I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to have reacted to the news. After a long while, he didn't reply whether he was punished or not, and asked in a daze:

"Are you sure you killed Fan Yongdou that day?"

Xu Xianchun said: "I am sure!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and hesitated, "Unless...it wasn't Fan Yongdou who died on the execution ground that day!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole matter was heightened to a higher level, and even Xu Xianchun opened his mouth in disbelief.

Because of this, even he himself did not believe it.

Good guy, Fan Yongdou has been killed, but it wasn't Fan Yongdou. Doesn't that mean someone died for him that day?

The incident was such a big deal, but the emperor personally ordered to investigate the Fan family. If Fan Yongdou was really alive, it would not be as simple as slapping Jin Yiwei in the face.

Who can escape under Jin Yiwei's nose, who is this Fan Yongdou?

Xu Xianchun clenched his fists tightly. Doesn't this mean that some of the Jin Yiwei were bribed?

He was able to take charge of the case of the Fan family and released Fan Yongdou privately. I am afraid that this person's status under his hands is not low!

I want to see who dares to break ground on Tai Sui!

Thinking of this, Xu Xianchun seemed to have thought of a hundred extremely miserable ways to die for this traitor under his command.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Wei Guangwei, was the first to see Zhu Youxiao's expression when this happened. Not surprisingly, the emperor looked very confused.

It was as if, in an instant, he had changed from the shrewd emperor just now to a political novice who didn't understand anything.

But Wei Guangwei was relieved when he saw this, not to mention that this matter was planned by this master, it must have something to do with him.

After confirming the emperor's attitude, it will be easier to talk.

He stood up and said grandly:

"Your Majesty, if you die for someone else, this case is worse than the Donglin Imperial Examination Case. If you don't strictly investigate and deal with it, the court will handle the case in the future. It may become a common practice for you to die for someone else, and the investigation will not be as good as it should be."

"Many innocent people are implicated, and the real perpetrators are free. Legal abuses are prevalent, which is not good for the judiciary. We should deal with them carefully!"

Zhu Youxiao also saw it by accident in Guichunfang that day, and after Wei Zhongxian reminded him, he found out that it was Fan Yongdou.

At that time, I also wondered, Fan Yongdou's whole family was copied, how could he still be alive?

But who would have thought that the investigation of Dongchang became deeper and deeper, and even the seasoned Wei Zhongxian's face changed and became ugly when he received the last news.

The Fan family was far from as simple as imagined. They had infiltrated the local supervisory office in Zhangjiakou.

Even Beizhen Fusi, a capable officer under Xu Xianchun, is already one of the backers of the Fan family.

The Fan family is just a relatively ordinary one among the top ten Shanxi merchants, and even the Supervising Office can infiltrate and be riddled with holes.

So, as the first Shanxi merchant at this time, how deep will the hidden power be?

Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to think about it, this matter was out of his control, and even he didn't dare to imagine such a thing before the Fan family was found out.

Based on this incident, Zhu Youxiao also knew that investigating and prosecuting Shanxi merchants was far from being as simple as simply ransacking their families and exterminating their families.

Relying on those two cabinet ministers alone, at most they can only suppress Shanxi merchants on the bright side, and their real power is still buried in the soil.

It is impossible for me to personally watch every person I kill, and who knows what other powerful means they have besides finding someone to kill them without anyone noticing?

This kind of battle, if there is no Dongchang and Jinyiwei who are all-pervasive, I can't win it at all.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also has a trump card now - Jiaoshifu.

As the deepest hidden spy investigation agency that only you know, the Jiaoshifu was established strictly according to the form of the military system of later generations.

Even when Jiaoshi was face to face, he didn't know that the other party was also a member of Jiaoshifu. This was one of Zhu Youxiao's last resorts.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said:

"I made a private visit yesterday, and heard a poem called "Bai Fu Se". I don't know who wrote it. Has anyone heard of it?"

This poem was found by the Jiaoshifu, but Zhu Youxiao hadn't figured out what it meant.

It was brought up today, and I suspect it has something to do with this matter. Let's see if any of these "elites" in the court can understand it well.

Li Banghua then said: "I have heard that this is an anonymous poem. It was first popular in Hangzhou, and later spread all over the world. I don't know who wrote it."

As he said that, he suddenly realized, his eyes widened, he froze for a while, and said hastily:

"That's right! Mr. Bai will be replaced by another husband. As the saying goes, a knife on Sezi's head is death!"

"Bai Fuse, that's exactly what you're talking about, die for me!"

Zhu Youxiao was also taken aback for a moment, but on second thought, this is really the case, Mrs. Bai, it seemed like a little yellow poem at first.

But after Li Banghua's analysis, it makes sense.

It seems that someone already knew that Fan Yongdou was a surrogate, but they were afraid of retaliation, so they wrote such an anonymous poem!

The voice fell to the ground, and the hall was completely silent.

Almost everyone was shocked by such a strange case, and no one expected that there would be so many big and strange cases in the Tianqi Year!

This time the case is even more jaw-dropping, infiltrating Jinyiwei, evading Dongchang's investigation, and finding someone to take the place of death without anyone noticing.

At that time, only the Jiaoshifu found a song "Bai Fu Se" that suddenly spread among the people, which seemed to be related to this, but no bigger rumors were found.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the whispering officials, and for the first time felt that each of them seemed untrustworthy.

There was a person at the bottom who was sweating even more at this time.

It seems that the poet should have been killed a long time ago. If he was not afraid of scaring the snake, he would have done it long ago.

But the matter has come to this point, we can only kill people as soon as possible!

If the court finds out the whereabouts of this person first, I'm afraid that my future will be ruined, and according to the emperor's temper, the nine clans may not be guaranteed!

The anonymous poet is a little-known scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, who can be described as a typical example of high talents.

The old father in his family was a canal tracker, and he worked so hard to get him a reputation, but failed repeatedly, so the scholar was always resentful.

Later, the Fan family incident broke out, and one person was arrested to take the blame, and it was his old father.

The whole matter was done flawlessly, except for one thing, which was not dealt with in time for the scholar who was taking the exam in Beijing at that time.

Later, even Jin Yiwei didn't find out about Fan Yongdou. In order not to startle the snake, the rest of the Fan family disappeared without further investigation.

The scholar once again lost his name to Sun Shan, completely disheartened, but he couldn't find his father when he returned home. He heard from the neighbors that he was arrested by the Fan family.

Yin Yingquan continued: "The top priority is to find the scholar who wrote the anonymous poem as soon as possible. He must know something."

Xu Xianchun also said: "Your Majesty, this matter is due to the incompetence of Beizhen Fusi. I must investigate my subordinates as soon as possible and find out the traitor!"

Accepting bribes is nothing, everyone accepts bribes in private, but you have to understand which end is light and which end is heavy!

As the commander, Xu Xianchun will never allow anyone in Jinyiwei to dare to oppose the emperor and help the rebellious party!

If you find out who it is, I will tear him alive!

Xu Xianchunqi's eyes were red, he couldn't restrain his murderous aura, and all the officials were silent.

Everyone understands that in the future, there will be a bloody storm among the people, the court, and even the Fusi and Dongchang in Beizhen.

Chapter 598 The Shanxi Merchants Started From the Qu Family

Zhu Youxiao's face was very calm, and all the officials thought he was holding back his anger, but in fact, his heart looked the same as it looks now.

To be honest, Zhu Youxiao didn't really care about Fan Yongdou, let alone get angry.

No matter how big or how capable these Shanxi merchants are, they can only do some trivial things, because it is not five years ago.

In this era when the factory guards are everywhere and the imperial power is at its peak, as long as they show their feet, he can uproot them!

Even if there is no leak, then Zhu Youxiao can use the imperial power to transcend the secular world, and solve the problem once and for all in one step.

Against the centralization of power by the emperor who was pushed to the top by himself, no matter whether it is an official or a businessman, it is still too young.

The matter of surrogate death, whether it is big or small, just happens to be an excuse to investigate and deal with Shanxi merchants, so let's make it bigger.

Shanxi merchants have been investigated and dealt with, and Shanxi is almost the same.

Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and said calmly:

"I have heard about Fan Yongdou for a long time. It is not the fault of the San Judicial Department, let alone the negligence of Jin Yiwei. It was mentioned by Ying Aiqing. I should understand the traitor and handle it fairly."

"The Fan family transported supplies to Jianlu during the war, and now they are looking for someone else to take their place. It's really abominable!" Zhu Youxiao's words became sharper and his expression gradually turned angry. He hit the case with his hands and said:

"It is my order that the county magistrate, county magistrate, and master of Zhangjiakou are afraid of dismissal, and the capital is under martial law. Immediately arrest the traitor Fan Yongdou, and arrest the entire Fan family. If caught, they will be executed."

"Anyone who dares to bend the law for personal gain will be dismissed and investigated. There must be no mistakes!"

No one in the group of ministers could have expected the correct performance of the court.

This imperial decree was announced by the former imperial eunuch Wang Chengen in front of the hall, like a thunderstorm, more like an earthquake radiating from the Qianqing Palace, making the atmosphere suddenly tense.

All the ministers couldn't help beating drums in their hearts, and their feet were weak, seeing a dark cloud wrapped in lightning and thunder, pressing on their heads in an instant!

It has only been one year since the major imperial examination case, the ruling official Donglin was almost wiped out, and most of the rest were also implicated.

After the major imperial examination case, all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were terrified and restless, and a year passed like this.

No one expected that there would be another big case today!

The Fan family revived, and brought out the secret piles of surrogacy that had been accumulated in the dark for an unknown amount of time. Besides Fan Yongdou, I do not know how many other Fan family members are still alive.

The imperial decree of the emperor suppressed the officials in the palace, and made all the Shanxi merchants in the distance shrunk by half.

Because, their last trick has been discovered.

From then on, the imperial court will strictly prevent the powerful from surrogating the dead, and the money spent on surrogate death has doubled, and the difficulty is not what it used to be!

Officials and merchants in Jinzhong, who were already subject to the imperial power, will no longer be able to raise their heads.

Presumably once the news came out, even the officialdom in Shanxi, which was about to move, was overshadowed, and the situation of Shanxi merchants became even worse.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty all became bitter faces.

That's right, it's only been a year since the major imperial examination case, and yet another case of Fan's death came!

How many officials will be trapped now?

Zhu Youxiao sneered in his heart, look at the humerus ministers of Zhen in the Qianqing Palace, now their expressions are as ugly as if they have eaten shit!

Shock the important officials in the court, and then go to the government, it will be a matter of course!

Regardless of whether there is something in his heart or not, he is now like a mud bodhisattva crossing a river, and he dare not cause trouble at all.

In the next period of time, the factory guard will become a mad dog again, catching and biting people everywhere, and if they catch them, everything will be over!

……

Taiyuan, Shanxi, the general name of Sanjinyuan.

The Shanxi merchants were all overwhelmed by the serious situation at the moment. Of course they knew what the surrogate death case meant to them.

Even Qu Jingxin, the leader of the Qi gang, changed his face, holding the reply letter from Chaozhong in his hand, even his lips were trembling.

The tone of the court official in the letter was very serious, and he even said in the letter that this was the last time he would contact his family.

Not only that, most of the members of the Qi Gang were isolated.

Local Shanxi officials were silent, and the court was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water. No matter how money or letters were sent, there was no news.

This kind of tranquility is extremely terrifying. Everything has already shown that a large-scale purge directed by the emperor and targeting Shanxi merchants is about to come.

After the incident, the Fusi of Beijing North Town almost came out in full force.

Focusing on Jifu, Beizhen Fusi sent more than [-] highly authoritative thousands of households to various places, and Zhangjiakou, where the incident occurred, was personally rectified by the commander Xu Xianchun.

The local supervisory offices in Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Henan are respectively in charge of four thousand households, Tian Ergeng, Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe, and Yang Huan.

This time they went down, firstly, to be responsible for rectifying the supervisory departments in various places, and secondly, to bypass the three judicial systems and directly investigate those Shanxi merchants who have harmed the country and the people.

Zhu Youxiao obviously didn't have the patience to wait for the two cabinet ministers to act slowly anymore, and judging from the previous situation, they had already expressed their loyalty to him.

Let them go down, in fact, there is no intention to let them investigate all the remaining Shanxi merchants.

As long as you know what their attitude will be when they go down, that's enough. Of course, it's better to cause a little trouble for the Shanxi merchants in advance.

As for the surrogate death this time, it was purely an accidental discovery by Zhu Youxiao, and he gave Shanxi merchants a trick to draw their salaries from the bottom of the pot.

It can be done without an excuse. Wouldn't it be better to have an excuse?

Qu Jingxin is one head, two big, sitting in the largest business in Jinzhong, the three Jinyuan of his family, waiting for news.