City should be polite when they see this housekeeper.

Naturally, the housekeeper's surname is also Zhen. When he walked out of the mansion and saw Chen Zhao, his complexion darkened. The guards and others in front of the mansion were stared at by Chen Zhao's personal guards. After so many years of arrogance, their momentum was suppressed. Zhu was really not angry. Seeing the old housekeeper like this, he secretly expected Chen Zhao to be deflated.

Among other things, the old housekeeper's temper came up, and the officials of the third and fourth ranks reprimanded them. The civil officials who were reprimanded were extremely noble. They lived in eight seats on weekdays. .

Chen Zhao, when you talk about the sky, the real position is only the third rank, what kind of imperial envoy, what kind of imperial censor, so what?》

The old butler gave Chen Zhao a cold look, and when the people around him thought he was going to scold him, the old butler made a bow, bowed and cupped his fists and said:

"Master Chen, my master has an invitation, please go with the little old man!"

Whenever you see the old housekeeper bowing to someone of this level, isn't it the other way around?The eyeballs of the people in front of Zhen's mansion almost popped out.

Being led into Zhen's house, I have to say that this Zhen's house is really magnificent, with exotic flowers and plants everywhere, magnificent, along the way, blessings and shadows shining on the wall, strange flowers and trees, all kinds of strange rocks, hand-painted verandahs, etc. Not waiting.

What is more rich and noble is in the subtleties.

All kinds of flowing cloud patterns and brick carvings of five blessings, as well as many inconspicuous micro-engravings, are really "convincing".

When he came to this world, Chen Zhao had only seen such exquisiteness in the mansion of the great salt merchant in Yangzhou.

I don't know how much effort and money it took to establish such regulations in the first place.

As usual, when you walk somewhere in the mansion, the housekeeper notices the attention of the guests, and then explains a few words, and the guests suddenly understand and praise, this is the way of hospitality.

However, when the old butler led the way, he didn't say a word. The servants and maids who were walking on the road all hurriedly dodged when they saw this group of people. Some of them were two steps too late to dodge, and they were immediately reprimanded by the old butler.

In front of the guests, he actually yelled at him sharply. Whether this temper was directed at the servants or the guests, everyone didn't know what they thought.

Chen Zhao didn't care, he just walked forward, and Zhen Yingjia didn't greet him at the door as he understood, but sat in the living room, waiting with a face as cold as ice.

"Master, Chen Zhao got it!"

The old butler didn't even speak to an adult, he spoke directly, Zhen Yingjia didn't get up, and sat there with a barely perceptible nod, sitting there and said:

"Chen Zhao, I'm busy with business, what's your business?"

From the beginning to the present, in terms of etiquette, what the Zhen family has done can be said to be humiliating. Considering that there are established rules for the behavior of such wealthy families, this kind of intentional rudeness is even more hurtful.

Chen Zhao looked very cold. The other party didn't say please sit down. He just stood there and said to the old housekeeper:
"I'm talking to Mr. Zhen, you go out!"

The old butler was startled, Chen Zhao glanced at him, and said coldly:

"Get out!"

Who in Jinling would dare to speak like that in the Zhen residence, Zhen Yingjia and the old butler blushed at the same time, Zhen Yingjia was about to scold, but heard Chen Zhao say:
"The Supreme Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River six times. The Zhen family received millions of treasury silver in order to welcome him. Now that His Majesty has been on the throne for five years, the dragon throne has been secured, and he is about to strictly pursue the debts and taxes owed by the treasuries of various places..."

As soon as the words came to this point, the old housekeeper's face turned pale, and he hurried out without heeding anything. He was just a servant, and he couldn't listen to some words, otherwise his life would be in danger.

"The Zhen family not only doesn't want to pay back the money, but they actually have money to run Qinglianfang. They also have many properties in Yangzhou. This is digging the roots of His Majesty. I didn't expect Master Zhen to be able to sit in this class..."

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhao spoke so directly. Zhen Yingjia snorted but did not answer. Chen Zhao stared at him and continued:
"Before this imperial envoy went south, His Majesty was so earnest and focused on the harmony between the monarch and his subjects. I didn't expect that Sir Zhen would not follow the way of being a minister. He is arrogant in this Jinling City. Such a thing that humiliates the royal family. What good is it for Your Excellency?"

"Chen Zhao, you..."

Zhen Yingjia was so angry that she stood up directly, pointed at Chen Zhao, her arms trembled a little, but although Zhen Yingjia was angry, she didn't explode, she seemed to be scrupulous, Chen Zhao stared at him and said again:
"Your Majesty is very talented, and he will never sit back and watch the treasury owe money. Even if Mrs. Feng Sheng's affection is there, it was five or sixty years ago. How long does Lord Zhen think you can enjoy yourself?"

"Chen Zhao, if you talk like this, are you not afraid that the Supreme Emperor will know?"

There was no confidence left in his words, Chen Zhao sneered, and said, "It turns out that Lord Zhen only knows to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor, but not to His Majesty, or to the Great Zhou! Since loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely unloyal. After I finish handling the land occupation case of the Li family in Changzhou, I will come to ask about the money owed to the treasury. Farewell!"

After Chen Zhao finished speaking, he clasped his fists, turned his head and went out, Zhen stood there blankly, until Chen Zhao came out of the inner courtyard, he reached out and grabbed the tea bowl on the coffee table, and dropped it suddenly, screaming Shouted: "Jin Jiuling! Let Jin Jiuling come over!"

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From Jinling down the river, after passing Zhenjiang Mansion is Changzhou Mansion. As a famous city in the Three Wus, this Changzhou Mansion is located between Jinling and Suzhou. Naturally, it is also a rare and prosperous place. Naturally, the three major commercial companies have a semicolon here. Where you have your own family, it is much more convenient to do things naturally.

As soon as Chen Zhaofu arrived in Changzhou, he received news from Jinling City before he disembarked.

The former Qianhu Meng Xianhui who was imprisoned, after being locked in the big prison for a few days, also revealed who was behind him. He was the Jinyiwei. Naturally, he knew the torture methods in the Jinyiwei, and felt terrified within a few days. I am afraid that these methods will fall on my own family, and it is also a capital offense to tell who is behind me. At worst, I will not do this job.

Just as Chen Zhao expected, this Meng Xianhui is a thousand households supported by the Li family in Changzhou. No matter what kind of hero and assassin, he is not bad for his hometown, but Li Guangdi is an exception. He not only deceives Chen Menglei, a celebrity in his hometown , and bullied the villagers too much, not to mention the annexation of land, but also did a lot of other activities, offending so many people.

In such a situation, in order to protect his family business and family, he naturally had to support a group of people from both the government and the underworld, and Meng Xianhui was one of them.

But Meng Xianhui didn't want to say much, he only said that he was taken care of by the Li family, so that he could stand out among so many people and sit in the position of Qianhu. What he ordered, the rest is also completely unknown.

Zhao Banhe was also helpless, the most he could do was to give Chen Zhao an explanation, and he couldn't do anything else, so he was simply locked up for now.

After disembarking from the boat, it was still two hours away from the Changzhou prefecture. Officials from the prefect of Changzhou and the local county magistrate rushed to greet him.

Fifteen miles away from Changzhou Fucheng, a group of members of the Li family, headed by the patriarch Li Zhonglun, also came to greet him. highest ranking official.

As soon as Li Zhonglun entered Wang Tong's cabin, his face was full of self-blame and shame, and he said repeatedly:
"Li is guilty, Li is guilty, if it wasn't for Xu and the village having so many land disputes, the imperial envoy wouldn't have come all the way from the capital. Li is really ashamed and willing to listen to the imperial envoy. "

Everyone can say nice things, and Li Zhonglun is the master of six ministers, so he is naturally very skillful in officialdom.

Chen Zhao smiled faintly: "My official is ordered to go south, and the first thing I do is to investigate the land occupation. I have the land deeds and the list of fish scales in my hand. It is said that Mr. Li annexed the land of the people. Does Mr. Li have any excuses?" ?”

"My lord imperial envoy, it doesn't matter what Li said, whether it was invaded or not. The government has its own inventory certificate. After the imperial envoy checks it, Li and Li's family are clear."

"What Master Li said is very true. Mr. Li Ge used to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. His Majesty also praised the elders of the two dynasties when he passed away. He will definitely not wrong the Li family. If this is the case, I will go to the various yamen in Changzhou to check and check. Let’s talk about the results!”

As for how to investigate and deal with the occupation of land, Changting actually has corresponding regulations. Once Chen Zhao issued an implementation order at this time, the local government did not dare to neglect, and collected the inventory documents from various places, and the Li family also sent their own certificates to In the yamen.

The approval of Tianmu in Tianxia is based on the fish scale inventory that Zhang Tingyu produced when Zhang Tingyu was the chief assistant.

And Chen Zhao didn't bring any special investigation officials, and he always said that he couldn't find anything after such an investigation.

Therefore, after only four days of investigation, the results were notified to all parties.

"The matter about the Li family's occupation of the land is completely false. After I return to Beijing, I will report to the Holy Majesty and give the Li family justice."

"The imperial envoy is wise and fair, and the Li family is extremely grateful!"

Seeing Chen Zhao and Li Zhonglun singing together, officials at all levels in Changzhou Prefecture were also speechless.

Some conscientious officials and servants exchanged glances with each other, but they all showed disapproval.Such a big fanfare turned out to be a "nothing"!
It is said that Chen Zhao is famous all over the world, he is powerful in Liaodong, he is a quiet street tiger, and he is a salt merchant who kneads dough like dough.

From today's perspective, that's the same thing!
(End of this chapter)