Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Fujian Province, Nantou City.

Located on the east coast of the Pearl River estuary, on the edge of the South China Sea, it was the administrative center of the Lingnan coastal area in the past dynasties, an important coastal defense town in the South China Sea in ancient China, and an important node of trade culture on the Maritime Silk Road and a distribution center for foreign trade.

In terms of coastal defense, Nantou City has assumed important military functions due to its geographical location at the Pearl River Estuary and its terrain conditions; it has played an important role in resisting pirates and foreign invasion.

After the maritime ban was lifted, in terms of foreign trade, the Nantou area relied on its natural waterway advantages and, in conjunction with Guangzhou, was also an important gateway to the Ming Dynasty.

Also due to coastal reasons.

There are many small fishing villages in Nantou City.

Early morning, beach.

It's still dark.

A woman had already run to the beach. She stood there quietly, looking at the sea in the distance.

The darkness of night that has not yet completely dissipated shrouded the sea in the distance, making it difficult to see the situation on the sea.

She was waiting for a fishing boat going out to sea for fishing.

The fishing boat has not returned for five days.

She married a fisherman.

Every morning like today, she would run to the beach to welcome her husband back, and then help unload the boat full of fish. Every time she looked at the boat full of fish, it was the happiest time of her day. , she almost thought that her future life would continue like this.

But that day, her husband's fishing boat went out to sea and never came back.

At this time, a carriage drove slowly towards Nantou City from a distance.

An old man opened the car curtain, saw the slightly lonely figure on the seaside in the distance, and asked: "This is..."

The driver was a man who looked capable and steady. He glanced at the old man and replied: "It should be the fishermen from the nearby fishing village, waiting for the fishing boat to come back. Because there are various situations at sea, so Boats that go out to sea for fishing cannot guarantee that they will be able to come back on the same day, but those who stay on the shore must wait on the shore every day.”

Keep it because you have expectations in your heart.

The old man nodded slightly and put down the car curtain in his hand.

Return to peace.

All that was left was the clattering of horse hooves and the faint sound of waves lapping in the distance.

Near the sea near Xiaoliuqiu, there are some broken wooden boards floating.

It looked like a wrecked ship.

A large ship is leaving in the distance.

In the dark water, a man was hiding quietly underwater, adjusting his breathing and carefully grabbing a wooden board.

Trying to be as quiet as possible without making any noise, he waited patiently for the big ship to leave.

Count silently in your mind until you confirm that the other person has left.

Wow!
The man's head popped out of the water, breathing heavily.

under the moonlight.

It can be seen that there is a cut on the man's forehead, and red blood is flowing down.

The man looked at the broken ship in front of him and the other two companions who sank to the bottom of the sea forever, with sadness on his face.

But he knew in his heart that it was not the time to be sad yet.

The man grabbed the board and relied on his many years of maritime experience to identify the direction and began to swim towards Daming.

After coming to Ming Dynasty, Yang Xian has done a lot of things over the years, and now all he needs to wait for is the results.

Many things have begun to sprout slowly.

Even flowers and fruits.

Guangzhou Prefecture.

A group of local gangsters walked arrogantly on the street, openly collecting protection money from those businesses.

But no one dared to resist.

The reason is very simple, because the sister of the fat man named Luo Chengren who took the lead was the seventeenth concubine of Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu.

There is such a connection: Luo Chengren is walking sideways in Guangzhou.

Under the leadership of Luo Chengren, a group of ruffians walked into a restaurant.

"Master Luo, this is my tribute to you." When the restaurant manager saw Luo Chengren and his group, he looked mournful and immediately took out a few Ming Dynasty banknotes worth 1,000 yuan from the counter and handed them over.

"That's it?" Luo Chengren reached out to take it, slapped the restaurant manager's face with the Ming Dynasty treasure note in his hand, and asked.

"Yes, it's hard to do business and make money." The restaurant manager said with a smile.

"I think Boss Wu's business is very good today. It doesn't look like he's having a hard time." With a smile on his face, Luo Chengren picked up a jar of wine on the counter and said. "Brothers, let Boss Wu see what it means to be in bad business."

Snapped!
Luo Chengren let go of his right hand, and the wine jar in his hand fell to the ground, smashing into pieces.

At the same time, his brothers seemed to have received an order and began to smash things in the lobby of the restaurant.

There were crackling sounds one after another.

At this time, two government officials were walking by outside and noticed the chaos in the restaurant.

When the restaurant manager Wu saw this situation, he immediately knelt down beside Luo Chengren and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.

But inside the restaurant, there was constant sound of kicking, beating, and scolding.

Let’s not talk about the loss of these tables, chairs, dishes and bowls. After these guests who have suffered unexpected disasters are injured, who will pay for the soup and medicine.

In the end, we have to end up in their restaurants.

And after all this fuss, who would be willing to eat here again in the future?

The older government official might have been used to this kind of thing. He looked at the door for a while, probably because he didn't want to care about it, so he just wanted to pull his companion away.

He reached out and pulled, but found that he couldn't pull it at all.

next second.

His partner even walked directly to the restaurant.

The older yamen servant secretly shouted that something was wrong, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow him in.

"Stop it!" the young government servant shouted.

After all, they were government officials. Those gangsters were still a little scared in their hearts. After seeing the two government officials, they unconsciously stopped what they were doing.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chengren had a look of dissatisfaction on his face and shouted loudly: "Go on! If anything happens, I'll be responsible for it!"

The gangsters heard Luo Chengren's words, looked at each other, ignored the two government servants who walked into the restaurant, and continued their smashing action.

This scene is as ironic as it seems.

"I told you to stop!" Wow!
The young yamen officer took a step forward and took out the saber from his waist.

Seeing the other party using the knife, these ruffians were shocked to the spot.

Luo Chengren looked past the young man who was operating the knife, looked at the older government servant, and said, "Team Leader Huang, your subordinate is new to the industry, right?"

The older government officer took a step forward, reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder, signaling him to put the knife away.

Then he looked at Luo Chengren and said, "Master Luo, it's almost over. If we continue fighting like this, it won't end well."

Luo Chengren had a smile on his face, and then raised his hand to signal the brothers under him to stop here.

"Okay, I, Luo Chengren, have always been a law-abiding person. Today I will give you, Team Leader Huang, some face. Even if Boss Wu of the restaurant owes me money, I am justified in the first place. I will not pursue it now, but you will have to take care of it in the future." Well, you, this new little brother, what should you do if you just pull out a knife and scare people to death!?"

Luo Chengren stretched out his finger and nodded silently to the young government servant's forehead, his attitude extremely arrogant.

The boss of the restaurant, Wu, was still kowtowing and said: "I will definitely give you the amount that is not enough, I will definitely give it."

After saying that, Luo Chengren was about to lead his men outside the restaurant.

But at this moment, an unsheathed sword blocked their way.

"You can't go anywhere!"

"Except for the ward in the Yamen!"

"You're crazy. This Mr. Luo is the uncle of Yongjia Hou General Zhu." Team leader Huang quickly grabbed the young government officer's hand and tried to pull the knife out of his hand.

But I found that I couldn't move it.

The young government official stared at Luo Chengren and the others and said, "I don't care who he is. I only know that the emperor broke the law and the common people are equally guilty. Now that they have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, they should be punished by the law."

"Today, if I just let them leave like this, I would be sorry for the uniform I am wearing, sorry for myself when I took the political service exam, sorry for the court, and even more sorry for the common people who were bullied by the gangsters!"

Three months later.

Two major events happened in Ming Dynasty.

The first thing is that Liu Bowen finally ended all investigations into the beating of Zhou Bao, the consort Ouyang Lun's housekeeper, and secretly returned to Beijing.

Still in one night.

Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, has been waiting at the entrance of the palace for a long time.

"I have met Mr. Liu in my humble position." Mao Xiang saluted Liu Bowen.

Mao Xiang still admired Liu Bowen.

Because he was the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he knew more or less the details of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Some ministers become more contemptuous the more they investigate.

But Liu Bowen was just the opposite. The more Mao Xiang knew about him, the more he admired him.

Liu Bowen was not surprised that Mao Xiang knew that he was returning to Beijing tonight, because among the people accompanying him were Jin Yiwei.

"Your Majesty knows that Mr. Liu will return to Beijing tonight, so he has not rested. He has been waiting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a long time." Mao Xiang said.

"Then Master Laomao will lead the way." Liu Bowen said.

Imperial Palace, Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Still the same as that night three months ago.

The monarch and his ministers sit opposite each other.

"Mr. Liu, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Yuanzhang expressed concern from the bottom of his heart.

Because they had only been apart for three short months, Liu Bowen looked much older and more haggard than when they last met.

When he left, his legs and feet were strong, but now when he came back, he was already using a cane.

Obviously, the investigation of this case made Liu Bowen mentally and physically exhausted.

"It's not hard." Liu Bowen shook his head gently.

Compared with the truth of this case, Liu Bowen would be willing to do it even if it was ten times harder.

"Your Majesty, this trip lasted for three and a half months, and I inspected three provinces, six prefectures and 21 counties, and the case of the consort Ouyang Lun." Liu Bowen paused at this and looked at the chamberlain and ministers serving in the hall. The maids.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it and said, "Don't worry, I have already set rules for them. If anything said in this palace is spread out, their tongues will be cut out."

Liu Bowen heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, and then he said: "I have already investigated the Ouyang Lun case. It is all in this memorial. Your Majesty, please read it."

As he spoke, Liu Bowen opened a package he was carrying and pushed a wooden box over.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and opened the wooden box himself, and was surprised by the thick memorial inside.

"I have been emperor for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a thick memorial."

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and patted the thick memorial and said with emotion.

"This, let's take a look at it slowly later, you pick up the important things first."

I couldn't finish reading such a thick memorial in a while.

Liu Bowen nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Prince Consort Ouyang Lun violated the imperial customs ban on smuggling and used his authority to instruct his servants to smuggle. He sold Ming Dynasty woolen clothes, silk, cotton clothes, glass products, etc. overseas. Then he smuggled them from overseas. All kinds of curiosities are sold back to Ming Dynasty."

"Just once, once in and out, the tax evaded amounted to tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"This time, a political officer from the Guangzhou Shipping Department discovered the smuggled items he had packed in a wooden box, and his servant Zhou Bao killed him and silenced him. All the confessions and evidence related to this case have been recorded in the memorial. ”

"They thought they could escape legal punishment by erasing the evidence at the Guangzhou Trade Port. However, Tianwang was very careful and meticulous. Their smuggling was not just at the Guangzhou Trade Port. Evidence of their crimes was left at all treaty ports across the country."

Zhu Yuanzhang showed an angry look on his face and said in a deep voice: "Ouyang Lun is so brave, we must kill him!"

Liu Bowen, who was sitting opposite, then said: "The matter is now over, and the case can be closed. But I am doubtful. Even if he, Zhou Bao, is the steward of the Prince Consort's Mansion, how can he alone make their smuggling business possible?" All the trade ports of the Ming Dynasty are accessible without obstruction, and they have never been discovered for so many years."

"Are all the shipping departments in our treaty ports useless?"

"So I followed Zhou Bao's smuggling route and traced it all the way. It turned out that Zhou Bao was just a thread. Behind him were networks covering eight provinces and nineteen prefectures in the north and south. From the six departments in the capital to various customs posts, Someone is involved. Help him smuggle and share the stolen money!"

"Your Majesty, there are two suspected ministers of the third rank and above, twenty-nine civil and military ministers of the seventh rank and above, and a total of thirty-one imperial officials!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

He never imagined that under his nose, his good son-in-law would unite with his good ministers to create such a big show for him.

Liu Bowen continued: "Dan Chen estimates that there may be more than these suspects, but I really can't investigate."

The list of suspected officials mentioned by Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang was all people for whom he had some substantial evidence.

Moreover, Liu Bowen did not investigate officials below the seventh rank and subordinate staff.

Because if it really needs to be spread out, the scope will be too large. As Liu Bowen himself said, he can't investigate it alone.

In the past three months, the more Liu Bowen checked, the more frightened and chilled he became.

This is why in just over three months, he looks like he has aged ten years. (End of chapter)