Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

But soon, Kang Wanwan thought of another possibility.

Immediately, Kang Wanwan asked: "By the way, did your Zhan family send a batch of military equipment to Shanyang yesterday? Did anything happen to this batch of military equipment?"

"Uncle Guo, it is this batch of ordnance that has caused a major accident."

The Zhan family cried and said: "Last night when we set off from Yanziji Wharf, it was already late in the afternoon, but when we walked near Jiangxin Island outside Dantu City, we happened to meet the sailors from the Caojiang Admiral's Office."

"The navy stopped us and said it was a routine inspection."

"Check it, just check it, anyway, we have the Ministry of Internal Affairs to guard against it."

"As a result, halfway through the inspection, the navy suddenly killed the killer."

"Most of our Zhan family's followers and servants were caught off guard."

"The villain happened to relieve his hand at the stern of the boat because of diarrhea, so he was able to escape by jumping into the river."

After saying this, he cried again and said: "When the villain fled back to the city, it was already spread all over the city that our guy Zhan and the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao Ma, secretly colluded with the big bandit Gu Sanmazi in order to loot the city of Nanjing." With such rumors, the mistress asked the villain to come over to find Uncle Guo quickly, and said that only Uncle Guo can save our Zhan family now."

After hearing this, Kang Wanwan felt like he was in a cold sweat, that he was in big trouble now.

People in Jiangnan still have painful memories of Japanese pirates in their minds. Although pirates and Japanese pirates are different, they are of the same origin. Therefore, private dealings with pirates are most likely to arouse public anger in Jiangnan.

Once scholarly dissent and public indignation form, it is impossible to overturn it.

At this time, the truth is actually not important.

Just as he was wondering, there was a commotion outside Kang's mansion.

Immediately a servant came to report: "Master is not well, our house is surrounded by officers and soldiers."

"Ah?" Kang Wanwan was surprised again when he heard the words, and hurriedly brought Kang Fu outside, and sure enough, he saw dozens of pacesetters guarding the Caojiang Admiral's Office like javelins under the steps outside the gate.

The leader of the team bowed his hands to the general manager and said: "According to the order of the admiral, I am here to protect the Kang residence."

After a short pause, President Ba said: "Uncle Guo, it's best not to go out these few days, because it's not very peaceful outside, and the big bandit Gu Sanmazi has already threatened to wash Nanjing with blood."

Kang Wanwan didn't make things difficult for the boss.

Because I can't talk to this little guy.

……

On the other side, the Caojiang Admiral's Office is already punishing Zhan Yangshang with a stick.

Zhan Yangzhi is just a businessman, he ranks at the bottom among the scholars, peasants, businessmen, and people, and what he committed is a major crime of collusion and banditry, so the Caojiang Admiralty has the right to directly interrogate him.

Because the Caojiang Admiral's Office is in charge of the Jiangfang of the Yangtze River.

If the big bandit Gu Sanmazi was really allowed to sack Nanjing, Admiral Cao Jiang, who was in charge of Jiangfang, would be the number one criminal, and he might be sentenced to death by Ling Chi.

So Liu Kongzhao, the admiral of Caojiang Chengyi, was very angry.

"Zhan Yangzhi!" Liu Kongzhao slapped the gun again and shouted loudly, "The governor advises you to do it honestly. What is the reason why you handed over the design of the ordnance and equipment that should have been sent to Huai'an Mansion to Xiangyong to the pirates?" ? Did someone promise you great benefits from the Zhan family?"

After this pause, Liu Kongzhao said again: "Is this person Ma Mingpao, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Are you jealous of the [-] million taels of silver deposits in the Exchange and Daming Royal Bank, and want to keep it for yourself?" …

"So secretly hooking up with the pirates with the intention of attacking from both inside and outside?"

"It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as the sky's calculations. The sky network is well-established and sparse."

"The plot of your Zhan family and Ma Minglu colluding with pirates to loot Nanjing was actually seen through by my navy!"

Having said this, he paused again, and then Liu Kongzhao continued to ask: "By the way, besides your Zhan family, there must be other families in Nanjing who colluded with you. The governor advises you to be honest."

Zhan Yangzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, is there such a way to ask questions?
It was rumored that Bo Liu Kongzhao, Chengyi, was vulgar, but Zhan Yangzhi was not good enough at first, and thought that he was honorable no matter what, no matter how vulgar he was, could he be even vulgar than a trafficker?

But today, Zhan Yangzhi really believed it.

This Liu Kongzhao is really vulgar and also really arrogant.

This is no longer an induced confession, but a blatant frame-up.

Even the motivation and process of the operation have been designed for them, and they just need to sign and pledge.

It can be seen from this that this person doesn't pay much attention to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty at all. In his eyes, the rich and powerful can do whatever they want.

Having said that, these people really have nothing to dare to do.

The emperor and the others dared to murder him, so what about him, a merchant?

"What are you laughing at?" Liu Kongzhao said angrily, "I advise you to recognize the situation clearly and don't make mistakes."

Zhan Yangzhi didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Kongzhao, and started to close his eyes and meditate directly. There was no need to spend too much time talking with such vulgar people, and he believed that Deputy Chief Ma and Uncle Guo could clear him up.

Zhan Yangzhi's contempt angered Liu Kongzhao.

"Punishment!" Liu Kongzhao said angrily, "serve with a stick!"

The two pacesetters immediately brought a pair of clamp sticks to clamp Zhan Yangzhi's fingers, and then pulled them hard.

Zhan Yangzhi felt a sharp pain in his fingers for a moment, and he couldn't help but screamed out.

……

It was already daylight.

At this time, in Chaoku Street, the citizens who watched the excitement had already crowded several nearby streets.

The windows of the Goulan and tile houses of each house were set up one after another, and the doors and windows of the painting boats moored on the Qinhuai River were quietly opened, and slim figures could be vaguely seen through the gauze curtains.

However, at this time, no one appreciates the beautiful scenery.

Almost everyone's eyes were on the gate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Come out! The dog officer has come out!" Suddenly there was a clamor in front.

Immediately, a team of pacesetters from the Beijing camp escorted Ma Mingpao out of the gate.

I saw that Ma Mingtao was already wearing a large shackle around his neck, and his ankles were also shackled, and the two iron rings of the shackles were also worn with heavy chains.

Ma Mingpao could only drag his shackles and move forward step by step.

"Kill this dog official, kill him!" A childish voice suddenly sounded.

Immediately, the citizens crowded on both sides started clamoring, throwing out rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and even dog poop wrapped in straw paper.

"Dog officer, you must die!"

"I've lost my conscience, I actually colluded with pirates!"

"You don't deserve the surname Ma, our Ma family doesn't have a beast like you!"

Rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and feces rained down on Ma Mingpao's body. …

Ma Mingpao closed his eyes in pain, feeling like a knife was twisting his heart, what kind of world is this?
Thinking that I, Ma Minglu, was conscientious, diligent, sincere and fearful. I was so tired of coughing up blood for the sake of the Holy One, for the sake of Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the people of the world, but instead I ended up with a sad end where everyone shouted and beat me?

……

In the cabinet, Shi Kefa is worth room.

Shi Kefa was looking at a secret letter on the table in a daze.

I don't know who put this letter here. It only said two things.

The first is to delay the time and organize the three joint trials of Yingtianfu, the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, will be personally responsible.

The means to take over the Ministry of Internal Affairs is——Jiaozhao!
Shi Kefa's mind had turned into a lake of pulp.

But after seeing this secret letter, I immediately cleared my mind.

At that moment, Shi Kefa asked the old servant to find Meng Zhaoxiang and the others.

Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, Chen Liangmo, and Wu Ganlai will arrive soon.

"The lower officials will see Mr. Shi Ge." The four of Meng Zhaoxiang bowed together.

"Excuse me." Shi Kefa said with a solemn hand, "Last night something happened in Nanjing, do you know?"

The four of Meng Zhaoxiang looked at each other and said, "Your officials and others have heard about it. It is said that when the Zhan family colluded with the pirate Gu Sanmazi to hand over the armaments and supplies, they happened to bump into the patrolling navy of the Admiral Caojiang's yamen. The two sides fought a battle." , the Ding Huyuan and pirates of Zhan’s family were completely wiped out by the navy, and nearly a hundred people were captured alive.”

"That's slander!" Shi Kefa said decisively, "This is completely fabricated out of nothing!"

Shi Kefa's words were so decisive, but Meng Zhaoxiang and the others were somewhat unexpected.

It was said before that Shi Kefa was also involved, after all, he was also one of the leaders of the Donglin Party.

But now it seems that instead of participating in this matter, Shi Kefa wants to expose those people?
Shi Kefa said again: "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong. Their real target was not Zhan's family or Ma Mingpao, but the City Exchange Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and even the Holy Majesty!"

"Ah?" Meng Zhaoxiang and the others suddenly changed their expressions, "Is your intention on the Holy One?"

Shi Kefa sighed: "If the head of the House of Internal Affairs changes hands, the armaments and supplies sent to Huai'an will inevitably go from ten to seven or eight in an instant, or even stop at once, so Xuzhou will soon fall into the predicament of lack of food and ammunition."

"At that time, the slaves outside the city had already cultivated the fields and the wheat was ripe, but inside the city of Xuzhou, there was no food and ammunition."

Speaking of this meal, Shi Kefa shook his head again and said: Breaking through is absolutely hopeless, what do you think will happen in the end?If there is no accident, the Holy Majesty will inevitably repeat the same mistakes of the Qin Hui School! "

"Thief dare!" Wu Linzheng said angrily, "Are they trying to rebel?"

"No, they didn't want to rebel, they wanted to create a change in Jingkang!" Shi Kefa said solemnly, "Then support King Yong to ascend the throne in Nanjing. In short, we must not ignore this matter."

Shi Kefa really couldn't take care of this meeting, and told Meng Zhaoxiang and the others everything.

"What Elder Shi Ge said is very true, this matter must not be risky." Meng Zhaoxiang said solemnly, "Then what should we do?"

Shi Kefa said: "At this very time, Nanjing officials and servants are afraid to use them, so I can only hope that you will wait. The most important thing now is two things. The second is to control the House of Internal Affairs, and never let the House of Internal Affairs fall into their hands, otherwise Xuzhou will be in danger, the Holy Spirit will be in danger, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger!" …

Speaking of this meal, he said: "The first matter has nothing to do with you. The servants will organize the three halls of Yingtianfu, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it will be presided over by Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu. Liu Duxian has always been upright. Even though he was born in Donglin, he is out of tune with that generation, and he would not be in the same class as him."

Meng Zhaoxiang and the other four couldn't believe it.

What's the situation?Is the Donglin Party going to split?

Donglin party members headed by Shi Kefa and Liu Zongzhou want to start anew?

The eunuch party was defeated, the Zhejiang party, the Qi party and the Chu party were defeated in the fight. Not long ago, they were defeated in a small test with a sledgehammer.
This unexpected joy was simply unprepared.

Shi Kefa said again: "The second difficulty is the second thing. If you don't want the House of Internal Affairs to fall into the hands of your generation, you must have the Holy Majesty's edict. Do you have the secret edict reserved by the Holy Majesty?"

"Secret edict?" Meng Zhaoxiang and the four looked at each other, "Really not."

"There is no secret edict?" Shi Kefa said angrily, "Your Majesty is too careless."

"It can't be blamed on the sage's carelessness." Wu Linzheng said, "Who would have thought that those people would be so bold?"

Shi Kefa said: "If there is no secret edict from the Holy Majesty, I'm afraid they won't be able to shock those people, so there is no other good way, the only way is to correct the edict!"

"Correction?" Meng Zhaoxiang and the others exclaimed, really want to learn from Cao Cao?
"Yes, a corrective edict." Shi Kefa looked at Meng Zhaoxiang and said solemnly, "When the court meeting is held, the generation will definitely mention the matter of the Household Department taking over the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At this time, Dazong uncle, you can come up with the servant's corrective edict. Pretending to be a secret edict specially left to you by the Holy One, the purpose is to guard against today's changes, so forgive me and dare not have any objections."

"This..." Meng Zhaoxiang said awe-inspiringly, "Mr. Shi Ge, it is a capital offense to pretend to be an imperial edict!"

"Don't you know that coercion is a capital offense?" Shi Kefa said with emotion, "But I can't care about that much anymore."

After finishing speaking, Shi Kefa took out his pen and ink, and wrote a secret edict as quickly as possible, then dried the ink and handed it to Meng Zhaoxiang and other four people to read.

Italic characters have a first-class advantage, and it is impossible to tell who wrote them.

"We still need to add a seal. The seal is with King Yong, so this matter will be handled by the servant."

Shi Kefa rolled up the imperial edict, and said to Meng Zhaoxiang: "Don't enter the palace at noon today, Uncle Da Zong, wait for a while under the corridor, then the servant will hand over the secret imperial edict with the seal to you."

"Mr. Shi Ge, why don't you think about it again?" Meng Zhaoxiang said solemnly, "If the matter of the imperial edict is leaked, the next official will at most be dismissed and investigated, but Mr. Ge, you may not escape death, even if the Holy One speaks. I can't keep you, after all, the laws of the Ming Dynasty cannot be violated!"

"The servant said, I can't take care of these at this time."

Shi Kefa put away the secret edict, turned around and walked out.

Meng Zhaoxiang bowed to the tunnel and said, "Master Ge, please accept the official's worship."

"Please be honored by the officials!" Wu Linzheng and others followed suit.

Shi Kefa didn't return the salute this time, and strode out of his cabinet room.

At this moment, the clouds parted and a ray of sunlight fell on Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa's thin body was immediately dyed with a layer of golden brilliance, like a god descending from the earth.

……

In the opposite cabinet room, two pairs of gloomy eyes were staring at Shi Kefa's back.

Jiang Yueguang said quietly: "Is Shi Kefa crazy? He is ungrateful!"

"Many deeds of unrighteousness will lead to self-death." Gao Hongtu snorted coldly, "A leader who does not have the support of scholars is nothing at all. He will know what it is like to be betrayed by others in the afternoon."

"At that time, Shi Kefa may only be able to beg for the bones." Jiang Riguang said with a slight smile, "I'm here to congratulate Mr. Gao Ge on his promotion to the chief assistant, ha ha."

"Same joy, same joy, hehe."

Gao Hongtu was in a good mood.