Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 84 Putting Huang Zicheng in jail
  More than 10,000 people in Xishan Village were displaced, and the wind was biting and biting.

“Before Xiao Xiao came, more than a hundred people had frozen to death.

“Under their manipulation, the price of coal has soared, even exceeding the previous price of charcoal.

"As a poor family, we can't afford coal at all, so we can only resist with our bodies."

“But as an adult, I am physically strong, so I can’t bear it, let alone the children.

“Not only have they lost the opportunity to go to school, but now they are facing threats to their lives.

“The people from Xishan Village tried to reason with them several times and even sued them to the Beiping Mansion, but to no avail, they were beaten instead.

"He was even arrested and imprisoned. Officials protected him. Beiping has become a mess."

"We were forced to have no choice but to bring thousands of villagers to Yingtian to complain and ask the emperor to make the decision for us.

By the end of Li Laosan's words, his head was already covered with blood, but he still insisted on taking out a book that had long since rotted.
  "This is a blood letter written by thousands of people in Xishan Village. It is signed by people from Xishan Village. We also ask the emperor to make the decision for us.

Li Laosan's tearful speech shocked everyone present. They didn't expect that in just over two months, Beiping Mansion had already undergone such a big change.

After Zhu Yuanzhang read the petition, his face turned livid.

The handwriting on the petition was very ugly and crooked, obviously written by a child.

However, this was true enough. The content of the letter was very simple, but the evil deeds complained about shocked Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly stood up from the chair, and his right eyelid twitched. People who were familiar with him knew at a glance that he was about to kill him.

When Zhu Yunwen saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had murderous intentions, he became anxious and forced himself to speak for Huang Zicheng, saying:

"Grandpa Huang, this matter is not trivial. If my grandson cannot believe this person's words, he should send someone to Peking to verify." This matter can be jointly investigated by the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Envoy to show fairness. .

Zhu Yunwen originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would listen to him, but this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's decision was far beyond Zhu Yunwen's expectation. He saw Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his hand on the table and said in a vicissitudes and firm tone:
  "Check? What's there to check?!"

"Didn't you hear what Li Laosan just said, that people in the officialdom should protect each other?"

"If the three parties are asked to investigate together, they will definitely be at odds with each other. If this continues, when will there be results?

"We can wait, but we, the people of Peiping, cannot afford to wait."

In such weather, it is very likely that the people will freeze to death or starve to death the next day! "

"Huang Zicheng committed such a heinous crime and deserved death! The officials in Peiping shielded each other, and they deserved to peel off the day lilies.

"Come here, deliver the message!"

"Immediately put Huang Zicheng into the sky prison, and then take the Peking governor to the capital.

Wang Du, you rush to Peiping immediately, travel day and night, and rush to Peiping as quickly as possible to rescue the victims and resettle the people in Xishan Village.

"Also, Wu Feng, commander of the Jinyi Guards, is ordered to follow Wang Du to Peking to find out the whole story."

“Once it is proven that Huang Zicheng abused his power for personal gain and embezzled coal mines, as well as the property and land of the owners of Xishan Village, he will be severely punished!
  Zhu Yuanzhang directly used a vigorous and resolute method. As before, Zhu Yuanzhang trusted what the people said more than the ministers of the court. Now a dignified teacher in the East Palace, a Hanlin bachelor, and a fourth-grade county magistrate were directly thrown into the sky prison by Zhu Yuanzhang.

And it seems that once the Jin Yiwei finds out that Huang Zicheng's slave has indeed done such a thing, he will be beheaded immediately without any mercy.

When Li Laosan heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he immediately knelt down on the ground, burst into tears of gratitude, and said excitedly: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for upholding justice for this little gentleman. Your Majesty is so kind to me. I will never forget this villain, and your Majesty will live forever!"

Wang Du was shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's decisiveness and did not dare to neglect. He knew that if this matter was not handled well, he would end up like Huang Zicheng. Zhu Yunwen was shocked when he saw this scene. The day before, he was still looking very proud, and he was about to completely defeat King Yan's lineage.

However, in the blink of an eye, his own Mr. Wolong was imprisoned in the dungeon, causing his family to suffer heavy losses.

In his eyes, the people in Xishan Village are all a bunch of idiots, how can they compare to his own Mr. Huang?
  Besides, those people were favored by King Yan, so naturally they would not stand with him. After all, many of them were Zhu Di's people, so he drove them away and asked them to leave Xishan Village. Zhu Yunwen didn't think there was anything wrong with it. inappropriate.

But why did they go to Beijing to complain to the emperor? And he is suing Mr. Huang, whom he values ​​the most!
  If they all froze to death in Peiping, they should not come to the capital to complain.

Wouldn't everyone be happy if they were frozen to death in Peiping?

Zhu Yunwen looked at the departing figures of Wu Feng and Wang Du, and murmured at the corner of his mouth, seemingly begging for mercy for Mr. Huang.

However, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's gloomy expression, Zhu Yunwen did not dare to say anything more, because he knew that once this matter involved him, he would most likely be punished by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yunwen, the human heart is like water, how deep it is; the people are like smoke, how chaotic it is!"

“You should stay close to the virtuous and stay away from the villains.

"People's hearts are separated from each other. Even your grandpa and I were deceived by a trustworthy person.

"You are still young, you should carefully distinguish right from wrong, and never use emotions to judge right from wrong!

"The hearts of the people are like water. Water can carry a boat but also capsize it!"

"You should think about it and be careful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time and finally said something profound.

This sentence is what Zhu Yuanzhang has learned all his life. He told Zhu Yunwen that he also wanted Zhu Yunwen to get some inspiration from him.

But for Zhu Yunwen, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who was teaching him a lesson, saying that he did not know what was good and what was wrong and reused a treacherous minister.

However, if Huang Zicheng is really loyal, how could Zhu Yunwen not see it? In the five years of getting along with each other, Huang Zicheng has always supported him and given him advice.

How could Zhu Yunwen not trust his half-teacher and half-friend companion?

However, Zhu Yunwen also knew at this time that he could not refute, so he could only bow and answer respectfully.

"Grandson, remember this.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, wondering how much Zhu Yunwen could remember.

But as long as he can remember even a little bit, it will be considered worthy of Zhu Yuanzhang's teachings.

While there was a fire in Zhu Yunwen's backyard, Bai Chu and Zhu Di were plotting a major event in the capital.

Yingtian City, Prince Yan's Mansion.

Zhu Di and Bai Chu were chatting in a huge pavilion.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang gave Hu Weiyong's mansion to Zhu Di more than two months ago, it has been officially renamed "Prince Yan's Mansion".

I have to say that Hu Weiyong really knows how to enjoy it.

(End of this chapter)