Jinyi Night Walk

"My lord, I found out about the lowly position. When Mei Yin was studying politics in Shandong, Zhou Wenze, a senior official of the official department, was in Jinan as the chief secretary of the grain department. The two had a deep friendship at that time. Zhou Wenze, a senior official of the official department It was Mei Yin who helped him get the fat job."

"Well, where is Ru Chang?"

"Ru Chang used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he knew Zhou Wenze and Zhang Anle, but there are many officials who deal with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the relationship between these two people and him is actually not outstanding."

"Well, keep staring at him until it is confirmed that he has nothing to do with this matter."

"Yes!"

"Meyym, from now on, pay full attention, I want his sore spot!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Xia Xun had no other instructions, Zuo Dan bowed and quietly backed out.

As the door closed, Xia Xun frowned slightly. Mei Yin always had a vague smile on his face at the banquet. Looking back at this moment, it seemed like she was shrouded in a layer of fog.This Mei Yin is probably inseparable from the relationship. The new dynasty has been established, confronted by force, and the Jianwen dynasty was completely defeated. Peaceful evolution is impossible. Jianwen's old ministers used to be for Zhu Yunqi, but now they are for himself.

Their purpose of defending Zhu Yunqi may include their beliefs and ideals, but there is no need to think of them as noble and great. There are also their own interests here, and Zhu Yunqi is their representative.Today, the Jianwen Dynasty has become a thing of the past, and the emperor and the others cannot be overthrown. The only thing they have to do is to turn the new emperor into their agent and representative of their interests.

To achieve this, they can only launch a counterattack against the heroes of the Peiping family and replace them, so as to control Yaozi.Cooperation is impossible, unless they are willing to vassalize the heroes of the Peking faction and take a share of the benefits revealed from their fingers.If it is an official who can think about it, or an official who is not very satisfied in the Jianwen Dynasty, they will accept it gladly. It's just that the junior officials in Beiping, a mere prefecture, invited pets to buy it, but they couldn't accept it.

So their reaction is normal, Mei Yinlai is also the captain of the son-in-law, some son-in-laws are idlers, and some son-in-laws hold great power.During the lifetime of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, he was the only Minister Gu Ming, and he was a favorite minister in the Hongwu Dynasty; in the Jianwen Dynasty, Zhu Yunqi was able to hand over the most powerful armed force to him at a critical moment, which shows that he is also extremely powerful. He is valued, but now he is humiliated and neglected. Maybe in the eyes of others, his current treatment is considered a favor, but for a person like him who has been spoiled by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunzhang, he can't stand it!

But why choose me?

Among Jing Nan's heroes, I should be the most harmless one.

Could it be that the persimmons are soft first?

Xia Xun sneered slightly.

People don't offend me, I don't offend me, and since people start to attack him, he won't be soft.However, although methods such as assassination and assassination are the simplest, they cannot be used.It is a taboo in official circles to fight, kill, or even assassinate. Once someone catches them, their future will be bleak.If you do this, you still look down on the big boss. Even the big boss has to worry that one day he will fight him.

To fight in the officialdom, one must follow the rules of the officialdom.

As long as it is within the controllable range of the big boss and according to the rules of the game in the officialdom, it doesn't matter how you play.

What Xia Xun has to do now is to catch Mei Yin's sore spots. If this person is impeccable and impeccable, then help him create sore spots and fight back. "That's a matter for the future. If possible, he should try his best to avoid taking action himself. How could he have such a sunny, healthy, and harmless image to become a cruel official like Chen Ying and Ji Gang?

Borrowing a knife to kill someone is the best choice!

Since Zhou Wenze's visit that day, Mei Yin has lived in seclusion and never seen any visitors.

He was actually not a mediocre person. Zhu Yuanzhang's sixteen sons-in-law were all carefully selected officials' children. How could he be a fool without a plan if he could stand out among so many people and be admired and doted on by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Perhaps, he was ordered in danger, but he lacked the courage and determination to turn the tide, so he made that kind of ostrich posture, which made people laugh, but how many opportunities does a person have in his life to encounter a decision moment that requires life and death as a bet?As a son-in-law in charge of Shandong Xuezheng, it is not difficult for him to make some political achievements; as the emperor's most favored son-in-law, it is certainly remarkable what he will do, so, all along, what he has done Everything is perfect.

Except for that time in Huai'an.

At that time, he didn't dare to gamble his life, so he didn't dare to fight; he cherished his name, so he didn't want to surrender; therefore, he had an empty army of 40, guarding Huai'an covertly, and became the object of people's ridicule.

This time, it was not a choice between life and death, but he was not the most respected and doted concubine of Ning Kingdom by the emperor, so he was helpless in the face of Yang Xu's tentative attack.Zhou Wenze had asked him for it, but he couldn't think of any means to solve it.If it was before, he only needed to say a word, and all problems would be solved.But now, can his words influence Yang Xu?At Yang Xu's banquet, he was the son-in-law of the Ning Kingdom, and he was just an accompanying guest.

Mei Yin was frowning and dazed when Mei Er, the steward of the son-in-law's mansion, tiptoed in.

Mei Yin cheered up, and hurriedly asked: "Have you replied?"

"Yes, master, this is the note that old slave Bingbing received!"

Mei Yin snatched the note from Mei's second hand, opened it hastily and read it twice, narrowing her eyes slightly.

Mei Er bowed and waited. He has always been a slave of the Mei family. When Mei Yin became the princess of Ningguo and became a son-in-law, he was appointed by Runan Hou Mei Sizu to serve Mei Yin. Cut off, his family members were also taken over by Mei Yin and settled down, and they became more loyal to Mei Yin from then on.He doesn't know what the son-in-law is doing, and he doesn't want to ask, he just needs to fulfill his duty as a loyal servant.

Mei Yin pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "I guess, in three days, the empress will arrive in the capital."

Mei Er didn't answer, just leaned over and listened.

Mei Yin said again: "Go to Juxian Building to book a table and banquet, and then send an invitation to the second son of the emperor Gao Xu. At the end of tomorrow, I will invite the prince to a banquet and drink."

"Yes!" Mei Er replied, and exited the door.

Chen Ying returned to Beijing to clean up], brought Shi Xiaohan, magistrate of Kaocheng County, Sun Guanghe, prefect of Guide, and all kinds of witnesses and physical evidence, and pulled three carts full of people and tools.With the power of Chen Ying's imperial emissary, officials of the sixth rank and above can ask questions immediately. This is the usual patrol of the Eight Houses on the stage.But officials above the fifth rank need the emperor's determination.

Chen Ying checked all the resumes of more than 100 imperial envoys under him, and found a patrol envoy whose hometown was Kaocheng, so he repaired the plank road, and sent a search envoy to attract the attention of Sun Zhifu, and brought him along with him. The uneasy Henan Dao imperial envoy was also held back, and he quickly got in touch with the young imperial envoy who was performing official duties in Caohe, appointed him an official and made a wish, and took him back to Kaocheng to meet his father, local scholar Master Shen Wang.

Chen Ying already knew enough information from Old Master Wang, but these are just people's sentiments after all. If you want to have a solid case, you have to go to the magistrate of the city to get the first-hand information provided by the government, so there is The old master Wang stopped driving in the street and tricked the county magistrate Shi into his house.When Chen Ying got the real evidence, he didn't worry that the magistrate Sun would bite back, and immediately took him into Beijing for trial.

As soon as she arrived in the capital, Chen Ying immediately summoned Wu Youdao and Huang Zhen, gathered the criminal evidence they had, and wrote the impeachment memorial overnight, and the next morning, Chen Ying, whose eyes were red from the boil, went to the palace in high spirits, like a Anti-corruption fighter.

The handling of cases by the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different from that of Jinyiwei. As long as Jinyiwei has a driver's sticker, even if it is unfounded, they can arrest people. If they seize someone without evidence, they can torture them to find evidence. They can force themselves to admit that they are a big stupid bear with a white rabbit. .After all, Chen Ying had to pay attention to the real evidence. In the court, Chen Ying presented the witness and physical evidence one by one.

Emperor Yongle was furious when he heard the words. He ascended the throne for three edicts, specifically mentioning a clean government and loving the people. Some people dared to commit crimes against others.

The emperor is high above, and the informants are all the officials. If the officials lie to the top and lie to the bottom, wouldn't the emperor become a puppet?He immediately issued an order to arrest Zhou Wenze, Zhang Anle, and Sun Guanghe and put them in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to jointly try the case together with the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple.He also dismissed Shi Xiaohan, magistrate of Kaocheng County, from his official position.

For a while, Gyeonggi shook, and the officials were all panicked.This matter is serious, the problem is that Chen Ying is the kind of person who is afraid that things will not be big, and Zhu Yuanzhang hates corruption the most, and Zhu Di is quite like a father. God knows if this matter will turn into a big mess rectification movement.At the beginning, when the empty records were printed, it was only when Emperor Hongwu was examining the money and grain books in the school. He accidentally discovered that there were accounting officials from other provinces with blank accounts to the Ministry of Accounts to report the income and expenditure to be filled at any time, and then a vigorous rectification began. , more than a hundred officials were killed, and hundreds of officials were demoted and exiled.

(Note: Wu Han's "Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang", citing "History of the Ming Dynasty", the empty seal case killed 8 people. If it is true, then all the relevant and irrelevant officials and subordinates of the Ming Dynasty officialdom at that time were killed Based on the analysis of Fang Xiaoru's "Xianfu Jun Xing Zhang" and "Ye Zheng Biography" and other materials, there should be hundreds of officials connected with the company, and more than a hundred of them were killed).

Chen Ying acted in a hurry, but any official with a dirty ass would wish Zhang Anle and Zhou Zewen, the two scourges, to die early and be reborn. Break into the prison of the Ministry of Justice, otherwise, how can they live to die?