I'm really not the carpenter emperor

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said:

"After the saltworks are taken back, the supervisory department can go in and investigate, and report to me truthfully what they find."

This last sentence made Wei Zhongxian's eyes brighten, and at the same time he heaved a sigh of relief.

To him, these words have a different meaning. It is almost equivalent to saying, I will give you another chance to let the Superintendent enter the saltworks to do something.

As for what to do, fabricate evidence!

What Dongchang is best at is turning white into black. Even if Tang Wanfeng handles all the evidence cleanly, as long as the fans get in, the evidence will immediately become conclusive.

To deal with this kind of hypocrite, a real villain will always help.

Chapter 482 Surpassing the Three Law Divisions

Lu Xiangsheng is still too young, far inferior to Sun Chuanting.

Of course, both of them need to practice, not to the point where they can be independent as in the later stage.

The civil unrest in Qingzhou Prefecture this time must be caused by local tyrants. Lu Xiangsheng was born as a man, and he joined the army with a pen. He is good at civil and military affairs.

As for why he is not called Sun Chuanting, because it is not very easy for him in Shanhaiguan.

It is a more dangerous place than in the country. Although there have been no major wars in recent years, it is an important place after all. The veterans have long been used to being arrogant and domineering. explain.

It would be of great benefit to Sun Chuanting to stay there for a while longer.

At night, on the way back to Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao kept thinking whether he had acted too hastily, which caused the unity of those tyrants.

Now Zhu Youxiao has the habit of scalding his feet every day. Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about hot water or anything else, as long as he is comfortable.

Those who washed Zhu Youxiao's feet now, either Zhang Yan came in person, or Xu Shi, a female official from Kunning Palace, and the rest were either too cold or too hot to find Zhu Youxiao's temperature.

So Zhu Youxiao now has another reason to come to Kunning Palace every day - to burn his feet.

When Mrs. Xu brought the copper basin and lowered his head to warm his feet, Zhu Youxiao was actually very relieved and didn't care at all, and kept thinking about other things in his heart.

In order to fundamentally change Daming, innovation is necessary, and innovation will definitely affect local interests. It is not difficult to understand that powerful people unite to fight against the imperial court.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that the local officialdom is now so rotten.

In the past, the collusion between the government and businessmen was all about the government and the businessmen making profits. There has never been a time like this when the government changed the notice without authorization to help the local tyrants cover up the facts.

This further shows that the Yanzheng government has really been taken over by itself.

I didn't want to do anything at first, but now it seems that the officialdom in Shandong, at least the local government in the coastal areas, has to be reshuffled.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was very fortunate to have such a helper as Wei Zhongxian by his side.

Wei Zhongxian has more slander than anyone else, and the blame on him is heavier than anyone else, but as long as he manages it properly, he will never touch his bottom line.

This time he shouted and scolded him in front of the officials, which was actually a deliberate beating.

Of course, it was Wei Zhongxian who did the best job of investigating cases, arranging charges, and finally arresting people, so Zhu Youxiao was actually not worried about the so-called evidence that the tyrants racked their brains to destroy.

As long as you enter Dongchang, no evidence can become evidence.

After thinking for a while, Mrs. Xu retreated with the copper basin after washing her feet, leaving space for the emperor and empress. Those on duty at Kunning Palace knew what they were going to do at this time.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Youxiao simply let go, put his foot on Zhang Yan's lap, took a deep breath, and said:

"I feel a lot better after burning my feet."

Zhang Yan seemed to be used to it, gently kneading Zhu Youxiao's steamy thighs, and said, "I heard that there was a civil uprising in Qingzhou Prefecture. The place has always been stable, how could this happen suddenly?"

Zhu Youxiao sneered, lying on the couch, put his hands behind his head, and said:

"It's not that those local tyrants and corrupt officials are united in a vain attempt to resist the new policy of the imperial court. The civil uprising was instigated by these people."

"What is your majesty going to do?" Zhang Yan asked softly while kneading Zhu Youxiao's feet.

"The more they don't want the court to implement the New Deal, the more it shows that they have ghosts in their hearts, and the more it shows that the New Deal is correct."

"I intend to let Lu Xiangsheng go to Qingzhou Prefecture to quell the chaos, and Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang to investigate the salt administration. I also sent a verbal order to Wen Tiren, telling him to continue to investigate and investigate to death."

"As many as are found, I will kill as many as possible. Corrupt officials, no matter how many people are killed."

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao looked at the thoughtful Zhang Yan, and suddenly felt a sense of narrowness in his heart, so he moved his feet away, got up and took Zhang Yan into his arms, walked to the bed, and said:

"Stop pinching, how can I let you pinch my feet all the time?"

"Queen, let's go to bed!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yan's face blushed instantly.

……

The tyrants thought that stirring up a popular uprising would make Emperor Tianqi retreat.

But they never expected that the emperor would become even tougher. He seemed to know that the civil uprising had happened and the situation was irreversible, so he simply let the investigation go.

That's right, under Zhu Youxiao's imperceptible beating, Wei Zhongxian learned of his master's true thoughts and was planning to play big.

Being severely criticized by Zhu Youxiao in front of all the ministers, Wei Zhongxian couldn't hold back his face, and naturally he didn't intend to let these moths who toss Daming in the local area.

In the past few days, the East Factory General Administration of the Beijing Normal University has kept sending and receiving letters, and the fans are filing in and out. There is also the big stall leader Fu Yingxing, who is even more busy with his work.

The investigation scale of Dongchang in Fujian and Lianghuai areas has shrunk slightly, but this is not something to be happy about, but rather worrying.

Those who are familiar with Wei Zhongxian know that, judging from this posture, the fans are definitely going to fight big.

Sure enough, Jingshi Tiqi rode out everywhere, and they all went to one place——Shandong!

This time, Dongchang is investigating the whole of Shandong, but everything related to the salt administration, from the governor of Shandong, a big official in the frontier, to ordinary officials in a prefecture and county, is within the scope of investigation.

The method is also simple and rude. Dongchang didn't send people to the salt field to check any evidence. Those tyrants are not fools. They have prepared evidence and waited for you to check.

It's been a month, and the evidence has already been destroyed.

Therefore, the Dongchang fans made full use of their power over the three legal departments, that is, to arrest people first and then try the case.

Looking at the entire officialdom of Ming Dynasty today, no yamen has such power as Dongchang in arresting people.

As long as the emperor nods, they can arrest anyone.

This time it wasn't just Zhu Youxiao who nodded, it was Zhu Youxiao who reminded him that he could do this. Once Dongchang took action, the local garrison would cooperate.

How to cooperate?

The East Factory arrests people on a large scale, and the local tyrants will definitely resist. The East Factory is good at arresting people and judging cases, but they are not very good at fighting. At this time, officers and soldiers are needed to deter them.

In general, Zhu Youxiao wants to let the imperial power go down next time!

For Wei Zhongxian to do this, he is a bit disrespectful of martial arts, but you have no place to reason. It is not the same as how the gang of Donglin scholars who made troubles were arrested back then.

If there is any trouble, the fanzi will come to your door and use such and such an excuse to arrest you in a prison and interrogate you in detail.

Of course, although the Middle East factory has the right to arrest people during this process, they have no conviction after all, and they have no right to kill people, but it is enough to arrest you.

As long as you enter the Dongchang prison, whether it is white or black, right and wrong, it will be completely different.

Even those who died in Dongchang Prison due to excessive interrogation, you have nothing to say, Dongchang has the right to interrogate on its own.

In a word, Dongchang takes people without going through the three legal departments, and the imperial power franchises them!

As long as Zhu Youxiao doesn't speak up, local tyrants, lawless officials, rich gentry and wealthy businessmen, Dongchang can arrest anyone they want, and they will go directly to the door to arrest them.

Wei Zhongxian didn't want to play like this at first, and Zhu Youxiao didn't want to let Wei Zhongxian go out directly, but there was nothing he could do. The local tyrants thought they could beat the imperial court, so they made a move first, and I had to accept it.

Of course, there are disadvantages to doing so.

Zhu Youxiao is not a god, it is impossible to watch Wei Zhongxian's every move and every thought he has.

Acquiescing to Dongchang to use such a great power, it is hard to say that Wei Zhongxian will not make a move when investigating the case and arrest some people who should not be arrested.

But no matter how you look at it, the disadvantages of delegating power to Wei Zhongxian are obviously not as good as the great benefits brought by the implementation of the new salt law!

Chapter 483 Map of Meishixifu

Wei Zhongxian can say without hesitation that he is a villain.

He has everything that villains have, including grudges, greed for money, profiteering, cronyism... But he is the only one who knows a bottom line and never dares to cross it.

That is, everything he has comes from the current emperor.

No matter what, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to cross the threshold, which is why Zhu Youxiao could bear him jumping around beside him.

Although he was criticized by the emperor, Wei Zhongxian was very happy.

The reason why he was approved this time was not because Wei Zhongxian was reused again, but also because he knew something that he had never understood before.

The current emperor is a sensible person, the last time he collected all the memorials to the Qianqing Palace, it was to give him power, but this time he asked Dongchang to investigate the Shandong salt administration, which was to delegate power.

There is a limit to storage and release, use it when it should be used, and demote it when it should be demoted, instead of meaninglessly killing donkeys and slaughtering them when they are used up.

For the current Wei Zhongxian, this is more gratifying than sealing him.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian will not let go of this opportunity to avenge his grievances and grievances during the investigation of the Shandong Salt Administration this time.

Wang Weijian, who served as the governor of Shandong in the 38th year of Wanli as the censor of the capital, was one of the remnants of Donglin that Wei Zhongxian regarded as his enemy.

This time Wei Zhongxian has to focus on cleaning up because of him, here Wei Zhongxian also has selfish motives.

What selfishness?

Wang Weijian had impeached him in the first year of Tianqi. Wei Zhongxian kept this incident in mind and kept looking for opportunities to deal with this powerful Shandong governor.

If Wang Weijian has something to do this time, that's fine, what to do.

Even if he had nothing to do, Wei Zhongxian couldn't let go of this god-given opportunity, and tried his best to get Wang Weijian down, so that the emperor would replace him with his own people later.

……

The residence of Wang Weijian, governor of Shandong Province.

Wang Weijian's ability is relatively mediocre, but he has a good reputation. He has always had a hobby, that is, collecting all kinds of ancient calligraphy and paintings.

As for where Wang Weijian got so much money to collect precious calligraphy and paintings, no one cares about this. The position of governor of Shandong does not require you to buy many things.

Everyone knows that you like it, so they will naturally rush to deliver it to their door.

Recently, Dongchang has been terribly arresting people in Shandong. Even the big shots in Jining are a little shy, not to mention the powerful places that deal with salt goods.

Although the interests of salt goods are great, they are still not on the table.

Those who make their fortunes from salt goods, no matter what their wealth is, will always be despised by others, because everyone knows how chaotic the place where salt is sold along the coast is.

If you make a fortune from salt goods, you don’t need to ask to know that your money is not clean. Basically, if you check it out, no one likes to deal with them.

This is especially true for Wang Weijian, a modest gentleman who has long been famous.

But boredom is one aspect. The other party brought something he likes, and that is another aspect. Tang Wanfeng, who came to Qingzhou Mansion today, brought an item that he could not refuse.

"This...this is?"

Wang Weijian looked at the painting carried in by two Yan Ding, stepped forward a few steps, gently stroked the edge of the frame with one hand, looked a little excited, and his fingers were trembling slightly.

"This, this is actually the picture of Meishi Xifu!"

This painting of Meishixifu by Ma Yuan, a famous Zhao and Song Dynasty artist, was obtained by Tang Wanfeng in an accidental auction, and it cost a full 20 taels of silver.

This kind of treasure at the bottom of the box, until the time of death, he will never bear the pain to part with it.

I thought that if the civil uprising was stirred up, the imperial court would be busy quelling the chaos and abandoning the implementation of the Salt Law, but what was waiting was the news that the imperial court suppressed the civil uprising and delegated power to Dongchang.

This was somewhat playful, and it caught Tang Wanfeng by surprise.

Today's emperor actually has such courage and can make such a major decision in such a short period of time. What is even more unbelievable is that the court is silent and there is no conflict!

This made Tang Wanfeng gasp behind his back after hearing the news, and felt regretful intuitively.

But there is no medicine for regret in the world. He obviously underestimated how firm Zhu Youxiao's idea of ​​promoting innovation is. It was the first time since Ming Dynasty that local soldiers and horses cooperated with Dongchang to arrest people.

It seems that the current emperor's idea of ​​implementing the new salt law cannot be changed no matter what.

Tang Wanfeng had heard about Lu Xiangsheng's ability to subdue the rebellious Three Guards in Jinling, and the court's move was a killer move.

Once Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to Qingzhou Prefecture, the civil unrest would not be able to last for a few days!

The biggest backer that Shandong can find is the Shandong governor Wang Weijian in front of him.

So Tang Wanfeng came here non-stop, basically using all his family resources.

There is nothing to do if you feel distressed, you can only fight hard.