Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 188 That Emperor's Brain Is Really Sick
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen said these words, no one dared to answer them.

After all, the emperor had already said clearly that if the evidence was presented later, it could prove that it was definitely not a fake by the factory guard.This has already been said, who dares to question it?

Whoever is still entangled in this matter, it means that he is not busy, or has ulterior motives!In this way, it is estimated that it will be unlucky!
For most officials, as long as the emperor does not accuse people of treason, then what does it have to do with whether those grain merchants are dead or alive?

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen went mad, no one dared to say anything.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced down and shouted coldly: "This year's Beijing inspection will be based on the achievements in post-war reconstruction matters. The officials must strictly control the situation, and I will also let the factory guards watch. Yes. Those who do things, those who do good deeds, those who fool around, and those who take advantage of the opportunity to enrich their own pockets, I will watch and settle accounts together!"

After finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left.

After respectfully sending the emperor away, many courtiers looked at each other, but they were not thinking much.The emperor got angry, and if he didn't behave well later, it would definitely be a catastrophe in the officialdom.

As for the grain merchant's rebellion, we will wait until the emperor comes up with evidence.

The story of this court meeting spread quickly.

Inside and outside the capital, most of them are ordinary people, who have been tricked by grain merchants.Regarding these grain merchants, don't say that the emperor clearly stated that there will be evidence, even if they, according to their opinions, it is appropriate to sentence a family to be exterminated.All of them are evil-hearted, lying on their bodies to suck blood.

Of course, they were also wondering, what would be the evidence that the emperor said?Because according to the emperor's statement, it should be impossible to hide some weapons and armor, or dragon robes and dragon crowns.Since it wasn't these, they really couldn't figure it out.Impossible, the emperor just said casually to scare people, right?
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen didn't just say it casually. The purpose of discussing affairs in the Wenhua Palace is to beat these officials and let them do their jobs well.

In addition, he actually has another purpose, which is to re-arrange the eavesdropping seeds.Those that should be recycled should be recycled, and those that should be replaced should be replaced to prepare for the next step.

For now, he had recovered the Class C eavesdropping seeds from Fan Yongzheng, and he was already in custody, so there was no need to waste the eavesdropping seeds on him.

The Class A eavesdropping seeds on Wang Chengen have also been recovered. There are no plans to put eavesdropping seeds on him for the time being. At least in the short term, it has proven that he is loyal to him and has been scared. There should be no possibility of getting dirty for the time being.

Also, the Grade-A wiretapping seeds on Jiang Dong, the head of the Dongchang stall, were also recovered. This person is currently considered a very angry youth. Seeds, and they are still Grade A.

Emperor Chongzhen calculated the eavesdropping seeds he had on hand. After this calculation, he had four Grade C eavesdropping seeds on hand, and the eavesdropping range could only be within a radius of ten miles, which was actually more than half of the capital.Three Class-A wiretapping seeds have no distance limit; one Grade-B wiretapping seed has a radius of thousands of miles, and it can probably cover a long distance. Shanxi, Hebei, some Shandong areas, and even Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan can be covered.

As for the eavesdropping seeds that have been rewarded outside, there is a C-level eavesdropping seed on Cao Huachun; A Grade-A wiretapping seed was ordered to go out to resettle refugees, and it is now on its way back to the capital; the last Grade-A wiretapping seed was on Chen Xinjia, Governor of Xuanda.

After counting all the wiretapping seeds, Emperor Chongzhen still sighed in his heart, if only they were all Grade A wiretapping seeds!But looking back, one Grade-A wiretapping seed can be exchanged for three Grade-C wiretapping seeds, which is actually not bad.At least near the side, it is enough to use the C-level eavesdropping seeds.Listening to three at once is much better than one Grade A wiretapping seed.

He was thinking about it, when suddenly the servant came to report that Li Ruolian, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, was ordered to meet him.

Not to mention the use, it should be the matter that was explained to him, and it has already had results.Emperor Chongzhen thought so in his heart, so he sent an order for him to have an audience immediately.

Sure enough, after seeing the ceremony, Li Ruolian said: "Your Majesty, Jin Shang Wang Dengku was so frightened that he left the city on an empty stomach and headed towards Shanxi."

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but praise after hearing this, "Now we have alerted the enemy, and now we are ready to close the net."

Hearing this, Li Ruolian looked puzzled. After hesitating for a moment, he still said: "Your Majesty, since it has been verified that Wang Dengku is behind the scenes to let those grain merchants hoard and not sell, why not arrest him directly?"

Those grain merchants who were arrested were not hard-headed at all. Jin Yiwei just used a little tricks, even confessed to the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, and even provided clues, so that Jin Yiwei found the residence of Liu Meicai, the censor, in one go.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smiled and said to him: "Didn't those grain merchants say that they have been quietly buying grain for a long time. I just want this Wang Dengku to go back and report the letter, and let them buy the grain from all over the place that they quietly bought before. Gather them all together, so that we can catch them all in one go, seize the food, and let the capital and the two hundred thousand people survive the spring famine."

Hearing this, Li Ruolian thought of the rumors outside and suddenly understood why the emperor wanted to sentence these people to treason.

In fact, he was originally an old scalper in Jinyiwei, and he was good at solving crimes.Furthermore, the emperor also had a lot of things to do through him.Therefore, it is not surprising that he knows more than others and can guess a little bit.

Although he felt that labeling those grain merchants and the people behind them as treasonous, it seemed a little serious.But it has nothing to do with him, besides, since they wanted to make trouble and it fell into the hands of the emperor, it was their own fault.As long as I listen to the emperor's words, I can do things with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Chongzhen listened, but smiled and ordered him: "You quietly go out of the city to meet Uncle Chengyi, he will be here soon. Among the people he brought, there is a woman named Gao Qingju, and Gao Qingxue who lives in your Yamen They are sisters. After you pick her up, arrange for their sisters to meet, and write down what they have seen and heard."

In fact, Li Ruolian didn't need to handle this matter in person, and had to go out of the city to pick it up.However, Emperor Chongzhen "rewarded" Li Ruolian with a Class-C wiretapping seed, which according to the description has the wiretapping ability within a radius of ten miles.He wanted to verify whether the eavesdropping range was accurate.If the scope is wider, isn't that a profit!
Li Ruolian naturally didn't know about this and thought that the emperor attached great importance to the sisters, so he quickly agreed and then said goodbye.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the news from this Grade C eavesdropping seed, and it seemed that after leaving the city gate, there was no news, which made him a little disappointed.You eavesdropping seed, don't you want to be so accurate!
He complained in his heart, and then he didn't care about Li Ruolian's side.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen did not expect was that after Li Ruolian returned to the capital in the afternoon, he was surprised to find that the Class C wiretapping seeds, which had no news before, returned messages one after another, even the chat records that were not within the scope , also returned together.

In the words of later generations, although the eavesdropping seed left the eavesdropping range, it faithfully recorded the movement of the eavesdropped person, and then stored it there.Once the system of Emperor Chongzhen is connected online, all the stored information will be passed on.

In other words, the scope limitation of the eavesdropping seed is only the difference of eavesdropping on the news in real time, but it will not lose the information heard by the eavesdropping seed.

Emperor Chongzhen understood this and couldn't help but be very pleasantly surprised, which means that even Class C wiretapping seeds are actually very practical.Well, this is really a pro-system!

On his side, he was happy, but on the other side, some people were worried to death, or in other words, they were almost scared to death by him.These people are Shanxi merchants.

It was at least eight or nine hundred miles from the capital to Shanxi's lair, but Wang Dengku spent a day and a night, running to death two horses, almost exhausted him, and finally drove him back.

Although he was exhausted and paralyzed on the bed, he had no intention of taking a good rest. He immediately sent someone to summon the heads of the other seven families to see him, saying that they had urgent matters to discuss.

After hearing this, his housekeeper reminded: "Master, there are people from the capital blocking the door of the Fan family. It is said that the master of the Fan family is not here. I'm afraid he won't be able to come."

"Go, just go to his hometown and let him come to me, no!" At this point, Wang Dengku suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately changed his words, "Let them rush to the Governor's Mansion before noon tomorrow, just say It's important to discuss, it's very urgent, it's about everyone's life."

Hearing what he said was so serious, the housekeeper was also afraid, and hurried to deal with it.

After a day's rest, Wang Dengku finally recovered a little and hurried to Yanghe Governor's Mansion.

When he arrived, the other seven families had already arrived, and even Fan Yongdou, who was hiding in his hometown, rushed over.

As soon as I saw him, I immediately asked questions in a hurry.

"Brother Wang, what is it that is so serious?"

"Yes, Brother Wang Xian, I heard that you came back from the capital day and night, what happened to the capital?"

"It can't be about the bank notes. Those people are making trouble in Shanxi. What else can they do? Anyway, with the governor around, why should we be afraid of them?"

"..."

Hearing their words, Wang Dengku felt a little pain in his head, and quickly shouted: "The crime of treason, do you think it is serious?"

"..." Suddenly, the living room became very quiet. Even Chen Xinjia, who was a little disapproving at first, turned to look at him in surprise.

The crime of treason?Did you hear me right?

This crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan really scared them.Fan Yongdou said hastily: "All of you listen to Brother Wang Xian."

Others are naturally eager to know, how did they commit the crime of treason?Deep in their hearts, they did not connect smuggling with treason at all.After all, in their view, they just want to make money, and they don't want to seek the Ming Emperor's country.

Therefore, the seven Shanxi merchants, including Chen Xinjia, listened with great concern to Wang Dengku explaining what happened in the capital.

After hearing about it, these people couldn't help but look at each other.Among them, Fan Yongdou turned his head to look at Chen Xinjia and said, "My lord, this...what is this called? It's all a crime of treason?"

They did not expect that the matter regarding Fanji Bank in the capital would not develop as they expected and would happen so violently.However, in the face of the serious crime of treason, they no longer bothered with the banknotes.

Hearing his question, the other Shanxi merchants turned to look at Chen Xinjia, wanting to hear what he had to say.

After all, in their opinion, what happened to hoarding food?What's the matter if they don't sell it, all of this can be linked to the great crime of treason, the emperor really lost his mind and went crazy!
However, Chen Xinjia's face was very ugly. After scanning them, he said slowly: "If the emperor knows that you have traded with Liaodong Jianlu and hoarded so much grain, and you want to sell it to Liaodong Jianlu, say yes. Conspiracy, although a bit serious, is not without grounds."

Hearing this, the eight Shanxi merchants couldn't help but look at each other again. Is it really so serious?Isn't the emperor irrational?
Seeing their worried looks, Chen Xinjia changed the subject, but immediately said: "However, I think it is unlikely that the emperor knows about your affairs, otherwise, there will be no news at all. It is probably because of hoarding food Those companies were found by the factory guards to be hoarding large amounts of grain without selling it. This caused famine in the capital and aroused the emperor's anger. That's why he said this. But..."

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "If the emperor can't find more grain, then there is a problem with the crime. Just think about it, it's just hoarding some grain, even if the amount is slightly larger, Could this cause a famine in the capital, and if so, how many grain merchants have not done this over the years?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Yongdou immediately came back to his senses and immediately said: "Yes, yes, the key is not to let the emperor find out the food we had hoarded before. We must send all the food to Liaodong as soon as possible! Otherwise, the factory guards will follow the arrested people and find us sooner or later."

"That's right, I think so too." Wang Dengku slapped his thigh and immediately echoed, "We are behind the few grain merchants whose houses were ransacked and arrested. Sooner or later, we will be investigated. As long as we collect All the food is sent out of customs, and with the care of the governor, it is impossible for the factory guards to find any more food, so things will be easier!"

"Yes, yes, it's not too late, we can't wait any longer this time, we have to send all the goods to Liaodong as soon as possible!" Tian Shenglan immediately echoed.

　If there is more than [-] rewards, there is only one reward left!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)