Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 789 Contributions
When Wang Dehua heard this, he certainly didn't dare to tell the truth.

However, Wang Chengen obviously didn't care about it, and just said to Wang Dehua: "Accordingly speaking, the nobles of my Ming Dynasty should be the same as us. They are servants of the royal family, and they are the most loyal to the emperor. But did you find out? What contribution can the nobles inherited from the Ming Dynasty make in the troubled times of the Ming Dynasty?"

What he said is a common understanding.The same is true, the Emperor Jiajing of the year would find out those descendants of the founding heroes who had abolished their titles for various reasons, and re-canonize them.

As a result, not to mention other dynasties, the Chongzhen Dynasty alone, in the past few years, almost had the appearance of subjugation, but the nobles should eat and drink, and how much effort did they have?
Even Cheng Guogong took the royal idea for the sake of the nobles, which was an important factor that made Emperor Chongzhen hate the nobles even more.

As the number one confidant of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen certainly knew Emperor Chongzhen best.Therefore, even if his handling of the problem this time is related to Xungui, even if his ancestor is a very famous founding hero, he has nothing to be afraid of.

For Wang Dehua, no matter what, he is an eunuch and belongs to the palace. When he is in a good mood, calling him for advice can be regarded as helping himself.

After all, if Wang Dehua knew where the scale of the matter was, the current matter might be settled directly by Dongchang without him having to go south.

No matter which eunuch it was, the last thing he wanted was to leave the emperor's side, because that would easily be replaced by other eunuchs.Even Wang Chengen is the same, it is best to stay with Emperor Chongzhen every day.

At this moment, amidst the howling ghosts and wolves coming from all around, Wang Chengen reminded Wang Dehua a little bit.He believes that Wang Dehua is not stupid, just a little reminder is enough.

At this time, some fans from Xichang came back from all around to report the results of the interrogation to Wang Chengen.

In Linhuaihou's mansion, most people are used to being pampered, and those who can withstand the methods of the factory guards can scare half their lives to death just by making up their own brains.

Therefore, after only a while of interrogation, some people began to confess one after another.

In this way, these people in the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion revealed all the things they knew about Marquis Linhuai or others committing crimes, hoping to reduce their guilt or escape punishment.

Therefore, such things as the house fighting in the Hou's mansion, the terrifying executions, the persecution from outside, and the embezzlement of people's grain fields and shops, etc., were all placed in front of Wang Chengen.

Regarding these things, to be honest, almost every wealthy family may have them.For people of this level, it is basically impossible to use this reason to punish them.

Not only because they have gold medals for avoiding death in their hands, but also because this kind of crime is not punishable by the law for people of their status.

But at this time, Wang Chengen was not discouraged at all, and asked his capable staff to investigate these crimes, big and small, and sort out the connections among them. As a result, there was a new discovery.

Among them were several pieces of information that caught Wang Chengen's attention.

First, in the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion, the expulsion of the family's son is not an isolated case, but such a thing happens every few years, but some servants discovered that the expelled family's son and the Hou's mansion are still secretly connect.

Second, in the past, these expelled family members were in charge of their own affairs and were responsible for certain aspects of contact, including contacts with pirates, and contacts with disciples of the Marquis Houses in various places, etc.

Third, the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion spends money like water, and lives a luxurious life.Although this point cannot be seen from the outside, it can actually be seen a thing or two when they directly break into the Hou Mansion like them, especially in this backyard.

When Wang Chengen asked about the details of these questions, Wang Dehua next to him suddenly noticed something, and immediately interrupted with a serious face, asking for relevant details.

Of course, Wang Chengen would not say anything about this, and he also hoped that Wang Dehua would have more discoveries!

Under their questioning, and the confession of other servants later, some things became clear on Wang Dehua's side.

I heard him say to Wang Cheng'en: "The Marquis of Linhuai, the time when he expelled his family and gave birth several times with excuses seems to be related to several major events in Nanjing. Our family suspects that he is afraid that if something goes wrong, he can use this To deny it as an excuse, saying that it has nothing to do with the Hou Mansion, just like the steam engine blueprint incident this time!"

The incident of the steam engine blueprint was investigated step by step from the side where the blueprint was sold, and finally they found it in the residence of the Marquis of Linhuai.In the end, Marquis Linhuai denied it, saying that the son of this family had already been expelled by him.

At least on the bright side, it really seems that there is nothing to do with Linhuaihou.It was also thanks to Wang Chengen that regardless of his honorable status, he directly sentenced the entire family to death, so more things began to be connected.

There is a good saying, if you want to be unknown to others, you must do nothing yourself!
Even if it is possible to hide the matter in the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion from outsiders, it is impossible to hide it from everyone in the Marquis' mansion.

When Wang Dehua was about to continue to discuss the important events with Wang Chengen in detail, finally another fan from Xichang came to report, saying that Mrs. Linhuaihou had confessed where the gold was hidden in the Houfu.

Not to mention, Wang Chengen would not have any worries. He has done this kind of thing many times, even Wang Dehua is an expert at copying houses.

So, they immediately ordered the fans to search the secret room of the Marquis Mansion.

Afterwards, Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen entered the secret room together to check the treasury of the Hou Mansion.

"Tsk tsk, this Marquis of Linhuai is really rich!" Wang Chengen just glanced at the next box with the lid opened, and then he was already admiring.

"No, the nobles of our Ming Dynasty are all rich!" Wang Dehua said in a sour tone when he saw him.

Back then, when he was No. 1 in the palace, he colluded with the civil servants of the outer court, wasn't it just to make some money and take the filial piety of the civil servants for the elderly, but he didn't get much money. Live, almost lost his life.

Seeing these nobles and the money of those big salt merchants in Yangzhou back then, this is called rich!
While the two of them were feeling emotional, suddenly, they heard a fan report to them: "The factory owner, I found the money that the Dutch used to buy the blueprints!"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he was overjoyed immediately, and walked over to have a look, and sure enough, he saw neatly placed silver in a box next to the fan, obviously not the style of Daming.

Although he didn't know if this was the way the Dutch stored their silver, but if his subordinates said so, it would definitely not be wrong.

One million taels of silver, so much silver, it's his fault that he can eat it!
Thinking of this, Wang Chengen laughed.With this silver, the Marquis of Linhuai would not be able to deny it no matter what.

After a while, Wang Chengen and others went back to sit under the eaves of the inner courtyard, and then asked someone to bring Marquis Linhuai up again.

After all, he was the Marquis of Linhuai. At this time, the emperor had not abolished his title. Therefore, the interrogation of Li Zushu by Xichang fanzi did not leave him with superficial scars, which was somewhat respectable.

In this way, Li Zushu knew that the matter was of great importance, and it was the insidious tricks of the Xichang Fanzi who gritted his teeth, not to mention, he survived and did not confess anything.

No, when he was pulled back by Xichang fanzi, he actually protested forcefully: "I am Marquis Linhuai of Daming, not a cat or a dog, how dare you treat Daming nobles like this, I will definitely submit an impeachment memorial..."

Li Zushu was protesting strongly there. Seeing Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua drinking tea leisurely, they didn't look worried at all when they couldn't find anything during the interrogation. Not good.

Then, Li Zushu looked down and saw several large boxes with open lids in front of the two factory owners. The silver inside suddenly became very dazzling.

Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua didn't need to say anything, Li Zushu fell limp to the ground as if he lost all his bones.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zushu's method can really deal with all situations, but this year's factory guards did not follow common sense.

In such a majestic Marquis' mansion, these gangsters actually broke into it directly, and tortured everyone, and only then did they find out this property.

It's not that Li Zushu didn't expect that the money of the Dutch is different from that of Ming Dynasty, which is a hidden danger.But helplessly, 100 million taels was too much. He remelted it outside privately, and he was worried that someone would find out or steal some of it. Therefore, he hid it in a secret room in his mansion, and no one would know it.Find a suitable opportunity in the future and deal with the money.

As a result, because of the whistleblowing by the Portuguese, before Li Zushu had time to deal with the money, the factory guard came to his door, still in such a reckless manner.

At this time, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua already had evidence to prove that Li Zushu had secretly sold the blueprint of the steam engine to Xiyi.But right now, the two of them didn't pay attention to this detail, and didn't interrogate how Li Zushu got the steam engine blueprint.

Because with Li Zushu's title and influence, and the fact that steam engines gradually became popular in Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to get the blueprints of steam engines.

Most importantly, according to Wang Dehua's guess, he has other more important things to ask.

No, Wang Chengen was still sipping tea leisurely, Wang Dehua stared at Li Zushu who was lying on the ground and asked: "My family asks you, do you want to kill all the family, or do you want to leave a root for your Li family?"

When Li Zushu heard this, he looked up at him a little puzzled.

But who knows, at this time, Wang Chengen said calmly: "The Dutch cheated 5000 of my imperial court army in Annan. You secretly sold the blueprint of the steam engine. Our family watched it. It can be regarded as treason. To deal with the serious crime of treason, it is right to punish the Nine Clans!"

(End of this chapter)