Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 233, the king bleeds thousands of miles in anger
In the capital city, it was very peaceful at first, as before, but with the continuous actions of Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fans in various parts of the capital, from time to time, some important figures were arrested in the streets and alleys of the capital. All of a sudden, the whole capital city suddenly changed.

The gate of Hanlin Wu Kuan's mansion.

It wasn't long before Wu Kuan came to court, when Jin Yiwei broke in and surrounded the entire Wu Mansion, no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Accompanied by the cries of women and children, Wu Hanlin with disheveled hair was escorted out by two Jinyi guards in flying fish suits.

"I'm Wu Kuan, and I'm from the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy. You guys, Qiuba, dare to arrest me. I'll definitely give you a book later, and let your heads fall to the ground."

Although he was arrested, Wu Kuan was still struggling, and roared loudly while struggling.

"Wu Hanlin, we don't know if we will be killed, but your head will probably move soon."

The Jinyiwei Baihu headed by looked at Wu Kuan and said with a sneer.

These civil servants look down on these warriors the most, they have never looked directly at them, and even their titles are full of contempt.

"The traitor is in charge, the traitor is in charge~"

When Wu Kuan heard this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, with a look of iron bones.

"A traitor is in charge?"

"Wu Hanlin, a noble Hanlin, where did he get so much money?"

The Jinyiwei Baihu headed by it was like a cat catching a mouse, with a playful expression in their eyes.

It turned out that following the crowd, there was a team of Jin Yiwei carrying out boxes one by one. The lids of the boxes were opened, and the boxes were full of gold, silver and jewels.

Seeing the boxes of gold, silver and jewels, Wu Kuan suddenly felt like a deflated balloon, and his whole body lost all energy and energy in an instant, drooping down.

……

Censor Xu Ziyuan's mansion was also firmly surrounded by a group of Dongchang fans. The whole Xu mansion was full of chaos, women's cries, master's roar, and panicked servants.

Xu Ziyuan was also stripped of his official hat, and his disheveled hair was escorted out by the Dongchang Fanzi.

"You Dongchang are simply lawless. I, Xu Ziyuan, is the censor. I will report everything to His Majesty later, so that you Dongchang lackeys will live a life worse than death."

Xu Ziyuan was escorted out, and the outside of Xu's mansion was full of countless people watching the fun. Seeing so many people, Xu Ziyuan seemed to have grasped at straws, and roared angrily while struggling.

"You, Xu Yushi, were arrested. In the famine year, you colluded with profiteers, stole official warehouses and official food, and then drove up the price of food, causing people to be poisoned and starved to death. How dare you still have the face to see your majesty?"

The leader of the Dongchangtai listened to Xu Ziyuan's words, and also sneered, and spoke out Xu Ziyuan's crime very loudly.

"what?"

"This Xu Yushi actually colluded with those profiteers, even stole official food, and drove up the price of food. I said how could the food in the capital rise to more than two hundred yuan per catty. It turned out that these dog officials and profiteers were colluding."

When the common people around heard this, they immediately became angry one by one.

"Kill this dog official, kill this dog official~"

Some time ago, the grain of two hundred renminbi a catty really hurt the common people in the capital. Many people were starving to the point of starvation, and many people even starved to death in their homes.

"I said, this little famine is nothing. It turns out that the food in the imperial warehouse was stolen by these dog officials and profiteers."

"For two hundred Wen a catty of grain, the hearts of these people are dark."

"Great catch~ Good catch~"

"Kill this dog official, kill this dog official~"

As someone yelled out, the people around immediately began to throw rotten eggs, rotten vegetables, small stones, etc. at the detained Xu Ziyuan, which made Xu Ziyuan, a handsome censor, suddenly become embarrassed. Constantly struggling to dodge.

Also behind Xu Ziyuan, a fan from Dongchang came out carrying boxes of gold and silver, which made the angry crowd keep throwing things at Xu Ziyuan, wishing they could eat him raw.

……

All over the capital, a number of ministers who had just come down from the morning court were arrested one after another, and the number was as many as dozens. Among them, there were censors, Hanlin, and doctors.

It has been a long, long time since such a large-scale arrest of officials in the dynasty happened. Even in the Ming Xianzong period, dozens of court officials were rarely arrested at once. There is such a huge movement in the case.

Immediately, the entire capital was panicked, the hustle and bustle of the past was less, and the spirit of murder was more.

In the study room of the Palace of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Hongzhi was still discussing state affairs with Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others.

"The method of firing cement has been handed over to the minister by Liu Jin. The minister has already seen it. It is not difficult to make cement, and most of the things needed are very common. The cost of this cement is not too high. You can Large-scale promotion, but the second son has his own views on the promotion of cement."

What Emperor Hongzhi and others were discussing was naturally how to promote cement and use cement to build the Great Wall and build roads on the city wall.

When Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao came back, Liu Jin had already handed over the cement manufacturing method. Zhou Jing, as the secretary of the household department, naturally had to calculate the cost of cement in order to calculate the cost of cement. Is it suitable for large-scale production use.

"Oh, what is your opinion?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"This son believes that although cement is an artifact of the country, it is best to make the method of cement known to the world."

Zhou Jing nodded, and then explained what he had discussed with Liu Jin that day.

"Announced to the world, how can this be possible? How can everyone know about the artifact of this country?"

As soon as Ma Wensheng heard it, he said in a hurry, and his words made all the people present nod their heads.

Cement is so important. It is a real artifact of the country. The first thing they think of is to keep the method of making this cement a secret. If this is the case, they will naturally be able to firmly hold this cement in the hands of the court.

Emperor Hongzhi also thought the same way. He attached great importance to cement. In his opinion, this method of making should naturally not be announced, and it must be firmly in his own hands.

"The second son said that this cement is an artifact that benefits the country and the people. If it is only in the hands of a few people, it can only benefit a few people. Only when it is announced to the world and everyone knows about the cement can it truly benefit. to the people of the world."

"Only when everyone in the world knows how to make cement and more people produce cement, can more spacious roads be built with cement."

Zhou Jing looked at Ma Wensheng, smiled slightly, and continued.

After hearing this, everyone thought about it carefully, and nodded their heads one after another. At the same time, they were impressed by Liu Jin's heart. Such an artifact would want to announce it to the public instead of hiding it as a family heirloom.

"This law should indeed be announced to the world so that more people can benefit."

Liu Jian seemed to have figured out the key points, and said very solemnly.

"However, if the Tatars also know how to make this cement, wouldn't it be..."

Upon hearing this, Ma Wensheng immediately said anxiously.

"So what if they know?"

"Will they build tall city walls on the grassland? Or will they build spacious concrete roads?"

Li Dongyang naturally knew Liu Jin's thoughts a long time ago, and asked back with a smile.

Hearing Li Dongyang's rhetorical question, Ma Wensheng was speechless for a moment, then thought for a while, his eyes widened, and he immediately understood the reason, and said: "Haha, so it is, so it is indeed When it is announced to the world, let more people know."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at their expressions, and thought quickly in his mind, and soon he also figured out the reason, and couldn't help laughing and said: "So it is, so it is, it should be announced to the world. .”

Just when everyone was discussing happily, Xiao Jing walked in, holding a brochure in his hand.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the case of the theft from the official storehouse has been basically cleared up."

Xiao Jing held the notebook with both hands, and said very respectfully.

"How fast?"

"how is this possible?"

When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others heard this, their eyes widened immediately. Emperor Hongzhi asked Xiao Jing to investigate this case in the early morning court. How long has passed now, and it is only two hours. It's just time, and the case has already been found out.

This speed is too fast, too unbelievable.

However, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others are all good people. After thinking about it for a while, they immediately understood. It is estimated that Emperor Hongzhi had asked Xiao Jing to investigate this case a long time ago. Everything has been cleared up, otherwise it would be impossible. It took only a little effort to find out.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at the Emperor Hongzhi in front of them. They felt so strange, and they were no longer the Emperor Hongzhi they were familiar with.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi would discuss everything with them. What he relied on was the power of civil servants. He definitely would not rely on the power of factory guards like his father did. Unexpectedly, he had asked Xiao Jing to investigate in advance. The official warehouse was stolen.

"Well, let's talk."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing said respectfully, then stood up straight, opened the memorial slowly, and began to speak slowly.

The cause of the incident is actually very simple. At the beginning, Hu Wanan and others were only envious of the huge profits of the glass factory. A small mirror was sold for thousands of taels of silver. In a short period of time, the money earned by Gujinlou It is calculated in millions of taels.

Such a speed of making money, such a huge profit, naturally has already made countless people jealous, wanting to snatch this deal into their own hands.

It's just that this glass factory is a joint business between the prince and Liu Jin. There is no stronger backstage than this in the world. Even if Hu Wan'an and others are jealous, there is nothing they can do for a while.

But the famine that occurred in the first half of the year immediately gave Hu Wanan and others an opportunity. In addition, there were ministers in the court who wanted to limit the imperial power, control Emperor Hongzhi and his son, and firmly hold the power of Ming Dynasty in their own hands. It hit it off.

First, they emptied the grain in the Dezhou warehouse and Linqing warehouse, and then began to short the grain in the three northern provinces, controlling the grain in the entire three northern provinces, and then taking advantage of the famine not only to sell all the profitable businesses such as the glass factory and Xishan Coal Industry, etc. Taking away, by the way, is also to suck up the internal money of Emperor Hongzhi and his son, so as to achieve the purpose of restricting imperial power.

After all, the emperor with empty internal funds, and if the national treasury is empty, he can't do anything without money, and he still has to listen to them, civil servants, for everything.

After listening to Xiao Jing's narration from the beginning to the end, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others all widened their eyes, and Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao even opened their mouths. They couldn't believe it. all of these.

"Someone actually wants to limit the imperial power~"

"It's really audacious, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is involved."

Zhang Mao's mind was blank, he didn't dare to think that there is such a bold person in this world.

"I see, that's how it is. No wonder His Majesty's temperament has changed drastically. Someone actually wants to target the imperial power, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This love is deep, and His Majesty will become stronger no matter how weak his temper is."

"It's really scheming, it's so scheming, you can clearly understand His Majesty's temperament, and you've calculated everything into it. If it weren't for the sea fish from Tianjin, maybe they would have succeeded."

Li Dongyang thought quickly in his mind, and he figured out everything in an instant, and couldn't help admiring immediately.

"No wonder His Majesty's temperament has changed drastically. Your Majesty has always trusted me and other civil servants, but he didn't expect that there would be such a person among the civil servants. He wanted to limit the imperial power, and even the prince was involved in it."

Liu Jian couldn't help shaking his head slightly, he now understood why Emperor Hongzhi had such a huge change.

"According to the investigation, fifty-four officials of the fifth rank and above participated in it, and there were also local important officials such as the Water Transport Envoy and the Shandong Chief Envoy..."

Xiao Jing didn't pay attention to the expressions of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others, but slowly read out the situation of his own investigation. When he said that fifty-four ministers from the court participated in it, and even some important local officials participated, Everyone couldn't help but blacken their eyes.

So many officials were involved, and the matters involved were almost as big as treason. This made Emperor Hongzhi, a good old man, change his temperament drastically. One can imagine what will happen next.

When the man was angry, his blood spattered three feet. When the emperor got angry, he lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles.

　The two chapters are merged into one, can everyone accept it?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)