my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 165 The Truth
Zhu Di listened: "Xuan come in."

After his words fell, the eunuch said: "The Marquis of Annan and Chen Wenjun, the head of the Ministry of War, are here together."

Zhu Di pondered: "Call them in together."

Xie Jin and others look at me and I look at you. To be honest, Zhang Anshi's actions have already broken through the bottom line of all officials.

No imperial edict, just take people at will.

Now that the Qin case has come to light, those Zhang Anshi and the others still have the confidence to escort the dignified fifth-rank court ministers to the palace.

What is this trying to do, to show off?

In the past dynasties, such an arrogant and domineering person, will there be a good end?

The third bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion is facing especially great pressure now. If he doesn't say anything at this time, then from now on, he will not have the face to be in the court class.

The ministers of various ministries also showed displeasure.

The civil servants can be roughly divided into two factions, one is the upstarts headed by Xie Jin, Yang Rong and others.

The other faction is Jiugui, headed by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Jian Yi, and the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Xia Yuanji.

Originally, although the two were not incompatible, at least on weekdays, they mostly looked at each other and disliked each other.

After all, both Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji are veteran ministers, veterans who have gone through several dynasties, they got this high position based on their seniority.

As for Xie Jin and others, it was Zhu Di who was directly promoted to the cabinet from the relatively young Hanlin. A few years ago, they were just unknown characters, but now, their status and power have been faintly above the old officials like Jian Yi. on.

But today, the minds of all the officials are surprisingly unanimous, this kind of thing must never happen again, Zhang Anshi must be punished.

Apparently...Ji Gang saw this, and when Zhang Anshi was also trying to catch the chaotic party, Ji Gang's first reaction was to think that it was aimed at him.

It is Jin Yiwei's duty to arrest the rebels, Zhang An Shi, is he trying to replace him?
It's just that how these few little dolls can compare with the tens of thousands of Jin Yiwei's minions is simply a big joke!

Although Ji Gang was silent, murderous intent was already born in his heart.

This person Zhang Anshi... can't stay, let's stay...

I'm afraid that in the future...

Ji Gang raised his head and silently glanced at Liu Yongcheng.

He seemed to have an idea in mind.

If... Your Majesty believes that the prince has a conspiracy...then this piece of Anshi...can be resolved together.

And concocting such things is what he is best at.

Of course, the most urgent task right now is to get rid of these dogs first.

In fact, in history, there was a strange case of the prince’s treason in the Yongle Dynasty, which involved a lot of people, and a large number of ministers in the East Palace were all convicted. Even Zhu Gaochi almost suspected that he would encounter accidents at any time.

Fortunately, at that time, Jin Zhong, the minister of the Ministry of War who was most trusted by the emperor, stood up in time, made a painful statement, and used his whole family's head to guarantee that Zhu Di's suspicion was removed.

And among the people who concocted this matter...how could there be no Jin Yiwei?

As for Zhang Anshi's so-called capture of the rebellious party, Ji Gang just felt disdainful in his heart, these people... what kind of rebellious party are they worthy of?Ah………

At this moment... Zhang Anshi arrived.

Zhang Anshi took Zhu Yong and others, and escorted Chen Wenjun into the palace.

Zhang Anshi was still very polite, he bowed first and said: "I have seen Your Majesty."

But before Zhu Di could open his mouth, a minister directly lost his manner: "Zhang Anshi, do you want to cause trouble?"

It was Xie Jin who spoke.

Xie Jin was filled with righteous indignation.

Zhu Di couldn't help frowning secretly, obviously... Xie Jin has no right to reprimand at this time.

It's just... Xie Jin came prepared. For him, all the officials are talking about it. At this time, he directly reprimanded him. Even if it caused His Majesty to blame him, his prestige would be directly raised. Get up, from now on, after hundreds of officials, no one can surpass him.

After all, what he was protecting was the interests of the officials.

What's more, even if His Majesty reproaches him for this, it is not a capital crime after all, at most it is just a harmless fine, it is just a disgrace before the emperor.

Zhang Anshili ignored him, and treated him like air, but said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the criminal Chen Wenjun is here."

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi leisurely.

He is very distressed, this guy...he likes to meddle in his own business if he doesn't make good money.

This guy is really full.

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, Zhu Di said angrily, "You bastard, what a good thing you did. What criminals, Jin Yiwei has already captured the criminals."

Zhang Anshi said calmly and calmly: "Your Majesty, this is strange. Ming Mingchen has also captured the prisoner. Your Majesty is very aware of the details. Now that he has arrived, you can find out if you ask."

But at this time, the backyard was on fire.

Chen Wenjun, who was originally depressed, let go of his throat when he arrived at the imperial court: "I am wronged, I am wronged, I implore your majesty to be the master of the minister, the minister is conscientious, and has a breeze in his hands. He has been in the court for 13 years and has never made any mistakes. But But Marquis Annan took me well, took me with him, and beat and kicked me, Your Majesty..."

After all, he kowtowed and smashed garlic, his miserable appearance made those who saw it sad and those who heard it shed tears.

Zhu Di frowned, thinking that this really caused trouble.

Xie Jin and the others started to try again.

But Ji Gang still stood humblely, with his head lowered, just sneered in his heart.

Zhu Yong was furious, and wanted to give Chen Wenjun a slap in the face and teach him to shut up.

Fortunately, he still has reason, knowing that in front of His Majesty, he dare not make mistakes.

Zhu Di said with a cold face: "I'm wronged, you are not a rebellious party, why did Zhang Anshi arrest you?"

Chen Wenjun: "..."

Chen Wenjun originally prepared countless drafts, but in the end... Zhu Di was completely overwhelmed by him, and he was speechless for a long time.

Zhu Di immediately looked at Zhang Anshi: "You say he is a chaotic party, do you have evidence?"

"Yes." Zhang Anshi said: "I have evidence and physical evidence."

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hall finally became quiet, and many people held their breath, waiting for something.

Zhang Anshi first took out something, and said, "Please look, Your Majesty, what is this?"

A little eunuch accompanying him took what Zhang Anshi had in hand, and then handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took it, and after taking a closer look, his face changed slightly.

What fell into Zhu Di's hands was an account.

In this account, the way of recording is very different, many figures seem to be disordered, it is obvious... this is deliberately recorded in secret language.

So Zhu Di said, "What is this?"

"This was found from a warehouse owned by Chen Wenjun's steward."

Zhu Di said: "How can this account book be a criminal evidence?"

Zhang Anshi said: "In the warehouse, a lot of gold and silver were found, not only that... There are also many raw materials for firearms."

After hearing this, Zhu Di looked at Chen Wenjun coldly.

Baiguan also showed suspicion.

They all looked at Chen Wenjun.

Chen Wenjun immediately shouted: "This... this... is nonsense, nonsense, what do these warehouses have to do with me?"

Zhu Di's face became more and more gloomy. He stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, but said to Zhang Anshi, "How did you find that warehouse?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "It's very simple, relying on arithmetic!"

arithmetic……

Ji Gang felt disdainful.

More people are confused.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, since it is a rebellious party and wants to rebel, this rebellion requires cooperation from inside and outside, but no matter what, they all need one thing...that is weapons, and a lot of weapons."

After hearing this, Zhu Di subconsciously nodded.

When it comes to rebellion, Zhu Di is not bragging, he himself is the ancestor of rebellion.

When he was in Beiping, he deliberately raised many geese in the palace in order to make weapons, and let these geese make noises to cover up the sound of making weapons.

"Since this is the case, then it's easy to handle." Zhang Anshi said cheerfully: "Manufacturing a large number of weapons first requires a large amount of raw materials. Of course, I don't know where they secretly manufactured weapons, but there is one thing that can be calculated clearly. Yes, all the pig iron used to make weapons... especially the large-scale pig iron and the raw materials for gunpowder need to be extracted from the arsenal... For this, the model battalion of the minister often went to the Ministry of War to extract it."

Zhu Di nodded, but stared at him and said, "Can you stop being tricky and tell me directly."

Zhang Anshi resentfully said: "Your Majesty always wants to talk about it, if not, wouldn't Your Majesty have many questions?"

Zhu Di was secretly angry, how to rebel, do you still need to teach me?When I rebelled, you were still playing with mud.

Being patient, Zhu Di said, "Continue talking."

Zhang Anshi then said: "The imperial court has always been very strict about the raw materials used to manufacture weapons, and the place where weapons are manufactured must not be a warehouse where raw materials are piled up. The pig iron in the world, and the saltpeter required for gunpowder, etc., must not be in the same place. place."

Zhu Di nodded: "What else?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Then...they must solve one problem, and that is transportation."

Hearing this, Zhu Di also felt that it was reasonable.

Ji Gang's complexion was getting colder and colder, a pair of eyes, inadvertently flashed a gleam of light, staring at Zhang Anshi firmly.

Chen Wenjun's complexion... also became more and more ugly.

Zhang Anshi went on to say: "Since transportation is involved, I'm thinking... such a confidential thing, and such a large amount of transportation, must be kept secret. This Nanjing city is the hub of the world's waterways, and the raw materials for weapons , Nine out of ten, it is also transported from here."

"In the past, it would have been time-consuming and labor-intensive to find out about this matter. It would have required sending countless officers and soldiers and ships to inspect it. On the side of the minister, this problem has been solved.”

Zhu Di said: "How to solve it."

Zhang Anshidao: "It's very simple. Since the opening of Brother Shipping, more and more ships have joined Brother Shipping. There are many cargo ships in this shipping industry, and the price is fair. The most important thing is... there are Brother Shipping escorts , can ensure that the goods are safe, and even if something goes wrong, Brother Shipping will also provide compensation services. Therefore...now the vast majority of merchants in Nanjing City need to transport goods, they are directly handed over to Brother Shipping."

"But... the deeds of these people are not visible. After all, these goods... are taboo, so... I can conclude that they will definitely not invite brother shipping to be responsible for transporting the goods."

After hearing this, Zhu Di became more and more interested, and said, "This... makes sense."

All the officials were silent, looking at Zhang Anshi one by one.

Ji Gang's face was tense.

I saw Zhang Anshi began to say again: "Look, this was originally a matter of finding a needle in a haystack, but now... it has been able to narrow the scope to those merchants who ship their own goods. There are indeed some goods in various wharves in Nanjing City, which are merchants. I found a boat to transport it myself. I have someone check it, and there are hundreds of such boats every day. Even though there are hundreds of them, it is still a needle in a haystack... But I remembered another thing."

Immediately, Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty know anything?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi and said, "You don't have to ask me, I know a bird."

Zhang Anshi said with a dry smile: "This is to enliven the atmosphere."

So, he quickly said seriously: "On this pier... Even if there are boats transported by the merchants themselves, most of the sailors, especially the boatmen, are actually familiar with each other. After all, they are all living in the same place. Say hello to each other, go ashore and drink some wine together, and even play money together on weekdays."

"But I'm thinking...these people are transporting taboo things. Of course, the boatmen they choose are all their own people, just to prevent problems before they happen. And these boatmen...knowing that what they are doing is beheading, so they You must be extremely cautious, and the chaotic party can't believe people who are not cautious."

"So... I asked people to narrow down the scope, and let people from the brother ship industry thoroughly investigate those boatmen outside the brother ship company, especially those who are taciturn and rarely willing to deal with people on weekdays. This search... I found a dozen of them."

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "With these dozen targets, the next thing will be much easier. It's just to let people follow them, find their destination, and finally... find the other party's warehouse."

"After finding the warehouse, I didn't let people start a panic immediately. Instead, I first determined the owner of the warehouse and the identities of the people who entered and exited the warehouse, and finally...followed the clues..."

"Your Majesty, it's a coincidence that Chen Wenjun's steward... is among them... So I led people to arrest Chen Wenjun, captured his steward, and at the same time let people raid the warehouse. Many taboo things were found in the book, and his housekeeper...has confessed it, as for this account book, it was also found from the warehouse, and ordinary people can't understand it, but the housekeeper has confessed it honestly."

"It is actually very simple to decipher the numbers inside, that is, add three to all the numbers in the first row, add nine to the numbers in the second column, and subtract one from the third column... Your Majesty follows this method, Looking at the ledger again, do you think...the numbers are starting to match up."

Zhu Di lowered his head, but he looked confused. He was still dazzled by the addition and subtraction.

But he is the emperor, how can he not understand?

I had no choice but to bite the bullet, pretending to understand: "So that's the case, so..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Chen Wenjun: "What do you say?"

His tone began to be bad.

Chen Wenjun's face was miserable, but he still denied it firmly: "I am wronged, I am wronged...it has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do...it must be...that's right, that's right, it must be the manager..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The steward has already confessed to you, saying that you have always been instigated. What's more, those saltpeter and pig iron, how could he get it with a mere butler? You are the head of the Ministry of War, so you can guard and steal. Report a little loss, and then you can secretly move out the contents of the arsenal. It's just... ready-made knives, guns, halberds, and gunpowder are not easy to get out, after all, the accounts are very clear. So...you decided on the raw materials , after all... this is the least noticeable."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said: "I have asked Mr. Jin Zhong...to check the accounts of the Ministry of War."

Jin Zhong, who had been silent all this time, smiled slightly at this moment: "It's a little effort, it's nothing more than a little effort."

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong are destined.

Because the most irreversible person that Jin Zhong met in the court was Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao was a monk, and Jin Zhong was a character tester in Beiping. Both of them were engaged in the service industry, and both of them were related to psychology.

It can be said that the two cherish each other, and because of this, Yao Guangxiao saw Jin Zhong's talent and recommended Jin Zhong to Zhu Di.

The relationship between these two people can be described as dry wood and fierce fire.

After Zhang Anshi locked Chen Wenjun, he immediately approached Yao Guangxiao and gave him 1 taels of sesame oil money.

Yao Guangxiao said it wasn't enough, a character tester wanted to calculate Zhang Anshi's birthday.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi simply added another 1 taels of sesame oil money.

Soon... the accounts from the Ministry of War will come out.

At this time, Zhu Di looked at Jin Zhong.

Jin Zhong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have indeed checked the warehouse of the Ministry of War in the past few days. It is very strange in the past two years. When it was in the hands of the principal, Chen Wenjun, the loss increased to two to three out of ten, that is to say... many things in this arsenal were lost by [-] to [-] percent for no reason... I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I am surprised by this. It is negligence, and it is a crime of death."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Is it Chen Wenjun who is in charge of the arsenal?"

"Chen Wenjun manages Taiping Warehouse and Yongji Warehouse. It is these two warehouses that have problems..."

Zhu Di took a deep breath, his face changed, and then he looked at Chen Wenjun viciously: "Now, do you still deny it?"

Chen Wenjun was scared out of his wits, but he clenched his teeth and said, "I'm wronged... I'm wronged... Zhang Anshi must have framed him."

But at this time, the truth of everything...has almost come to light, and it would be unjustifiable to still call for grievances at this time.

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, "Master Chen, at this point, if it were me, I definitely hope that I can die happily, instead of denying myself to death."

Soybean-like cold sweat oozes from Chen Wenjun's forehead. His body is like a sieve, and he can only close his jaw by gritting his teeth.

Zhu Di didn't get angry, he looked deeply at Chen Wenjun: "You can't do such a thing by yourself, you have a party, right?"

"I...was wronged..." Chen Wenjun repeated over and over again.

It's just that compared to the outright cry of grievances in the past, his aura is much weaker now, and he is no longer as full of energy as before.

Ji Gang stood aside, his face extremely gloomy.

He said abruptly, "Even if it is embezzlement of the arsenal, it is not necessarily a disorderly party."

This is the truth, maybe it's just for profit.

As Ji Gang said, he turned his head and glanced at Cui Yihong, who was kneeling on the ground, still with dull eyes.

But now, obviously no one paid attention to what Ji Gang said.

Zhang Anshi comforted Chen Wenjun and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, think about your own family. You don't want your family members to suffer endless pain before they die. Commander Jin Yiwei Right here, don’t you know his tricks? If you step back ten thousand steps, you’ll still receive His Majesty’s salary, and you’ll be able to recruit him.”

Chen Wenjun gave Zhang Anshi a vicious look: "Shut up, you little thief."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

Chen Wenjun really hated Zhang Anshi to the core, thanks to Zhang Anshi who was still planning for him.

Chen Wenjun gritted his teeth and said, "If it wasn't for you, why would I be here today!"

What a smart person he is, in fact, at this time, he already knew that he was doomed.

So...he staggered, stood up, still gritted his teeth, stared at Zhang Anshi, and said, "You...you...this world...is not named Zhu, and you can't wait for a thief who steals the country."

Zhu Di's heart began to sink.

The other party did not scold him for usurping the throne, but directly said that the surname Zhu was stealing the country... This is equivalent to scolding Emperor Gao, the great ancestor.

The faces of the officials have also changed, and they obviously realize that next... there may be some words that they should not listen to.

Some people looked at Zhu Di cautiously, but at this moment they just regretted it. If they had known this before, they should not have come!
On the contrary, Zhang Anshi said coldly: "Stole the country? Whose country did you steal?"

Chen Wenjun looked at Zhang Anshi bitterly, his emotions began to agitate, and he was like a wild beast.

Zhang Anshi was startled, and immediately jumped back a step, covering his heart with his hands, and shouted: "Protect me..."

Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu were fascinated by what they heard, when they suddenly heard Zhang Anshi's words, they looked at their elder brother in bewilderment.

Only Qiu Song rushed forward and threw Chen Wenjun down.

Chen Wenjun staggered, fell down, and cursed: "Thiefs of the country, thieves of the country... Zheng Yugong and Wang Hangong have spirits in the sky...haha...haha..."

He didn't match his words.

But... Zheng Yu and Wang Han were heard clearly.

Zhu Di's face became even uglier.

Zheng Yu was a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Although under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, southerners were of the fourth class, and their status was almost the same as that of a slave. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Tartars, Zheng Yu regarded the Yuan Dynasty as orthodox.

Zhu Di wanted to invite Zheng Yu to become an official, but Zheng Yu refused, so he died on a hunger strike for seven days. Before he died, he told people that he could not let down the Yuan Dynasty and would die for the Yuan Dynasty.

The same is true for another man named Wang Han. When he learned that Bei Yuan was also exhausted, he chose to commit suicide.

At that time, there were quite a few scholars like Zheng Yu and Wang Han. Some jumped into the sea, some threw themselves into the sea, and some committed suicide. It's just that Zheng Yu and Wang Han are relatively famous Confucian scholars, and their reputation is even greater.

"Haha... When I go south in Dayuan and sweep through the customs, sooner or later... I will wipe you all out. I, Chen Wenjun, was born in the 23rd year of Zhizheng. I was born as a Yuan person and died as a Yuan ghost."

Zhu Di was furious: "Take it down, let me take it down!"

Chen Wenjun still yelled: "You usurpers are also unwilling to keep their own place. Zhu Di, your father is just a mere beggar, a commoner, and he is worthy of the king? In your blood, he is just the son of a beggar." Blood, the blood of Huai You civilians!"

He seemed crazy, his eyes were bloodshot.

Zhu Yong stepped forward first and hit his teeth with a punch.

"Hmm..." Chen Wenjun couldn't speak, but opened and closed his mouth, spitting out blood.

All the officials were shocked by Chen Wenjun's madness and were speechless.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu hurriedly dragged Chen Wenjun out.

Zhang Anshi was actually taken aback. He thought that this Chen Wenjun would definitely cry and beg for mercy, but he didn't expect... this guy went crazy at this moment.

Fortunately... I didn't hurt myself.

Zhu Di was furious in his heart.

It's just that right now... Zhu Di still has a trace of reason.

He knew very well that Chen Wenjun must not be killed at this time. Chen Wenjun...is still useful.

He kept taking deep breaths, feeling inexplicably irritable.

His eyes flickered, like an angry lion, at this moment, he just wanted to eat people.

He never expected that this guy... would dare to insult his royal father.

For Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Di may not have felt the full warmth of father and son like his elder brother Zhu Biao.

However, Emperor Taizu Gao has always been Zhu Di's role model. What he longs for in his heart is to be a person who has made immortal achievements like Emperor Taizu Gao. In the future... even if he dies, to see Emperor Gao Emperor Taizu Gao would not blame himself for raising troops to Jingnan.

Zhu Di's eyes were blood red, he clenched his fists angrily, and walked quickly beside the throne, suddenly, his eyes fell on Cui Yihong like a bolt of lightning.

He stepped forward step by step.

Ji Gang backed away quickly, Ji Gang's complexion was extremely bad, and at this moment, he was as docile as a sheep.

But Zhu Di ignored him, but asked Cui Yihong word by word: "Tell me, are you a rebel?"

Cui Yihong immediately said like a conditioned reflex: "Slave... covets money... and thinks... in the future... if you welcome people from Qianyuan to enter the customs, then... you will get a great contribution. "

Zhu Di was even more furious: "I will ask you again, when did you collude with the rebellious party?"

Cui Yihong said: "This servant is greedy for money... and thinks that... if he welcomes people from Qianyuan to enter the customs in the future, then... he will get a great contribution, so this servant is a rebellious party."

Zhu Di stood up straight, he seemed to be cold all of a sudden, his whole body exuded a chill, and his eyes... were no longer angry, but became dark and unfathomable.

Ji Gang's complexion changed drastically, he prostrated himself on the ground, and knelt at Zhu Di's feet: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... If you don't do things well, you will be condemned to death."

Zhu Di didn't respond.

Zhang Anshi thought it was too much fun, but Cui Yihong, like a tape recorder, said in a low voice, "Are you a rebel?"

Cui Yihong immediately said: "Slave... covets wealth... and thinks... in the future... if you welcome people from Qianyuan to enter the customs in the future, then... you will get a great contribution."

Zhang Anshi said: "Do you think I look like a rebellious party?"

Cui Yihong said: "This slave... is greedy for money... and thinks... that in the future... if he welcomes people from Qianyuan to enter the customs, then... he will get a great contribution."

(End of this chapter)