Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 826 Zhao Wen's Decision

"What's going on? How could there be traces of the White Lotus Sect? Hasn't this thing disappeared for a long time?" Zhao Wen looked at Chen Lin with a puzzled expression.

The White Lotus Sect is a powerful thing, and likewise, it is not a good thing.

From the moment this thing was born, its main duty was to rebel.

They rebelled during the Yuan Dynasty, rebelled during the Ming Dynasty, and rebelled during the Qing Dynasty.

All in all, this thing has never stopped for a day. What they do has always been related to rebellion. They are either rebelling or on the way to rebellion.

The most important thing is that they use the worst tricks to fool ordinary people who don't know anything, and use ordinary people as gunmen.

In this era, since Zhao Wen came to Daming, although he had heard about the White Lotus Sect a few times, Zhao Wen had no direct contact with the White Lotus Sect.

After Zhao Wen raised his troops, he listed the White Lotus Sect as a reactionary force, at the same level as Jiannu, adhering to the basic principle of discovering one place and destroying one place.

After all, the White Lotus Sect was just a mob, and there was no way to compare it with Zhao Wen. Therefore, when Zhao Wen fought the world, the White Lotus Sect was basically wiped out by Zhao Wen's soldiers.

After Zhao Wen ascended the throne, there was almost no news about the White Lotus Sect.

"Your Majesty, I'm still not sure if it's the White Lotus Sect, but the traces I found are more similar to those of the White Lotus Sect. As for whether it's the White Lotus Sect, I can't guarantee it yet!" Chen Lin said solemnly.

"What exactly is it like?" Zhao Wen asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the main thing is this. After we arrived at Yangqu City, we began to search for the clues left by Liang Yihe and Tong Zhiyuan in the city.

During our search, we found that there are a large number of Maitreya Buddhist temples in and outside Yangqu City.The number of these temples is too many, and some of them are unrealistic.

The main god of the White Lotus Sect is Maitreya Buddha, so I feel that these temples are likely to be related to the White Lotus Sect.It's just that the minister stayed in Yangqu for a relatively short time, so he didn't have time to find out these things. "Chen Lin told the whole story in detail.

Zhao Wen was lost in thought. Although these few temples alone could not explain anything, but there are so many temples, it is indeed a bit abnormal.

"Well, focus on this matter. Except for Yangqu, other places should also be checked, especially those places that have just been pacified for a short time." Zhao Wen said.

In Zhao Wen's opinion, if there are so many temples in Yangqu, then there are likely to be so many temples in other places.

However, there is no real evidence now, so Zhao Wen can only ask Chen Lin to investigate this matter first.

It is not very suitable for local officials to do this.

"The minister leads the order!" Chen Lin cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and accepted Zhao Wen's order.

After Chen Lin left, Zhao Wen asked Chen Donglai to find Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe.

Now, Zhao Wen wants to ask the teacher for the crime.

Not long after, the two stood respectfully in the hall of the Imperial Study Room.

Holding the evidence presented by Chen Lin in his hand, Zhao Wen sat quietly on it, watching the two of them.

Zhao Wen didn't open his mouth to speak. After saluting with Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe, Yushufang fell into silence.

The two stood in the imperial study room, feeling uncomfortable in the strange and oppressive atmosphere.

Liang Yihe kept panting heavily, but because this was the imperial study, Liang Yihe's panting voice was suppressed very low.

Tong Zhiyuan didn't dare to look at Zhao Wen, the cold sweat dripped down his body like he didn't want money.

After a while, Tong Zhiyuan seemed to be fished out of the water.

Tong Zhiyuan's courage is not as courageous as Liang Yihe's, and he has a bad mentality. Now he regrets it very much, regretting that he did not tell the truth before.

The stone tortoise placed in the imperial study room has been moved out by Zhao Wen. After all, the stone tortoise has been placed in the imperial study room and it is more in the way.

Liang Yihe kept telling himself that auspiciousness was real, and Zhao Wen didn't know anything.

After Yushufang was silent for a long time, Zhao Wen finally spoke.

"I asked someone to go to Yangqu to investigate about Xiangrui. I wonder if you have anything to say?" Zhao Wen looked at the two expressionlessly.

Liang Yihe secretly glanced at Zhao Wen, trying to see something from Zhao Wen's face.

However, there was no expression on Zhao Wen's face, and Liang Yihe couldn't see anything at all.

Liang Yihe wiped the sweat off his forehead with a guilty conscience, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "Your Majesty, the auspicious story is indeed true!"

Until now, Liang Yihe thought that Zhao Wen was testing him.

"Hehe, it's all up to now, and you still don't admit it?" Zhao Wen shook his head, handed the evidence in his hand to Chen Donglai who was standing next to him, and said, "Bring this thing in front of the two of you and let them see it, look at them What else is there to say!"

Chen Donglai took the evidence booklet, walked down from Zhao Wen, and came in front of the two.

Tong Zhiyuan took the brochure first and read it carefully.

After only a dozen or so breaths, Tong Zhiyuan stood there blankly as if struck by lightning, like a fool, his face full of disbelief.

After Liang Yihe read it, his reaction was even greater than that of Tong Zhiyuan.

The booklet in Liang Yihe's hand fell directly to the ground, and his whole body uncontrollably slumped towards the ground, and finally knelt on the ground.

His face turned pale in an instant, lifeless, and his body was shaking non-stop, as if he had been electrocuted.

Zhao Wen looked at the two people who had lost their souls and said, "What else do you have to say now? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor? Do you know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is?"

Zhao Wen's voice was very cold, Tong Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Wen, knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and kept kowtowing to Zhao Wen.

It was just kowtowing non-stop, and there was no other sound other than the kowtow.

Liang Yihe also knelt on the ground, pressing his head firmly to the ground, not daring to make any sound.

"Why don't you talk? Didn't your mouths be hard before? Why didn't you talk?" Zhao Wen said in a bad tone.

"Your Majesty, I'm guilty!"

Tong Zhiyuan was the first to admit his crime, and he kept kowtowing to Zhao Wen.

"Liang Yihe, what about you? Do you still think you are right?" Zhao Wen looked at the silent Liang Yihe.

Liang Yihe raised his head with bitterness on his face.

"Chen Chenchen is guilty!"

Liang Yihe waited for a long time, and finally admitted his crime.

At this moment, what can I do if I don't admit it?
"Conviction? Do you think that a simple sentence of conviction is enough? I ask you, why do you do this?

I said before that this kind of falsification is prohibited. At that time, didn't your ears grow on your head?Or are you selective forgetting? " Zhao Wen asked with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, it's not like this, it's not like this, in fact, I don't want to do this, but I have some difficulties!"

Tong Zhiyuan looked at Zhao Wen with fear on his face.

Tong Zhiyuan was very courageous. Under such circumstances, Tong Zhiyuan dared not hide anything, for fear that he would be dealt with by Zhao Wen.

"Difficulties? Hehe!"

Zhao Wen sneered, "You are Yangqu's parents and officials. I don't know what difficulties you have? Is it because you can't get promoted or because you can't make a fortune?"

"Your Majesty, neither, neither!" Tong Zhiyuan shook his head.

At this time, Liang Yihe looked at Tong Zhiyuan, shook his head at Tong Zhiyuan, his eyes were full of "can't say".

Everything Liang Yihe did was seen by Zhao Wen. Zhao Wen squinted his eyes at Liang Yihe and said, "What's wrong? Is there any ulterior secret here? Just don't want me to know?"

Tong Zhiyuan pretended not to see Liang Yihe, and he spoke to Zhao Wen.

"Your Majesty, in fact, we didn't want to do this either. It's just that when His Majesty arrested the officials in Shanxi, I was frightened by His Majesty." Tong Zhiyuan began to ramble, explaining the cause and effect of the matter clearly.

Seeing that he had no way to stop Tong Zhiyuan, Liang Yihe could only kneel there blankly, drooping his head, lifeless.

Hearing Tong Zhiyuan's voice, Zhao Wen couldn't see any expression on his face.

To be honest, Zhao Wen was in a fit of anger at the time, and he seldom cared about these details. Although he realized later that the officials who were dealt with were all officials of gentry origin, Zhao Wen did not expect that so many things would be caused.

"Your Majesty, I was really frightened by that incident. If it wasn't for that incident, I would not have done such a thing." Tong Zhiyuan said cautiously. He carefully observed Zhao Wen's expression.

Zhao Wen fell silent, and after a while, he asked, "The two of you haven't violated any law or discipline. What are you afraid of?"

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is really true."

Tong Zhiyuan originally wanted to say, who knows how this kind of thing will develop, who knows what you think in your heart, but after thinking about it, he felt that these words were really inappropriate, so he fell into silence halfway through the sentence.

Liang Yihe, who was kneeling next to Tong Zhiyuan, looked at Tong Zhiyuan with an expression of hatred for iron, but at the same time he was already scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart.

"Tong Zhiyuan, Tong Zhiyuan, you are usually a smart person, how did I find out today that you are an idiot, what an idiot, can you say such a thing?

Are you telling Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you shouldn't have arrested those people in the first place, you caught those people and shocked us a lot. What we did today is all because of Your Majesty, if it wasn't for you, We will not do such a thing. "

Liang Yihe kept scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart, and the expression on his face became more and more melancholy.

"Hey, isn't this pushing yourself to death? Why are you so timid!" Liang Yihe kept scolding Tong Zhiyuan in his heart.

The Yushufang fell into silence again, and Chen Donglai, who was standing next to Zhao Wen, also looked at Tong Zhiyuan with a strange expression.

"I've seen someone stupid, but I've never seen someone so stupid. You can say such things in front of His Majesty. You are really talented!" Chen Donglai kept feeling in his heart.

"Hehe, what do you mean by what you said, are you saying that all of this is my fault? You mean that I shouldn't have arrested those people in the first place?" Zhao Wen looked at Tong Zhiyuan with a gloomy expression.

Tong Zhiyuan's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, I don't mean that, I don't mean that, I mean what I mean"

Tong Zhiyuan wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to explain, so he stayed there for a while, his face full of anxiety.

"Okay, you don't need to explain any more, I know what you're going to say!" Zhao Wen waved his hands at the two and said, "You two go down!"

When Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe heard this, they felt relieved, stood up instantly from the ground, and ran towards the outside.

Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe didn't expect that Zhao Wen didn't deal with them. This was a crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Your Majesty, these two people are guilty of deceiving the emperor!" Chen Donglai said in disbelief as he looked at the figures of the two.

"Of course I know that the two of them are deceiving the emperor, but the contributions they have made in Yangqu are real. Is it possible that I will kill them both because of this incident?"

Zhao Wen shook his head and said: "The two of them did make a mistake, but the crime is not worthy of death. As for the result, let the officials handle it!"

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, and remembered the matter.

What Zhao Wen said with Zhiyuan just now made Zhao Wen aware of a problem, that is, officials from gentry backgrounds and officials who graduated from universities are not the same way. Although it seems to be calm now, who knows when it will explode.

At present, in all parts of the country, the number of gentry-born officials is about the same as that of university-born officials, and the number of gentry-born officials is slightly smaller than that of student-born officials, but not by much.

Judging from what happened with Tongzhiyuan Liang Yihe, the two sides can't get together at all.

"It seems that we should pay more attention to this aspect in the future!" Zhao Wenchang sighed and opened his eyes.

"This incident has scared Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe. Similarly, it must have scared other officials of gentry background! If this is the case, then we must take some measures!"

A plan took shape in Zhao Wen's mind. Zhao Wen planned to promote several officials who were born as gentry.

Officials like Wang Dacheng were arrested for corruption, and no one can say anything, but even so, who can guarantee that other gentry officials will not think about it?

Therefore, in order to dispel the fear and doubts in the hearts of those gentry officials and keep them from thinking about things when they are working, Zhao Wen had to do this.

Although Zhao Wen is the emperor, there are many things that are absolutely necessary.That's how it is in the officialdom, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Two days later, the Ministry of Officials punished Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe. Except for the punishment, the result was that they were transferred to Yunnan and Guizhou.

It didn't take long for Yunnan and Guizhou to be pacified. In addition, the place is remote and the transportation is inconvenient. There is no way to compare it with Yangqu, so going to Yunnan and Guizhou is a very painful thing.

Tong Zhiyuan and Liang Yihe didn't feel any dissatisfaction after knowing the result of their punishment, and they were even elated when they received the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials.

You know, the two of them committed the crime of deceiving the king.

After the two finished their work in Xuanzhen, they returned to Yangqu, packed up their things, and embarked on the road to Yungui.

After the two of them set off, a gentry official named Ma He was transferred by Zhao Wen to the Senate.

This Ma He is a servant of the household department, and he works very seriously on weekdays. Zhao Wen sees all this, so Zhao Wen was transferred to the Council of Political Affairs during this incident.

In addition to this Ma He, several other gentry officials were promoted by Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen's move made the gentry officials feel relieved.

Judging from the fact that Ma He was transferred to the Senate, Zhao Wen did not deliberately target them, gentry officials.

At the same time, Zhang Dong brought people to the place where Lin Danhan was.

In addition to Zhang Dong, there are some people from Horqin.

After all, Zhang Dong is a Han Chinese. Although he has mastered some grassland languages, he is not very proficient. If they were the only ones who came, Lin Danhan would easily spot him.

In order to allow Zhang Dong to complete the task, Bu He sent his cronies to cover for Zhang Dong.

Zhang Dong's identity has become a businessman from the mainland, who came to the grassland to buy cattle and sheep.

Over the past few years, more and more merchants have come to the grassland to buy cattle and sheep, so Zhang Dong's identity has not aroused suspicion among the Lin Danhan tribe.

Zhang Dong stood on a grassland, in front of him were cattle and sheep that were grazing.

"These cows are too skinny, and your prices are very unreasonable!" Zhang Dong shook his head with a troubled expression on his face.

Standing next to Zhang Dong was a man named Bilegong, a confidant of Buhe and a small officer in Buhe's personal guard.

Bilegon hastily translated what Zhang Dong said to a man next to him.

The man next to Bilegong is called Anujin, who is a thousand households under Lin Danhan. After Zhang Dong came to Lindanhan under the leadership of Bilegon, the matter was handed over to Anujin by Lindanhan.

Anu Jin's body is very burly, looks like a calf.

"Then how much do you plan?" Anujin asked in a low voice without doubting Zhang Dong's identity.

Zhang Dong stretched out two fingers and said, "One cow is two silver dollars, no more!"

When Bilegon translated Zhang Dong's words, Anu Jin's expression darkened instantly.

"Two silver dollars? No, it's too cheap, at least three dollars!" Anujin shook his head.

"Three yuan was not discussed, only two silver dollars!" Zhang Dong insisted.

"Friends, you are really not sincere. Look at our cattle, which one is not very strong? Two silver dollars is a bit too bullying, no, at least three silver dollars!"

"Two and a half silver dollars, okay? If not, forget it. If it weren't for the shortage of cattle and sheep in the Horqin tribe, do you think I will come back to a place like yours in the wilderness where birds don't shit?" Zhang Dong's tone was full It is contempt.

Listening to Bilegon's translated voice, Anujin's face became extremely gloomy, and he was on the verge of erupting.

(End of this chapter)