prosperous age

"What? Someone died?"

In Xiyuan Yuxi Palace, Emperor Jiajing looked at Zhu Xizhong who came to report with a gloomy expression.

On the imperial case in front of him was Lan Daoxing's last writing.

He actually committed suicide.

"Your Majesty is not strict in guarding me, please punish me."

Although Zhu Xizhong was unwilling, he was indeed dead.

Originally, he wanted Lan Daoxing to reflect on himself for two days before going to interrogation, but who knew that such a thing would happen.

People, he went to see them, and they were actually tortured.

As for the cause of death, he hanged himself from the beam and hung it on the railing of the prison door with his belt.

Called for a job, but did not find out the problem, it was suicide, let alone a suicide note.

Just like his original concerns, Wei Guangde didn't want to get too involved with Jin Yiwei, so he didn't want to spend more time with the Lu family.

The long follower replied carefully.

At the beginning, Zou Yinglong also wanted to follow Yan Song's footsteps, but he wanted to follow Yan Song's reputation, so he chose Xu Jie instead.

Zhu Xizhong stammered, but quickly calculated in his mind, he should pick himself out as soon as possible, it seemed that the emperor was really angry.

After all, Emperor Jiajing blamed himself for Lu Bing's death.

When he walked into Yuxi Palace today, he never got up.

"That old dog dared to stab him, let's see how to deal with him."

After that, Jinyiwei was not as strong as before, and began to attach itself to Dongchang, but despite this, Jinyiwei still expanded rapidly, and in order to strengthen local surveillance, thousands of households and hundreds of households were stationed in various provinces.

In the past two years, he almost forgot about it. He didn't expect to hear it again today, and it has ruined his big business.

"He was tortured to extract a confession?"

Don't forget, even if Lan Daoxing was really killed in the imperial prison, it is still the Jinyiwei's family affairs. They will take care of it themselves, and they will never let you, an outsider, point fingers, let alone make it a big deal. When the time comes, they will Eat and hang down from top to bottom.

So they sent someone to contact Zou Yinglong quietly, and asked him to come to the mansion after leaving the office, and discuss matters.

"No contact unless urgent."

For this kind of thing, Jinyiwei has a special yamen to manage it, that is, Nanzhen Fusi, which is the internal yamen of Jinyiwei, and also manages the responsibilities of imperial confinement undertaken by Jinyiwei.

At this time, Xu Jie's sedan chair had already returned to Xu's mansion.

As soon as he died, the emperor's attention was diverted to Lan Daoxing.

"What a big deal. Dongchang and Jinyiwei can use their hands. You two are really guilty."

Today the Xu Mansion sent someone to summon him, and he arrived very early, waiting for Xu Ge's instructions.

Don't say that you can't answer without interrogation, Emperor Jiajing is not stupid, and his eagle dog factory guard has been infiltrated, which is enough to make him furious.

However, as for those pretending to be gods and ghosts, they all love money and life, so how can they say that they will die when they die?

When he arrived at the study room, Xu Jie found a long-standing manuscript from a corner of the bookshelf, and a layer of dust had already accumulated on it.

But he just forgot that the Lu family had turned to Prince Yu's Mansion. He could only say that after Lu Bing's death, the Lu family quickly degenerated into a small and transparent officialdom, and the Lu family no longer had contact with Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde and others. It doesn't matter.

After getting off the sedan chair, Xu Jie asked directly, "Has Yun Qing arrived yet?"

But the matter has come to this point, Yan Song no longer thinks about Lan Daoxing, but is thinking about Xu Jie's counterattack that may follow.

Yan Song rolled his eyes at his son, "It's late."

Jinyiwei is a mixed bag of good and bad, but most of those who have joined Jinyiwei only receive a set of equipment and pay on time, and generally do not participate in Jinyiwei operations, but there are also very few people who use this to enter Jinyiwei, and even get certain rights.

For the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the easiest way to fight each other was the impeachment of Shangshu.

After chatting casually for a few words, Xu Jie's topic quickly turned to Yan Shifan's selling officials, which was rumored in the market.

Thinking of this, Yan Shifan hurriedly said: "Father, this strange thing about Lan Daoxing's death, my son, let people go and see."

Xu Jie nodded and ordered.

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

After returning to the cabinet from the restaurant, Xu Jie has been thinking about ways to get revenge on the Yan family.

At this moment, Yan Shifan suddenly seemed to have discovered something, as long as he asked Wu Zuo to conduct an autopsy, he might not be able to find the flaw.

Impeach.

Yan Shifan nodded after understanding.

"Yes, please punish the emperor."

However, Yan Song remained motionless in the position of chief assistant, which fully demonstrated the trust of Emperor Jiajing in him.

"Tell the outside world to stop these days. I don't know how Xu Huating will retaliate against us."

At this time, in the Yan Mansion, Yan Shifan stared at the kneeling man in front of him with a pair of small eyes, and the flying fish suit was so eye-catching at this time.

After picking around the people below, Zou Yinglong's name appeared in Xu Jie's mind.

In Xu Jie's study room, there are a lot of important things, so the servants are usually not allowed to come in to clean it.

At the beginning, Yan Song had thought of transferring Lu Yi away from the capital, but first, he didn't find anything unusual about him, and second, Zhu Xixiao tried his best to defend him.

Yan Song said indifferently.

Indeed, if he took action when the incident happened, it could be called an investigation, but if he took action now, he would be looking for trouble for nothing, and would even be labeled as "eating inside out" by Jin Yiwei's internal staff.

Yan Song sighed: "If I knew this, I should have transferred him to Nanjing."

This is the last sentence Wei Guangde said to Lu Yi.

Because of this, after half a year of surveillance, the people from the Yan Mansion withdrew and stopped paying attention to the Lu family's every move.

Zhu Xizhong replied.

Yan Shifan was really angry.

Although the Jinyiwei is a "guard" in name, it is said that the staffing should only be more than [-] people. However, with the revival of the prison in the middle of Hongwu, the power of the Jinyiwei became more and more powerful. Sometimes they abused their power. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Jinyiwei to be abolished. It was only when Zhu Di became the ancestor that he recovered.

If he knew that the Yan family still wanted to move the Lu family, Yan Song didn't know whether Emperor Jiajing would punish him.

At this time, if he dared to pick the matter apart, he would be in trouble with all Jin Yiwei. Even if Lu Bing died, the power he left behind should not be underestimated. "

If it was placed in the past few years, it would be done if it was done. Xu Jie would not dare to let it go, and would have to flatter him with nice words when he saw each other, but now that one is changing, Yan Song guesses that Xu Jie Jie will not swallow this breath, he must find a way to deal with him and avenge him.

On the contrary, those who impeached Yan Song in the early years were either assigned or sent to the wild, and even Yang Jisheng and others were directly sentenced to death. Moreover, the imperial censors did not dare to impeach Yan's father and son easily, even if the impeachment was mostly painless , I dare not scratch the tiger's whiskers at all.

Regarding Emperor Jiajing's attitude, Zhu Xizhong was a little confused, but seeing Huang Jin with a calm expression on one side, Zhu Xizhong knew that he would pay a visit at night.

Wu Zuo.

"I'm already waiting for the master in the mansion."

"How did people die? Your men are all under arrest."

And from this moment, Zou Yinglong roughly guessed what Xu Jie wanted him to do.

When Yan Song's sedan chair entered the house, Yan Shifan got the news immediately, rushed to his father's house in a hurry, and told Yan Song the news just received.

"Trash, get out, go back and let those idiots keep their mouths tight. If they dare to say half a word indiscriminately, I will kill his whole family. Get out."

Yan Song is a tumbler in the officialdom. Since the 28th year of Jiajing, the impeachment of Yan Song and Yan Shifan has not been interrupted. Others would have returned to their hometowns long ago.

Zou Yinglong and Wei Guangde belonged to the same discipline. He was a Jinshi in Jiajing 35 years ago, but his ranking was not high, but because of his active activities, he was not released to the county magistrate in the end, but stayed in the Beijing Pedestrian Department as a pedestrian.

Emperor Jiajing said harshly.

Yan Shifan could only say bitterly.

"Ok?"

Opportunities are not easy to wait for, let alone give up easily.

Although Xu Jie's attitude was ambiguous, he was also very helpful. He not only arranged for pedestrians to be a pedestrian, but also transferred him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate last year as the censor.

Yan Shifan said disdainfully.

"You think he was killed and hung up?"

It is very easy to find out who used the punishment. The person is still under custody. It depends on the emperor's attitude. If the investigation is to continue, then these people must be accounted for.

"understood."

"At this time and at that time, everything should be careful."

"Old man."

"Yes, the minister is not effective in supervision, please punish him by Your Majesty."

In fact, he had made up his mind before entering the study, no matter what Xu Jie asked him to do, he would do his best to fulfill Xu Ge's entrustment.

Huang Jin, who was standing next to Emperor Jiajing, also changed his expression slightly at this time, and then walked to Zhu Xizhong and knelt down.

Yan Shifan looked at the sky and asked the attendant beside him.

Emperor Jiajing asked again.

He just thought about it for a long time, but he didn't have a clue, until he saw the memorials piled up on the desk, and finally made up his mind.

Zou Yinglong, named Yunqing and nicknamed Langu, was born in Chang'an, Shaanxi, but his ancestral home was Ningzhou, Jiangxi.

Although Yan Song knew in his heart that it was too late to do this now, he still said it out.

It's the censor's right to hear rumors, but this time the target is Yan Shifan, so Zou Yinglong can't help but be vigilant.

"Not yet, but it should be soon."

It's just that Xu Jie and Yu Wangfu's attack was so quick that Lan Daoxing committed suicide almost at the same time, as if it was arranged by someone.

However, for Xu Jie, apart from Yan Song, among the officials of the current dynasty, he was Xu Jie who could see the situation clearly and figure out the emperor's will.

At this time, Yan Shifan also thought of the reason why Yan Song said this, and he sighed unconsciously.

Even if he arranges people, he is personally on the scene to direct, so naturally few people notice the things in the corner.

Lan Daoxing hanged at the prison door, Yan Shifan knew that this must require cooperation, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to hide without anyone noticing.

At this point, the emperor also began to use official positions such as Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Baihu as rewards for meritorious ministers. Anyway, everyone likes it.

There is no need to ask in detail, Yan Shifan has already identified who is responsible for the attack in Beizhen Fusi at this time, and the high-level Jinyiwei who Xu Jie and Yuwangfu can order is Lu Yi.

"Is the master back yet?"

Respond carefully, wanting to know Xu Jie's plan, whether he was throwing stones at him for directions or something.

But this time, Xu Jie's actions were so fierce that he directly killed people in the imperial prison, which was ruthless enough.

Although the two families are related by marriage, everyone actually understands what is going on.

Yan Song was a little surprised when he heard the news.

"Yes Yes"

The Ming Dynasty implemented the Weisuo system. It is said that the scale of Jinyiwei should be difficult to expand, but the fact is on the contrary. The people are domineering.

Emperor Jiajing was surprised.

Emperor Jiajing snorted.

"Zhu Xizhong, who did it from that mansion?"

Zhu Xizhong still knelt there and kowtowed with his head.

Zou Yinglong was both happy and at a loss for the summoning of a senior official like Xu Jie.

"When the master comes back, let me know immediately."

He was delighted, of course, to be able to get into the eyes of the cabinet secretary, and to think of the prosperity in the future.

The butler hastily replied.

"Yes, their boss is the Jinyiwei Baihu who entered under the cover of the strict government."

"It's cheaper than Xu Jie."

Shaking his head lightly, he said: "If the corpse was contained when the incident happened, it might still be useful, but it's hard to say now.

He didn't know what happened in this short day. In fact, up to now, there was no news that Lan Daoxing was taken away by Jin Yiwei from the Outer Court, let alone that he had died in Beizhen Fusi.

When Emperor Jiajing heard the words, he just said something lightly.

"Yan Song?"

Yan Shifan has already figured out the cause and effect at this moment. Xu Jie has nothing to do with Jinyiwei. I don't know if it is to avoid suspicion or what. Anyway, Yan Shifan can be sure that Xu Jie is not in Jinyiwei.

Emperor Jiajing asked in a bad tone at this time.

Not long after, Zou Yinglong entered the study, looking a little apprehensive.

And the servant involved in the palace committed suicide according to the plan today, so as not to be found out that there is a shadow of the Yan family behind him.

It is not impossible to forcibly remove people, but it will take a lot of effort, and Emperor Jiajing may even know about it, which is not good.

"Hey"

But Yan Shifan was still thinking about the details he had heard earlier, and his people went to see it, and even Lan Daoxing's death was discovered when they were about to go to interrogation again.

It's just that he came to the door three times and only saw Mr. Xu Ge a few times, which made him not only very disturbed.

This time, Lan Daoxing's suicide made him very passive. He is not someone who can't see the situation clearly.

"Dongchang also committed suicide today?"

Xu Jie already understood Emperor Jiajing's dissatisfaction with Yan Song, and now he wants to gamble again.

Zhu Xizhong knew that he couldn't delay, and let the emperor misunderstand him, so he hurriedly said: "I'm not sure, but according to my understanding when I came, those people are very close to the Yan Mansion."

Do not know what to do, it is the worry about the matter of this separation.

"Invite him to my study."

"That was done by the Lu family. They have something to do with Prince Yu's Mansion, so he should have been notified by Prince Yu's Mansion."

Everything about the Yan family was in the mind of Emperor Jiajing.

It can only be said that Yan Shifan, who has no omissions, is really clever this time but was mistaken by cleverness. In his eyes, Xu Jie is like Xiao Transparent. Make up your mind to get into the factory guard to end this matter.

autopsy.

"Is there anyone else Xu Jie in Jinyiwei?"

"Yunqing, how is it at the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Zou Yinglong is not stupid, he has been an official in the capital for so long, he naturally knows the power of the Yan family, and he is clear about the results of the impeachment of countless people.

Unknowingly, Xu Jie's topic magnified and began to tell the past deeds of Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian and others.

At this point, Zou Yinglong was keenly aware that the impeachment that Xu Jie wanted this time might not be easy.

When Zou Yinglong bid farewell and left, Xu Jie handed over the last manuscript to him, and said kindly, "Let's take a look, and see how seniors did it."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, when I go back to my natal home, the family is happy and caring; sweet, joyful, reunited and laughing haha; put some sugar, make a pot of tea, and have fun with each other; looking forward to the new year, a smooth career and a better future .Happy new year!