Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 825 Your Majesty, there is a situation
Hearing Tong Zhiyuan's voice, Zhao Wen really didn't know what to say.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see what this is all about.

Zhao Wen didn't need to think about it at all, he could figure out what was going on here.

Where is there any auspiciousness?It's just that the people below deliberately falsified in order to please the people above.

"Stop, stop!" Zhao Wen interrupted Tong Zhiyuan's voice as he looked at the chattering Tong Zhiyuan.

Tong Zhiyuan stood in the imperial study room, respectfully silent.

"Okay, there's no need to say any more. I'll ask you one more thing, is the thing you sent me really auspicious?" Zhao Wen's eyes were fixed on Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

Liang Yihe is very bachelor, and said directly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is auspiciousness. As the saying goes, when auspiciousness appears, a prosperous age comes. Now is a prosperous age, so the stone turtle is auspicious, and the stone tortoise is auspicious, and so is the piece of jade in the stone tortoise's mouth. Auspicious."

Liang Yihe said with absolute certainty, without any hesitation.

"Oh? Really? Are you so sure? I'll give you one more chance to think about whether it's auspicious or not. Let's talk after thinking it through!" Zhao Wen said.

Hearing Zhao Wen's words, Tong Zhiyuan hesitated and retreated in his heart.

Whether it is auspicious or not, no one knows better than Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

"Your Majesty, it should be Xiangrui. The stone turtle I found is exactly the same as the one recorded in the history books, so it must be Xiangrui!"

This time, Tong Zhiyuan's voice was full of uncertainty.

"Your Majesty, this is Xiangrui!"

Liang Yihe killed him with one bite. This is Xiangrui.

"Are you sure? Are you sure this is Xiangrui? Do you know what kind of crime is the crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Why, the officials who investigated Shanxi did not get you down, are you uncomfortable?Do you want to be put in prison so much? "Zhao Wen's face darkened.

These two officials had no fault in Yangqu, and they managed Yangqu well, so Zhao Wen thought that after the two of them came to Xuanzhen, as long as they could admit their mistakes, then Zhao Wen would not be held accountable. fault.

But who would have thought that this Liang Yihe would be stubborn and would not admit it no matter what.

Zhao Wenchang is so old, he never believes in auspiciousness.

Those auspicious signs in history are basically fraudulent.Zhao Wen didn't believe that the auspiciousness this time was real. In Zhao Wen's view, the auspiciousness this time was too fake.

Zhao Wen's voice startled Tong Zhiyuan, who was about to kneel on the ground in a panic.

But this Liang Yihe gritted his teeth, but he didn't let go.

"Your Majesty, this auspiciousness is true!"

"Ha ha!"

Zhao Wen also felt angry when he looked at Liang Yihe, who was a dead duck with a stubborn mouth.

I gave you enough steps to go down, but you didn't go down, and even climbed up the steps. Isn't this deliberately making things difficult for me?
Besides, no one in the entire government and the public knows that I don't believe in auspicious things, but the two of you just came up with this trick, aren't you playing with me?

The more Zhao Wen thought about it, the more angry he became. He took a deep breath and said to Liang Yihe: "Liang Yihe, I'll give you another chance. Tell me, is this true? Is Xiangrui true?"

Zhao Wen's voice was very cold, and Tong Zhiyuan could not stop shivering.

Liang Yihe was a little scared, and stayed there without speaking for a long time.

Not long after, Liang Yihe gritted his teeth again and said, "Your Majesty, the auspiciousness this time is indeed true, and if I dare to guarantee it with my life, it is true!"

"Slap!" Zhao Wen slapped the table in front of him, his face collapsed.

Standing next to Zhao Wen, Chen Donglai looked at Liang Yihe angrily, and cursed in his heart: "This Liang Yihe really doesn't know what to do, His Majesty has already given him enough steps, yet he is still like this? Doesn't he know that His Majesty is a god in the sky?" Can your majesty not know what auspiciousness is and what is not auspiciousness?

I really don't have the eyesight to make His Majesty angry all the time, this Liang Yihe is not so courageous! "

"Okay, since you said that, then I have no choice but to send someone to Yangqu to check it out. If the auspiciousness this time is true, I can let it go, but if it is not true this time, then don't blame it. You're welcome!" Zhao Wen narrowed his eyes and said angrily.

Auspicious exaggeration is unavoidable. Once this atmosphere spreads, it will have a huge impact on production and life.

The most important thing now is to carry out industrialization in a down-to-earth manner. At this time, the most taboo is this kind of exaggeration.

Liang Yihe lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhao Wen again.

Tong Zhiyuan wanted to say something, but seeing that Zhao Wen had said that, he could only keep silent.

"Okay, you two go out."

Zhao Wen waved his hands at the two of them with a disgusted face, and told them to back out.

"Your Majesty, these two people are obviously deceiving Your Majesty." Chen Donglai pointed at the figures of the two people going out, and said to Zhao Wen.

"Where is there auspiciousness in the world? I won't say what the auspiciousness of the past dynasties is.

A long time ago, I issued an order to prohibit doing things in this area.But this Liang Yihe and Tong Zhiyuan committed crimes knowingly, and they are even stubborn!" Zhao Wen said helplessly.

"Since they don't want to admit it, I have no choice but to send people to Yangqu to investigate. This matter doesn't seem like a big deal, but if left alone, other officials will follow suit, and it won't take long for the exaggeration to disappear It will spread, so I want to use this matter to completely kill this kind of thing!" Zhao Wen stood up and walked outside while talking.

Zhao Wen reviewed the memorial for a long time, so he thought about walking around and moving his body.

After Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe walked out of the palace, they came to the post house.

No matter where the officials are, if they come to Xuanzhen to do business, they will live in the post house.

The environment of the post house is good, and officials like them don’t have to pay for it, so basically no officials are willing to live outside.

The home of the two is in Xuanzhen, but because it is far away from the imperial palace and in the outer city of Xuanzhen, the two do not plan to live at home.

There are many vacant rooms in the post house now, and the two lived in the post house.

The rooms where the two lived were facing each other. In the room where Liang Yihe lived, the two sat quietly in the living room inside the room.

"Your Majesty seems to know that Xiangrui is our fault, why don't you admit it?" Tong Zhiyuan looked at Liang Yihe suspiciously.

Earlier, under Zhao Wen's persecution, Tong Zhiyuan had already wavered, and planned to tell the truth about the matter.

However, whenever Tong Zhiyuan wanted to say something, Liang Yihe would always interrupt Tong Zhiyuan's thoughts, and even assured Zhao Wen that it was absolutely true.

In Tong Zhiyuan's view, Zhao Wen already knew about this matter to a large extent, so there was no need to keep it a secret.

"Ugh!"

Liang Yihe let out a long sigh and said: "Brother, the two of us personally took care of that stone tortoise, and none of the palace officials in Yangqu City knew about it, so how could Your Majesty know?

Your Majesty definitely doesn't know how we made the auspiciousness, what happened just now is His Majesty testing us, if we have not survived His Majesty's temptation and told the truth, then it is a crime of deceiving the emperor! "

"hiss!"

Tong Zhiyuan gasped, he really didn't think of this.

"According to what you said, Your Majesty doesn't know if Xiangrui is real, so he used words to deceive us?" Tong Zhiyuan looked at Liang Yihe in disbelief.

Tong Zhiyuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"From my point of view, it is indeed the case. Such auspicious things are really rare. Your Majesty will definitely have doubts. It is normal to test us." Liang Yihe said.

From Liang Yihe's entry into the palace to now, what Zhao Wen said to them were all taken as temptations by Liang Yihe.

It was precisely for this reason that no matter what Zhao Wen said, Liang Yihe gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.

Unfortunately, Liang Yihe was wrong.Zhao Wen didn't test his thoughts at all.

"Well, if it weren't for that, we wouldn't need to do such a thing at all. That thing really scares me enough."

Tong Zhiyuan sighed and said helplessly.

"Who can do anything about it? All the officials in Shanxi were purged from top to bottom. The arrested officials were all from gentry backgrounds. As for the students who graduated from universities, there were not many of them!

Now in Shanxi, almost all officials have become university graduates.If you say that there is no meaning of His Majesty, I don't believe it. "Liang Yihe stood up and walked to the balcony next to the living room.

Liang Yihe lived in a room on the fourth floor. The living room was connected to the balcony. Liang Yihe stood on the balcony and looked out. The street was full of people coming and going, looking bustling.

"Who knows if His Majesty specially arranged this matter, who knows if His Majesty wants to kick us gentry out of the officialdom, it's hard to say!" Liang Yihe's voice was full of sadness, and he was afraid that one day he would He will be imprisoned like Wang Dacheng.

In fact, these two people didn't want to do this kind of thing at first, and they also knew that Zhao Wen didn't like Xiangrui very much.

However, the investigation of Shanxi officials last time really frightened these two people.

At that time, Chen Lin took Zhao Wen's order and used Wang Dacheng and others as a breakthrough to arrest many officials in Shanxi.

Among these officials, they were basically gentry who had defected to Zhao Wen before. As for the students who graduated from universities, there were not many of them.

When they discovered this phenomenon, they thought that Zhao Wen was going to attack these gentry officials and open the way for university student officials, which scared them so much that they didn't sleep well for several days.

Although Chen Lin was talking about corruption, almost all the people arrested were gentry officials, which forced the two to think in other directions.

During that time, gentry officials were arrested almost every day, and Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe lived in fear almost every day, for fear that they would be arrested.

Although the two of them were not involved in the end, the gentry officials in Shanxi were almost wiped out, leaving only a few sporadic ones.

Such an ending frightened them a lot, fearing that they would be the next one.

After the matter was completely over, the two of them thought about whether they could come up with a way to avoid becoming the second Wang Dacheng.

After thinking about it, the two thought of Jinxian Xiangrui.

Offering auspiciousness is not only flattering, but also the best way to express loyalty.

It is clearly recorded in the history books from ancient times to the present, offering auspiciousness is the best way to express loyalty.

So in order to express their loyalty to Zhao Wen, the two made such a farce.

"It's just that if we do this, will His Majesty be unhappy?" Tong Zhiyuan asked with a worried expression.

Zhao Wen's face and tone at that time still linger in Tong Zhiyuan's ears. Tong Zhiyuan was afraid that the auspicious incident would not only fail to show loyalty, but also do bad things.

"It's unlikely. From ancient times to the present, it is rare to hear that officials who offer auspiciousness are punished because of auspiciousness. I think it is unlikely that His Majesty will punish us.

Think about it, after your majesty wins the world, the world will be stable, the country will be rich and the people will be strong, under normal circumstances, your majesty should enshrine Zen on Mount Tai.But, in the past few years, have you heard the news that His Majesty Mount Tai has conferred Zen?

Since His Majesty does not have Taishan Fengchan, how can His Majesty prove to the world his literary and martial arts?Except for the auspicious thing, I really can't think of a second one! "Liang Yihe turned around, looked at Tong Zhiyuan who was walking towards him, and said solemnly.

Tong Zhiyuan kept nodding, agreeing with Liang Yihe's statement very much.

Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe used to be gentry who took refuge in Zhao Wen. Although they had lived in Xuanzhen for several years, there was no way to change those things in their bones.

What Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe thought in their hearts were basically the same old things.

These things have some effect in other dynasties, but in the present, they have almost no effect.

"Then what should we do now?" Tong Zhiyuan looked at Liang Yihe.

Liang Yihe said: "What else can we do? Just wait quietly. His Majesty will definitely look for us in a short time. We must be able to hold our breath now."

That night, Zhao Wen asked Chen Lin to go to Yangqu County to investigate the matter.

No matter when, no matter who is doing what, there will be some clues left behind, even if Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe think that what they do is perfect, they still leave a lot of clues.

After Chen Lin came to Yangqu, it didn't take long to investigate the matter clearly.

This matter was not a very secret thing, so it was very easy for Chen Lin to investigate clearly.

It took less than three days from Chen Lin's entry into Yangqu to the investigation of the matter.

Three days later, Chen Lin boarded the train back to Xuan Town with the results of the investigation.

In addition to the investigation results, Chen Lin also brought the stone turtle back to Xuan Town.

A few days later, in the imperial study room, a stone turtle was placed in the center of the imperial study room.

Beside Shi Gui, besides Guo Chen Lin, there was another man about 30 years old.

This man was wearing very ordinary clothes and his face was dark. It was obvious that this man had been working under the sun all year round.

The man knelt on the ground, his head pressed tightly against the ground, not daring to look up at Zhao Wen, and his body was still shaking.

"Your Majesty, this stone turtle was carved by this man!" Chen Lin pointed to this man and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at the man and said, "Stand up, did you really carve this stone turtle?"

The man didn't dare to stand up, his head was still firmly pressed against the ground, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this stone turtle was carved by a villain."

The man is just an honest stonemason, where has he seen such a thing?Where have you seen the emperor?
If Chen Lin hadn't spent a lot of time teaching the man before entering the palace, the man would have panicked.

The stone tortoise in Xiangrui was carved by the man in front of him. At that time, this man was also found together with Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

"Do you know who is looking for your carved stone turtle?" Zhao Wen asked again.

"I don't know, I only know that two people found me. I still remember the faces of these two people clearly. They also paid me a hush money and didn't let me tell it."

As the man spoke, he told the faces of Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

Listening to the man's description, Zhao Wen was sure that he was talking about Liang Yihe and Tong Zhiyuan without even thinking about it.

Next, Zhao Wen asked some more detailed things.

An hour later, the man was taken out by Chen Lin.

Zhao Wen also held an evidence booklet obtained by Chen Lin in his hand, and was looking at it in detail.

After a while, Zhao Wen put down the booklet in his hand, walked down, and came to Shi Gui in the imperial study.

The carving of this stone turtle is very rough, there are many places where the carving is not complete, it looks like an unfinished semi-finished product.

"It's ironic that such a small stone turtle can be regarded as auspicious!" Zhao Wen murmured, shaking his head.

At this time, Chen Lin also returned to the imperial study, and he said to Zhao Wen: "Your Majesty, when the minister arrived in Yangqu, the people in Yangqu said that this stone turtle is auspicious from the sky. It's just too much."

"This kind of thing is really normal. In today's world, how many people have read the book? Even if they have read the book, there are people who believe in this, let alone ordinary people who speak Mandarin." Zhao Wen's eyes changed from The stone turtle left and said.

To some extent, there will be people who believe this kind of thing in later generations, let alone now.

"By the way, did you find anything else in Yangqu?" Zhao Wenshun asked.

"Your Majesty, there really is. It's just that I was busy dealing with the matter that Your Majesty handed over to me at the time, so I didn't investigate this matter in detail. When I came back, I left some people in Yangqu to investigate this matter." Something." Chen Lin's expression suddenly became serious.

"whats the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I found the White Lotus Sect in Yangqu!"

"White Lotus Sect?" Zhao Wen was a little surprised.

Zhao Wen didn't expect that when he asked casually, he actually came up with something.

"What's going on? How come there is the White Lotus Sect? Are you sure it's really the White Lotus Sect?" Zhao Wen looked at Chen Lin.

(End of this chapter)