Domineering Daming

Wu Youwei was very anxious, and said unwillingly: "Yes, then I'll let someone take care of it in secret, please Master Yang stay in Beijing."

Neither Wang Ji nor the Taoist had any objection to this. After a moment of silence, Wang Ji looked at the Taoist and said, "Master Immortal, how is the business going?"

The Taoist bowed slightly, and said: "Pindao has already ordered people to prepare in Nanzhili. They are all innocent people who have no connection with Donglin, and the chamber of commerce they formed is second only to Akabane Commercial Bank. That Bumubutai is very Support, and sold us [-] large and small ships at a low price, and the routes given are also the best, and they can be given to us by February next year at the latest..."

Wang Ji opened his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "That's good, the profit of sea trade is huge, and we can do many things with money."

It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it is difficult to move an inch without money.

The Taoist priest said, "In addition to Haimao, other chambers of commerce will also be established one after another. They are all profiteering businesses, worth a million dollars a year."

Wu Youwei was also very happy when he heard that, there are so many things that can be done easily with money.

Heavy snow fell in the capital again, once again covering the capital in white, and a colder atmosphere permeated the capital, gathering but not dispersing.

Fish Palace.

Zhu Xu was sitting under the eaves, holding little Ci Ye in his arms, cooking a small hot pot.

I want to eat some light food early in the morning, and the little guy is already full. Now he is holding onto Zhu Xu's skirt, his big eyes are rolling around.

The hot pot is full of light vegetarian dishes, and Zhu Xu is quite comfortable with steamed buns and gruel.

Li Jieyu held the eldest princess Zhu Shuxian in his arms, and said to Zhu Xu while softly coaxing, "Your Majesty, the concubine has already ordered the maids to tidy up the Kunning Palace, and it should be ready a year ago."

Zhu Xu waved a piece of tofu skin in front of little Ciye's eyes, and put it into his mouth. The little guy quickly stretched out his hands, babbling.

Li Jieyu smiled lightly, and said: "Several places in Qianqing Palace have been tidied up, you can live in it today, and your daily life is basically fine."

Zhu Xu nodded and said: "Well, Liu Shimin, let someone move it. I will spend the night in Qianqing Palace tonight. The main hall, side halls, and greenhouses have to be cleaned up."

"Yes." Liu Shimin responded, turned and went out.

As soon as Liu Shimin left, Cao Huachun braved the heavy snow and came, saying: "Your Majesty, the imperial decree has been sealed, will the servants go to deliver the decree?"

Zhu Xu picked up a cabbage with his chopsticks and brushed it in the pot, but didn't speak immediately.

The pardon of the Donglin Party is actually the destruction of the Donglin Party, and at the same time, the complete elimination of party disputes and the elimination of all residual poisons.

But a mere pardon is not enough, it will also cause a series of new troubles, these are naturally not what Zhu Xu wants, he still has a backup.

"Go." Zhu Xu said after a long time.The motives of the Donglin Party members are actually good, but the forms, methods, means, and results are absolutely unforgivable!The Donglin Party also accounted for a large part of the reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history, and it can no longer be described or judged by doing bad things with good intentions.

"Observe the decree." Cao Huachun responded, carrying the decree, and braved the snow to leave the palace.

Early in the morning, the entire capital city was very quiet, especially the major yamen outside the Meridian Gate. All eyes were on the Ministry of Punishment.

Yang Lian used to be the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the emperor's teacher, and the boss of Donglin in the court. His amnesty has touched the hearts of countless people. Many people are also speculating whether his pardon means that the court situation will happen. With some kind of change, will the Donglin Party stand out again? ?

Zhang Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, asked Dabanfang that he was oblivious to the outside world and was reading the reports of the Department of Punishments and Prisons from various places.

At present, the criminal and prison departments in various places have only achieved the provincial level, the provincial government level, and other prefectures and counties have done some projects, and there has been no actual change. If this situation is to be changed, the pressure from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs alone is not enough. The full cooperation of the governor's yamen and the prefectural and county yamen will do.

Zhang Wenda is not a vegetarian either, he decided to make a good start for the next year!

Liao Changyong came in from the outside and said, "My lord, the imperial decree is coming soon, why don't we make some arrangements?"

Zhang Wenda is also an old man from Donglin, he didn't move when he heard the words, and said indifferently: "No, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment and the doctor will all go out with me to the Governor's Council. I have important matters to discuss with the Governor's Council .”

Liao Changyong was startled, and said, "My lord, what is the meaning of this?"

"Go and inform." Zhang Wenda said indifferently.

Liao Changyong looked at Zhang Wenda, suddenly came to his senses, and said, "It's your lord!" He knew that Zhang Wenda wanted to draw a clean line from the Donglin Party. Dadu has nothing to do with Yang Lian, and will never have any relationship with him again!

When Cao Huachun arrived at the punishment department, Zhang Wenda and others had already left, leaving an empty punishment department.

Cao Huachun entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and came directly to Yang Lian's cell.

Yang Lian has been a little distracted these days, often in a daze, and his hair has gradually turned white.

The reputation he wants to keep is gone. He is destined to bear the stain of history and be reviled by the people of later generations. He wants to show his ambition with death, but he can't die. He can only live in torment.

In the end he found a reason to live - he wanted to reverse the case for himself, clarify for Dong Lin, and rectify his name!

With this goal in mind, great courage surged in his heart, and the unsmooth thoughts were instantly cleared up, and his eyes were burning, as if they were about to burn.

"Yang Lian accepts the order!" Cao Huachun stood outside the cell, looked at Yang Lian and said loudly.

Yang Lian straightened his clothes, brushed his hair back, knelt down and said, "The guilty minister accepts the order."

Cao Huachun spread out the imperial decree expressionlessly, and said: "Following the heavens to carry the emperor, the imperial edict said: The prisoner Yang Lian, the leader of the Donglin Party, one of the culprits in the party struggle, has committed many evils... I have to reflect deeply and confess my sins soberly... Therefore, I am pardoning the guilt, To atone for one's sin... hereby."

Yang Lian knelt on the ground, his brows were furrowed, he didn't agree with these, suppressed his anger, and said with a sullen face, "The guilty minister accepts the order."

As Yang Lian's words fell, the prison door opened, and Cao Huachun walked in holding the imperial decree, and handed the imperial decree to Yang Lian.

After Yang Lian listened quietly, he took the imperial edict with an even more ugly face and stood up.

Cao Huachun folded his hands, looked at Yang Lian and said, "Master Yang, the order has been made, you still need to play a pleading note, the words must be profound, and you must not fool things."

Yang Lian frowned again, although it was a reasonable point, he was still extremely uncomfortable, the corners of his face twitched, and he said, "Yes."

Cao Huachun glanced at him again, turned and left.

Not long after, Yang Lian's family entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and brought new clothes to Yang Lian. Yang Lian washed up and walked out of the prison with a new look.

Following Yang Lian's pardon, there were other Donglin Party members, all of whom were small shrimps. They followed Yang Lian, and there were more than 20 people crowded together.

Outside the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there were nearly a hundred people who had received the news waiting, all of them looked excited, and when they saw Yang Lian really came out, they all stepped forward and shouted.

"Congratulations to Brother Yang on his release!"

"Congratulations, Master Boss has been reborn!"

"The lower official has seen the boss!"

"Students have met Master Yang!"

From the elderly in their [-]s and [-]s to the scholars in their [-]s and [-]s, everyone was very excited, as if they were not here to welcome someone out of prison, but to meet their reborn parents.

Farther away, I don't know how many people are still watching, but no one dares to step forward.

There are many smart people in the officialdom. No one knows whether the amnesty of Yang Lian or the Donglin party is good or bad. Before they figure out the purpose of the emperor and the cabinet, the people in the government and the opposition hardly go to greet Yang Lian.

The stinky face on Yang Lian's face finally got better, he nodded and walked down the stairs.

He didn't speak, he didn't sit in a sedan chair, he didn't get into a carriage, he just turned out of the East Chang'an Gate and headed east.