Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 292 Vomited it all out

The owner was about to cry. Who would have thought that the Marquis paid for this meal! The shopkeeper was also sitting on the ground. He was frightened at first, so he didn't know to say anything less, but he decided to stick to the previous price. Now, it's two thousand taels of silver. It's easy to keep it, but it's hard to return it!
The boss's brother is the General Secretary of the General Affairs Department in the capital. Therefore, the officials in Zhejiang are all in favor of him. Therefore, if he opens his restaurant here, the price will be five or six times higher than outside. Of course, the food is all good. He wouldn't dare to fool the officials with some bad stuff, otherwise they would have objections!

However, the one who came was the Marquis of Luling. My brother had already written to me before, telling me to keep a low profile and not to be arrogant. In addition, when the Marquis of Luling came, I must not agree to anyone’s request to come to me to plead for mercy. Can't help!

Who would have thought that Lin Cunde would be cheated on his first meal!
The key point is that no one thought that Lin Cunde paid for this meal!

How can there be such a thing as a reception banquet where the recipient is asked to pay? Who would have thought?
"Boss, the little one deserves to die, the little one deserves to die!" The shopkeeper kept slapping his own cheeks, feeling extremely regretful!
But for the shopkeeper, it was a bit excusable. This restaurant has had this price for so many years, and no other price has been set. The shopkeeper didn't react at all.

"You, go to the capital quickly, find my brother, and ride there as fast as you can. I will take care of the things here!" The host said, pointing to a manager in his house.

"Yes, sir!" The person in charge went out immediately!
But the boss continued to sit there, his legs still weak. Who in the Ming Dynasty didn't know about Lin Cunde's appointment as a marquis? In addition, the person who came to serve as the capital commander this time was Lin Cunde's old subordinate, or Jincheng Bo. Even if Lin Cunde didn't deal with him, but Xiang Qing found out, wouldn't his old boss take revenge, and all the generals who came here, Will they avenge Lin Cunde! Can they still allow themselves to bully their boss?

Those old subordinates would definitely blame Lin Cunde for this tone!
His brother's Youtongzheng of the General Affairs Department, but facing Lin Cunde and Xiang Qing, they are not on the same level. It is very simple for the two of them to deal with their brothers!
"Master, what should we do?" The butler next to him also looked at his employer anxiously and said!

"What to do, if only I knew what to do! This is not money, this is a talisman for death!" The owner almost cried when he looked at the boxes in front of him!
Outside, the Jin Yiwei were still arresting people and ransacking their homes. They began to search the homes of those who had just been arrested. There were also some officials who did not appear at the banquet. They were also arresting and ransacking their homes!

Wang Zhi began to lead the officials to start the interrogation. Officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment were all present. It was equivalent to a joint interrogation by the three departments. When the officials were escorted over, some of them peed their pants. Very embarrassed!
Wang Zhi looked at the officials like this, and couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart, and he didn't have a good look towards those officials!

The interrogation of the officials was very fast. One reason was that they were drunk and their brains reacted slowly. The other reason was that they were captured by the Jin Yiwei. Wang Zhi also told the prisoners what Lin Cunde told him, and the prisoners did not hide it. Tucked away, knowing that there is no hope in this life, my only wish is to save my family and prevent them from being exiled or going to the Jiaofang Division, that's all!

Therefore, during the interrogation, after the officials finished speaking, they kept kowtowing, hoping that Wang Zhi would be lenient to their families!
Wang Zhi just said that he would report to the Marquis and decide how to convict him. It all depends on the Marquis!

When those officials were being dragged away, they were shouting for mercy, mercy, etc.!
The interrogation was very fast, and there were a few tough ones. After Wang Zhi finished what Lin Cunde said, the officials were still unmoved. Wang Zhi said that Lin Cunde could be killed first and then reported, and the whole family of the offender could be killed without interrogation at all! The interrogation just hopes to save their family!
After hearing this, the prisoners were dumbfounded. After a while, they began to talk about their corrupt methods and money, as well as their sources!
Of course, these prisoners will involve some high-ranking officials. Originally, Wang Zhi wanted to cover it up and not record it, but the people making records here are not only their people, but also people from Jinyiwei. Wang Zhi could only sigh. Let the officials you brought with you record the truth!
After recording it, let the officials sign it!

After the painting was postponed, Wang Zhi also had a headache. In Hangzhou alone, several officials from the capital were involved, and a lot of money was sent, totaling more than 50,000 taels!
No one can keep this much money!
Lin Cunde doesn't care how Wang Zhi's interrogation goes! After drinking a few cups of tea with Xiang Qing, Xiang Qing said goodbye, and Lin Cunde went to bed!
After waking up, Qiu Shuang said to Lin Cunde: "Master, Wang Shangshu is waiting for you outside. In addition, Uncle Jincheng and two commanders are also waiting for you outside!"

"Yeah!" Lin Cunde turned to look outside and found that there was still sunshine, so it probably wasn't dark yet!
Wait for Lin Cunde to wash up before walking outside!

"Sir!" Xiang Qing and the two commanders immediately saluted after seeing Lin Cunde.

"Well, you came here so early? Just have a meal?" Lin Cunde asked with a smile.

"No, I just want to come here to chat with you and listen to what you have to say!" Xiang Qing also said with a smile, and the other two commanders also smiled stupidly.

"Well, let's go make tea. Dazai and I still have some things to discuss!" Lin Cunde waved to them and then walked to the side room next to him. Wang Zhi was sitting alone in the side room next door. "Yes, sir, please be busy first!" Xiang Qing and the other three nodded quickly.

When Lin Cunde arrived at the wing next door, he saw Wang Zhi sitting there in a daze. He had drunk a lot at noon, but after being frightened by Lin Cunde and interrogating the officials and discovering so many problems, he was also frightened. Several of the officials were originally interceded with me and agreed to their transfers and promotions. After interrogation, they found out that those who came to intercede had all received their money!
In other words, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I worked for those corrupt officials. I have allowed so many corrupt officials to enter the official career and get promoted. I am responsible!

I didn't have such a deep understanding of this matter before, but I just realized today that I was actually deceived by those so-called friends and disciples. They used their authority to collect benefits from outside, and then came to recommend them to me. You've made yourself a fool!

Therefore, Wang Zhi sobered up quickly and was a little scared!

"Dazai, how was the interrogation?" Lin Cunde asked with a smile after entering.

Wang Zhi heard Lin Cunde's voice and stood up. After hearing Lin Cunde's question clearly, Wang Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "All the interrogations have come out. I am guilty. I am really guilty! I wrote an apology memorial to His Majesty before. For I still don’t have a comprehensive understanding of this aspect, but now I understand that I was deceived by those disciples, friends, and colleagues, and they treated me like a monkey!”

"So fast?" Lin Cunde was a little surprised when he heard that all the interrogations came out. But after hearing what he said later, Lin Cunde smiled and said: "I told you before, but you still didn't believe it. Now you know, right?"

"Well, I understand, I understand. I'm so ashamed. I'm so ashamed. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for Your Majesty and the local people. These officials are very corrupt. Please take a look at it, Lord Marquis!" Wang Zhi said, bringing him here. The confession was handed to Lin Cunde, who took it and read it carefully!

Those officials vomited very cleanly, and also gave a list of some officials in the capital who had contact with them. There were quite a few, including third- and fourth-rank officials in the capital.
Lin Cunde felt a headache when he looked at the confessions. He vomited them all out, implicating many officials, including local officials who had not been arrested!
Lin Cunde thought about it carefully. After reading it, he just sat there in silence.

"Sir, if the trial continues like this, not even one out of ten officials in Zhejiang Province will be spared!" Wang Zhi looked at Lin Cunde and said carefully, not daring to have any opinions, but just wanted to make some suggestions.

"If you have anything, you can just say it!" Lin Cunde turned to look at Wang Zhi and said.

"You can make meritorious deeds, and you can reduce or reduce some punishments!" Wang Zhi looked at Lin Cunde and said carefully.

Lin Cunde thought about it for a moment and said: "Such a decision is something we can do. We can only make suggestions to His Majesty, but we cannot make such a decision. Should we interrogate or interrogate, arrest or arrest, we cannot rely on these people to promote the New Deal." , and the people will not be convinced!”

Wang Zhi nodded and knew that it was indeed the case. However, with so many officials arrested, other prefectures had not moved yet. If they were moved, Zhejiang Province would be short of hundreds of officials. Of course, it can still be made up for now. But according to this trend, the court must clean up every province, otherwise Zhu Qiyu will not be relieved!
As a result, there won’t be so many officials!
"Okay, let's leave this matter here. The Hangzhou Prefecture's interrogation is over, and we can start preparing for the cleanup of Songjiang Prefecture. The Ministry of Personnel has left officials here. It is necessary to arrange the officials and publicize the new policy. Tomorrow, Hangzhou Prefecture and All the people from Zhejiang's Third Division will come to the Chief Envoy Department for discussion!" Lin Cunde said to Wang Zhi, he did not expect that those officials would vomit so quickly and so cleanly!

"Yes, it's just about the New Deal! The veteran doesn't know much, just listen to the Marquis!" Wang Zhi said and handed over to Lin Cunde. Lin Cunde glanced at Wang Zhi and knew that he was really scared, otherwise, he wouldn't be like this!
"Well, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Lin Cunde nodded, and then said: "I want to have dinner with the people from the Capital Commander's Department in the evening, so I won't discuss this matter for now. We will discuss it tomorrow. We estimate that we need to stay in Hangzhou for a few days. God, other officials should cooperate with Jin Yiwei to launch anti-corruption campaigns in other governments!"

"Yes, sir!" After hearing this, Wang Zhi nodded, thinking in his mind, how can he promote the New Deal when this official has been arrested? Who will promote it? Who will implement it?

(End of this chapter)