Jinyi Music

Chapter 167 Father and Son Enter the Palace to Face the Saint

You must know that the Cao Gang is not an ordinary Jianghu gang. Since the founding of the country, the dynasty has vigorously developed sea and river transportation, north-south commerce, and east-west transportation requires manpower. , developed into a huge folk force, faintly able to compete with the imperial court, and the water transportation involves people's livelihood, if they are pushed into a hurry, and the water transportation is stopped for ten and a half months, it will immediately arouse public anger. Before your Majesty, I had no choice but to resign myself.

This matter is of great importance, and Mou Bin himself did not dare to act rashly. After thinking about it, he said,
"Water transport yamen don't move now, let's talk about the rest of the criminals first..."

In the next few days, Mou Biao devoted himself to interrogating the prisoners, and actually asked many inside stories about the Kidnap Gang. When the confessions were presented, Mou Biao was shocked to see that the Jinyi Guard in Tongzhou was not only Colluding with the gang of kidnappers, and oppressing the merchant gang on weekdays, collecting money, finding excuses to raid warehouses at the wharf, and blackmailing merchants, the Jinyi Guard in Tongzhou has been completely corrupted!
Mou Biao saw that he was furious,

"Before, I thought that Chen Liang had been in Jinyiwei for many years. It was just that I was fascinated by money for a while, so I colluded with the gang of kidnappers. I got on the thief ship and couldn't get off. I didn't expect..."

Unexpectedly, he had already lost his heart, and the Kidnap Gang could only push him in the back!
Mu Bin is a weather-beaten person who has long since looked down on these things, and said with a slight smile,

"Human nature is like this in this world. When you have done all the evil things without being exposed, you will naturally try your best to pretend to be innocent. Compared with this kind of old world, boy... you are tender!"

After being so busy, another five days passed. On this day, Mou Bin took his son to the palace to face the saint. This was the first time Mou Biao met Emperor Hongzhi in his past and present lives. He couldn't help asking curiously,
"Father, what kind of person is Your Majesty?"

Mu Bin thought for a while and replied,
"Your Majesty has a generous temper, soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but he doesn't like quibbles and prevarications..."

Many ministers in the court thought that Emperor Hongzhi was soft-tempered, so when faced with criticism from His Majesty, they would like to make excuses to defend themselves, but they didn't know that Emperor Hongzhi was gentle, but he liked to be resolute and decisive. The courtiers made excuses, although they didn't show it on the surface, but they secretly disliked them. After a few more times, they would find an excuse to demote him from the capital, send him to work outside, or even let the Jinyiwei guard him Check the bottom of the sky, completely cut off the official career.

His Majesty's happiness and anger are invisible, which is the style of a wise monarch, but it may not be a good thing for the courtiers. Those veterans who have been through the storm have figured out the context, but they can avoid it and stroke the tiger's beard, but there are always those who don't know A person who is happy and angry with the king accidentally touched Nilin, and was hated by the king for no reason. When Mou Bin told his son, Mou Biao frowned.
"Listen, this one seems to be quite different from that Emperor Hongzhi!"

I really slept well this time, and I don’t know which fairy blows my breath and sent me to this world. The prince is different, and even the emperor is different. The former Emperor Hongzhi was known as a good old man. And why does this one sound a little sinister?

Mu Bin saw what his son was thinking, and glared at him with a sullen face, saying,

"The king is the sky, thunder, rain and dew are the grace of heaven, don't make wild guesses about the king's father!"

Mu Biao stuck out his tongue when he heard the words, lowered his head and followed Mu Bin honestly into the palace. After entering the palace, he was led by the little yellow gate to the imperial study room. The eunuch at the door greeted him with a smile.

"Master Mou is here..."

Mu Bin stepped forward and said with a smile,

"Eunuch Li, are you on duty today?"

Li Guang smiled and said,

"Exactly, His Majesty has learned a lot from studying Buddhism these past few days, and he is in a very good mood today..."

Mou Bin understood the meaning, gave Li Guang a comprehensible look, smiled and pointed to the youngest son behind him and said,

"Eunuch Li, this is the dog, Mou Biao, the eighth eldest in the family, and the youngest son of the official..."

With that said, Mou Biao hurriedly stepped forward to salute,

"Hello, Mrs. Li!"

Li Guang narrowed his eyes and smiled,

"Our family, from here, I watched from a distance that Mr. Mou was followed by a young general. It was so cute to see that the tiger's head and brain were so lively. Whose family should we consider to be a good man? Unexpectedly, it belonged to Mr. Mou's family. Is this the smallest one?"

Mu Bin smiled and nodded,

"Exactly, I brought him into the palace today, specially to meet Eunuch Li!"

Li Guang smiled and nodded, looked at Mou Biao again, and replied,

"Okay, okay...it's true that the tiger father has no dogs!"

After finishing speaking, the two exchanged a tacit look, and Li Guang smiled again,

"Lord Mou, wait a moment, let our family go in and report to His Majesty..."

"Eunuch, please!"

Li Guang turned around and went in. The father and son lowered their heads slightly and stood aside with their hands tied. After a while, Li Guang came out and said with a smile,
"Your Majesty was just talking about asking your lord to come in and talk, but you didn't expect your lord to come in, please come in!"

Mu Bin cupped his hands again and led his son in.

Emperor Hongzhi's imperial study room is magnificent, but the only thing that makes people uncomfortable is that the room is filled with a scent of sandalwood.

Mou Biao smelled it once, it was somewhat similar to the smell in the abbot's meditation room of Guanghan Temple outside the city, but stronger, the smell was clean and peaceful, but when it was too strong, it made people dizzy.

"Your Majesty, long live long live!"

Mou Bin went in and led his son to kneel on the ground, and Mou Biao followed behind and took a peek, only to see a pair of feet wearing bright yellow Panlong boots under the imperial book table,

"Get up and talk!"

Emperor Hongzhi's voice was very gentle. Mou Bin stood up, followed by Mou Biao, looking down at the ground honestly.

Emperor Hongzhi was thirty-four to five years old, with a round face and fair skin, but his facial features were actually very ordinary. Only the ninety-five-year-old statue had a natural dragon aura lingering around him, and he could look down on all living beings just by his bearing. He looked at Mou Biao softly. asked,

"Mu Qing, who did you bring into the palace today?"

Mu Bin hurriedly said,

"Returning to Your Majesty, he is Weichen's youngest son. Now he is serving in Jinyiwei. He has started to practice with Weichen. Today, I have a case to report, and Xiaoer is also one of the principals in charge of the case. I have the courage to let him report to His Majesty!"

Mou Biao hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed long live, Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said,
"Your son's birth is similar to that of Qi Haosheng..."

Mu Bin replied,

"Your Majesty, among the seven sons of this humble minister, only this one is similar in appearance to this minister, and his temper is also reckless and impatient. If he is not good at writing, he will not be able to succeed in martial arts. I am afraid that he will not be able to learn and skill, and will not be able to make a living in the future, so I take him with me and teach him for a while..."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded,
"Looking at her, she is very energetic and her eyes are like torches. If you think about Mou Qing's tutor, she should have practiced martial arts since she was a child..."

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have learned a few tricks and half-styles, but they are all miscellaneous but not perfect. It is really difficult to be elegant..."

The two monarchs and ministers came and went, and they seemed to be chatting about family affairs. It could be seen that the two monarchs and ministers got along very well in private.

Mou Biao lowered his head and listened, and couldn't help but quietly raised his head to look at the emperor above him. Unexpectedly, Zhengzheng met Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, and Mou Biao hurriedly lowered his head in fright.
"Mou Biao... Mou Biao, I remembered that the previous crown prince came to greet me, and mentioned that there is a young man in the Mou family. It sounds familiar..."

Mou Biao hastily answered,
"Returning to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is absurd, it was just a coincidence that day!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded,
"Since ancient times, a hero has been born as a boy, and he needs to be diligent!"

"Yes, I thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching me!"

These words were considered to be the end of the family routine, and Mu Bin stepped forward to present the memorial that had been prepared,
"Your Majesty, I entered the palace today because I have a case to report..."

The little eunuch beside Emperor Hongzhi took it and put it on the imperial case. After Emperor Hongzhi opened it and read it, his face changed color.
"A small gang in the rivers and lakes can collude with so many officials of the DPRK and China..."

Mu Bin replied,

"Your Majesty, the gang of gangsters can't see people trafficking from the outside, but most of the human trafficking is sent to the place of fireworks, so they have colluded with various brothels, wine shops, private kilns, dark girls, etc., and most of the brothels are literati These people take advantage of this place to make friends and bribe gold and silver, hoping to open the door for their shady activities..."

After a pause,

"With my first glimpse of the inside story, I guessed that many officials were involved. I'm afraid that if the investigation goes on... there will be a huge shock in the court!"

Emperor Hongzhi put down the memorial in his hand when he heard the words, and fell silent.
Jin Yiwei is the knife in his hand, whether this knife can be chopped or not, anyone who cuts it has to be the master!
They have been monarchs and ministers for many years, and Emperor Hongzhi also understood what Mou Bin meant. If this matter is revealed, the courtiers will inevitably attack him in order to protect themselves. As for whom to attack, it is naturally the emperor's minions. Emperor, both the monarch and his subjects are well aware of this.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed,

"Since ancient times, being the king of the emperor is the co-lord of the world, and he must say what he says. No one dares to disobey him, but he doesn't know that the emperor also has the difficulty of the emperor..."

Just like this matter, the relationship between the DPRK and China is deeply intertwined. If there are too many people involved, everyone will be the same as the enemy, and the civil and military forces of the entire DPRK will join forces. Even the emperor himself will be difficult to parry. He sighed again at the moment.
"It's a pity that I don't have the ability of Emperor Taizu!"

Mu Bin's heart sank when he heard the words, and he knew that the emperor didn't want to investigate deeply. Who is the emperor Taizu? Come on, that's a thousand miles away.

Your Majesty said that, it means that you have more than enough heart but not enough energy!
But he only guessed half of Hongzhi's thoughts, and only listened to what the superior said,

"It's just a small imperial court gang that dares to be so arrogant. It is absolutely impossible to let it develop any longer. When it becomes a cancerous tumor attached to the bone, it will really hurt its muscles and bones!"

Mu Bin looked up,

"Then... according to His Majesty's intention?"

Emperor Hongzhi said,

"After all, we still have to knock the mountain to shake the tiger and make them restrain themselves!"

The emperor's words were to tell Mu Bin that this case needs to be investigated, but it needs to be investigated to a certain extent, and it cannot be overthrown, and the bottom is overturned, and some people will jump over the wall in a hurry!

"Yes, Your Majesty... I understand!"

(End of this chapter)