My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 109 Frozen Hands
The moon is dark and the night is killing, and the wind is high and the sky is set on fire.

In a dilapidated small courtyard in the east of Liaoyang City, several Jurchens were sleeping soundly.
"Are you sure it's these people?"

On the roof of a hotel in the distance of the courtyard, Luo Sigong looked at the small courtyard.

"Don't worry, sir. I have already found out that when Lu Chuan came, this man went to the west city goods yard, and even went into the toilet with Lu Yunfei from the Lu family."

"Two people sharing a room?"

Hearing this, Luo Sigong laughed.

"Yes, I don't know if the two of them don't mind the smell, or they have a habit of cutting off their sleeves, so they use the toilet together."

Hearing the teasing tone in Luo Sigong's words, everyone around him laughed.

"We have inquired clearly. Except for the leader who went out when the caravan came a few days ago, he has been staying in the yard the rest of the time. In the past few days, several servants have taken turns to go out to buy food."

"Some brothers with nimble legs and feet climbed over the wall to investigate. There were voices in the yard half an hour ago, but now they are gone."

"Then give the signal and take action."

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Wang Yu cupped his hands and turned around to get off the roof.

After a while, with the sound of an owl hooting, several groups of guards in uniforms surrounded the small courtyard.

"Lu Chuan, you and your people are blocking the alley and not allowing anyone in or out. If you dare to disobey, you will be shot to death!"

"understand!"

After hearing this, Lu Chuan took his men to guard the alley.

With a wave of his hand, Wang Yu led the people towards the courtyard wall.

Under the wall, they took out the small stools they had prepared a long time ago. Using the moonlight, the first echelon aimed the fire blunderbuss at the doors of the houses in the courtyard to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the darkness.

Then, someone climbed over the wall and went to open the courtyard door.

"You don't have a dog here, do you?"

Looking at the dark courtyard, Wang Yu asked with some uncertainty.

"They got a dog."

Hearing this, the little flag officer beside him spoke out.

"But when Xiao Liuzi was eavesdropping, he threw a few pieces of mixed cornbread to the dog. The dog is sleeping soundly now."

"That's good."

He nodded, and with a creak, the courtyard door was opened, and a group of guards in golden clothes from outside the wall quietly entered the courtyard.

"Spread out and start working together in each room."

"Yes!"

According to the previous arrangement, each small flag officer led his men to guard each house.

"Squeak~"

At the door of the main room, Wang Yu, who raised his foot and was about to kick the door, was surprised to find that the door in front of him was opened actively.

"What a bastard bear."

Runcheng was half asleep at the moment, unbuttoning his belt as he walked.

In the courtyard, all the royal guards heard the sound of the door opening and stared blankly at the sleepy-eyed Jurchen with a pig tail.

"..."

"boom!"

It was too late, but soon, when he saw the change in the eyes of the slave in front of him, Wang Yu kicked him up.

"Go!"

As Wang Yu kicked him up, a loud shout rang out in the courtyard, and suddenly there was a sound of banging and banging on the door.

"what!"

"do not move!"

Runcheng, who was kicked backwards by Wang Yu, put his hands on the ground. Just as he was about to get up, two Jinyi guards rushed up and pushed him to the ground.

"Who!"

In another room, Bart, who had just fallen asleep, heard Runcheng's screams and woke up instantly.

Turning around and seeing the figure reflected on the window paper, Bart reached out to grab the knife.

However, as soon as his hand touched the steel knife, the door was kicked open.

Before he could get up from the kang, a knife struck his hand that was holding the knife.

"what!"

Along with the screams of a slaughtered pig, another slave was caught.

"Take all the people and things back."

At this moment, in the main hall, the brazier was lit with a fire stick. Looking at the arrangements in the room, Wang Yu waved his hand.

"Especially in this room, even the floor tiles must be checked for me. I am not allowed to let go of any suspicious items, especially anything written on them."

"Yes!"

An hour later, bursts of screams came from the Jinyiwei stronghold in Liaodong City.

The sound lasted for half an hour before it stopped.

Opening the door and holding a confession in his hand, Wang Yu walked towards Luo Sigong, who was standing in the courtyard holding an embroidered spring knife.

Luo Sigong was not a person who liked to use torture. He felt that doing so was degrading to gentlemen.

"Sir, we're all here, we caught a big fish!"

"Oh?"

Opening his eyes suddenly, Luo Sigong took the file and turned it over carefully.

After a while, when Luo Sigong closed the file, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

He closed the file and handed it to Wang Yudao.

"Send people to keep an eye on the Lu family. If they leave the city, send people to rob them."

"I'm going to Shenyang to see Xiong Tingbi. Just watch here and don't leak any information."

"Understandable!"

Hearing this, Wang Yu quickly cupped his hands and said.

On the third day of November, early in the morning.

Just after dinner, Xiong Tingbi was about to go to inspect the troops, when he heard the guard coming in to report.

"Based on the strategy, Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, would like to see you."

"Oh? Luo Sigong? Is he finally willing to come see me?"

From Sun Chengzong's mouth, he had long known that the leader of Jinyiwei had led people to Liaodong, but he had never seen him. Xiong Tingbi was actually quite uneasy.

After all, Jin Yiwei represents the emperor.

However, although he was worried, Xiong Tingbi was not too worried. He and Luo Sigong still had a good relationship.

Xiong Tingbi is from Jiangxia, and Luo Sigong's ancestral home is Hunan. They are also from the same hometown. Now they both belong to Huguang, and they barely know each other.

"Please."

Lifting up his robe, Xiong Tingbi waved his hand.

After Luo Sigong was introduced into the hall and the servants served tea, Xiong Tingbi spoke.

"Commander Luo has been in Liaodong for more than ten months. I wonder what he has discovered?"

Holding the tea cup in his hand, Xiong Tingbi asked Luo Sigong straight to the point.

"Xiong Jinglue is such a generous person."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong was not surprised either.

As the leader of Jinyiwei, he had already heard about Xiong Tingbi's straightforward personality, so he was not surprised.

Compared with the civil servants in the capital who were accustomed to intrigues and gossip, Jin Yiwei liked this kind of straightforward character more.

"We discovered a route for smuggling supplies to Jian Nu. Now we have figured out the beginning and end, so we came to discuss it with Xiong Jinglue."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi was quite surprised.

Before Sun Chengzong arrived in Liaodong, he placed Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers at key locations in Liaodong in order to combat the smuggling business of those thieves.

"Can we find out who is colluding with the slave establishment?"

"It's Lu Yunfei from Liaoyang City."

After hearing this, Luo Sigong did not hide anything secretly, and told everything about Fan Jincai, the Lu family in Liaoyang, and Zhao Kailai, the guard of Weining Fort.

"The Lu family, when I was in Liaoyang, I heard a thing or two. They are considered everyone in Liaoyang City. If there is no definite verification, don't touch them lightly."

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi stroked his long, lush beard.

"Is there any real evidence?"

"Now, we have caught the Shanxi merchant who supplied food to the Lu family and obtained a confession."

"Moreover, we also captured a group of Jurchens from the Yehe tribe who had joined the Jian Nu in Liaoyang City, and we have also obtained confessions that they colluded with the Lu family to provide food and fodder to the Jian Nu."

"it is good!"

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi slapped the table and said.

"What are you going to do?" "This matter is of great importance, yes."

After hearing this, Luo Sigong continued without hesitation.

"The businessmen and slave builders in Jiangxi are all small forces. I can arrest them with the Jin Yiwei I brought this time."

"But the Lu family and Zhao Kailai are very powerful. One is a big family in Liaoyang City, and the other is the guard of Weining Camp. If they are arrested, the news will inevitably spread. I am worried that someone will take risks."

"Makes sense."

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi nodded.

Nowadays, Liaodong is under military control, especially in the two cities of Liaoyang and Shenyang. It is entirely because of his prestige in guarding Liaodong that he controls the small people in the city.

At this time, the slightest disturbance may cause unpredictable consequences.

For example, that Liao army camp bombed the camp.

"It is quite inconvenient to move now. Marching is quite inconvenient. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I am asking the guards from various places to report their duties to me in Shenyang. Zhao Kailai is in Shenyang City now. I will detain him first on the grounds of changing defenses."

Putting down the tea cup in his hand, Xiong Tingbi continued.

"How about I write a letter to the Lu family in Liaoyang City and take it to the governor Sun Chengzong and ask him to dispatch Sichuan troops to raid the Lu family?"

"can."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong nodded in agreement.

Isn't that why he came to Liaoyang?

"but."

At this time, Xiong Tingbi suddenly stopped and spoke out.

"After the Lu family ransacked their homes, can the stolen goods be left to Liaodong for military use?"

"This..."

Hearing this, Luo Sigong hesitated.

Good guy, who said Xiong Manzi was straight-tempered? This guy actually had the idea of ​​stolen goods.

However, he has no control over this matter. According to the Ming Dynasty law, the proceeds from confiscating a house must be put into internal funds.

"I know that Governor Sun has a secret box in his hand, and I can report it directly to you."

Looking at Luo Sigong with a smile, Xiong Tingbi continued.

"You can ask Governor Sun to write a letter for me and ask the Emperor to make a decision."

"Row."

Knowing the emperor's concern for the Liaodong issue, Luo Sigong thought for a while and nodded.

He also knew that the emperor gave Sun Chengzong a box.

Just when Xiong Tingbi and Luo Sigong had already set their sights on the Lu family's property.

Zhu Youxiao also happened to be looking at the stolen goods.

"More than three million in stolen money is quite rich."

Holding the surrender ledger sent by Xu Xianchun in his hand, Zhu Youxiao shook his head while looking at it.

These civil servants are all smart people.

Since Feng Sanyuan was beheaded alive and he gave officials a salary increase, all of them have been very obedient and went to Jinyiwei to give money.

However, he could guess with his buttocks that this was definitely not all, a third of it was due to burning incense.

I guess that all these were handed over because the accounts in the yamen were not straightened out.

"Well done, let's go."

Zhu Youxiao said, picked up his Apocalypse Treasure, stamped a big seal on the account book, and then threw the account book to Xu Xianchun.

"Half of it goes into the internal money, and half goes to the branch office."

"The minister obeys the order."

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun cupped his hands and said.

Looking at Xu Xianchun's leaving figure, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian and asked.

"Daban, do you think Xu Xianchun is corrupt?"

"Go back to your Majesty, I think he doesn't have it."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian glanced at the emperor carefully, not sure what it meant.

"These are the Tibetan funds that officials handed over to avoid being convicted after taking bribes. If he was found guilty of corruption and found out by those officials, I'm afraid those officials would write a letter of impeachment."

"Makes sense."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and waved.

"You go too."

"The slaves obey the order."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian felt a little uneasy and bowed back.

Watching Wei Zhongxian's leaving figure, Zhu Youxiao kept tapping his hands on the table.

"Lu Wenzhao."

"The minister is here."

After hearing this, Lu Wenzhao stood in the hall and bowed in front of him.

"Nowadays, corruption is rampant. Go check it out for me."

Throwing a note written on the table to Lu Wenzhao, Zhu Youxiao continued.

"You go to Jinyiwei to select some capable people, recruit some yourself, and then go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer some accountants."

"Then go and report to Duzhi Si Bi Ziyan."

As Zhu Youxiao said, he couldn't help but adjust his sitting posture.

He likes to sleep on his side recently, which causes pain in his hip bones.

"From now on, you will be responsible for investigating corruption and bribery."

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

When I heard that the emperor asked me to investigate corruption, this was a direct grant of power.

Lu Wenzhao, who has always wanted to live a personal life, quickly bowed.

Seeing Lu Wenzhao also leaving, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but grind his teeth.

I don’t know why, but I want to laugh every time I see this guy’s face.

"Is everything in the palace cleaned up?"

After Lu Wenzhao left, Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Wang Mo, who was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Back to the Emperor, the business outside the palaces in the Forbidden City has been taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The accounts of all the imperial shops and shops have been checked according to the Emperor's wishes. Now we are looking for manpower to manage them from within the territory. alone."

With that said, Wang Mo stopped.

"Only what?"

“Only Concubine Zheng’s place, the servants didn’t dare to investigate.”

"Concubine Zheng."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was silent for a moment.

The woman Zheng Guifei lived throughout the last years of the Ming Dynasty.

The dispute over the country caused by her led to the split between the inner and outer courts of the Ming Dynasty.

Even when Taichang came to power, this bitch didn't stop acting like a monster.

After moving to the palace twice, the first time was that Concubine Zheng stayed in Qianqing Palace and refused to leave, threatening to seal the throne.

Cui Wensheng in the Hongwan case and Li Xuanshi in the palace transfer case all have the shadow of Concubine Zheng behind them.

"Ask Wei Zhongxian to invite Concubine Zheng to go to Yunmeng Mountain in the south of the city to do some spiritual practice and pray for the late emperor."

Yunmeng Mountain, the Ming Dynasty's version of Leng Gong, and the Hakka family in history, was sent here several times.

"During the investigation, what if Concubine Zheng's family is involved?"

In fact, Wang Mo had already secretly found out about the Zheng family, but he was not sure, so he came to ask the emperor for instructions.

"If there is any violation of law or discipline, it will be dealt with according to national laws."

Raising his eyelids, Zhu Youxiao spoke out.

"That's over to King Fu."

At this time, Liu Shimin reminded the emperor.

At that time, the dispute between the country and the country was raging, and Wanli had only been in conflict for a few months. If we deal with Concubine Zheng at this time, people will talk about her behind her back.

"Prince Fu, as my imperial uncle and the Prince of Ming Dynasty, should set an example for the world. I will not tolerate violations of law and discipline, even if I think about it."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao tilted his neck and continued.

"Send someone to Luoyang to ask King Fu on my behalf what to do if someone digs up the foundation of my Ming Dynasty."

"The servant understands."

Hearing this, Liu Shimin nodded thoughtfully.

This is to use the King of Fortune to silence the people of the world.

　Big chapter today

　　
　
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