Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 313: Jiajing’s divine power makes the upright shudder!

In the quaint back hall, after Lin Xisheng asked this, there was a sudden silence.

"All!"

And after a while.

Zhu Mingfeng was extremely surprised and looked at Lin Xiyuan, and bravely replied with these two words.

Subsequently.

Zhu Mingfeng walked to the center of the imperial envoys, spread his hands and asked them, "Don't the 'fair' in the 'fair question' you mentioned refer to 'public opinion'?"

"It's justice, not public opinion!"

"This is what we mean by 'being impartial'!"

Ye Yingcong had already finished reading the charges and handed them to Lin Xiyuan, while he himself picked up the tea and corrected Zhu Mingfeng's misunderstanding of "asking impartially."

Lin Xiyuan lowered his head and looked at the charges while replying, "That's right! As a gentleman, I should seek justice to be worthy of the court and the people of the country!"

"Does Lianfang agree with that?"

After Lin Xiyuan finished speaking, the censor Zheng Bengong asked Zhu Mingfeng a question with a smile.

Zhu Mingfeng nodded.

He could only nod and say, "It should be so."

But his face turned very ugly.

But then.

Zhu Mingfeng still had to bow and say, "Thank you for your guidance."

After that.

Zhu Mingfeng took the initiative to ask these people: "So, there is no need for torture?"

He planned to have the imperial envoys burn the evidence provided by Pan Dinggou, and then suggest torturing Pan Dinggou to force him to admit that he had killed innocent people to claim credit under Zhu Wan's instructions.

However, now these imperial envoys showed different attitudes, so he had to ask one more question.

"What kind of punishment?"

"Can a confession obtained through torture be considered fair?!"

At this time, Jie Yi Guan, the Imperial Censor, asked about Zhu Mingfeng with a serious look.

Zhu Mingfeng nodded after hearing this, and then looked at Li Jing: "Captain Li, if this is the case, why did you accept the gift list?"

"Didn't you say it was for His Majesty?"

"Can I not accept this?"

Li Jing spread his hands and asked with a smile.

Zhu Mingfeng: “…”

But that's why.

Zhu Mingfeng was even more confused, so he bowed again and asked loudly: "Can you tell me why this is happening?"

"no reason."

"Some things are better for the anti-corruption inspector to pretend he doesn't know."

Ye Yingcong came back at this time and also sighed.

Lin Xiyuan also sighed and said, "Yes, the person you want to overthrow can only be overthrown if the court wants him to be overthrown; if the court wants to overthrow the person you don't want to overthrow, you can't protect him!"

"Don't say you can't protect it. We can't protect it either."

Zheng Bengong also replied with a wry smile.

Xie Yiguan brushed his sleeves and stood up: "Why say these things? Just do it impartially! If the anti-corruption investigation really wants to force us to confuse right and wrong, you can use all kinds of means. But I'm going to say it in advance. As long as you do this, if we are not killed by you, don't blame us for reporting you!"

"Don't dare!"

Zhu Mingfeng quickly replied.

At last.

Because Ye Yingcong and other imperial envoys insisted on investigating the facts, they found no evidence that Zhu Wan had falsely accused innocent people of being bandits or killing innocent people to claim credit, and they jointly submitted a memorial to this effect, which was sent urgently over a distance of 600 miles.

This result naturally made Xie Dou and other gentry in Liangzhe very disappointed.

"There can only be one reason why they did this, and that is someone with connections from above has warned them to protect Zhu Wan!"

After Zhu Mingfeng told this matter to Xie Dou and others in Liangzhe, he also analyzed the reasons for them.

Inside the Xie family lobby with its carved beams and painted buildings.

After hearing this, Xie Dou gnashed his teeth and said, "Who is this person who supports Zhu Wan? It can't be Wang Ao, right?"

"Maybe it's him!"

Zhu Mingfeng replied.

Xie Dou waved his hand, paced around the room, and said with a look of extreme disappointment: "It doesn't matter whether it is him or not. The fact is that Zhu Wan can't fall, and the strict ban on the sea can't be stopped!" "That's right!"

"It now appears that the imperial court intends to have Zhu Wan strictly ban sea travel."

Zhu Mingfeng replied.

At this time.

Xie Zhi, who had been standing aside, stepped forward and said, "It seems that we can only take a risk!"

Speaking of it.

Xie Zhi looked at everyone with a serious expression: "Find someone to kill Zhu Wan! If the court doesn't deal with him, we will!"

"inappropriate!"

Zhu Mingfeng immediately denied it and said:

"Even if we have to do this, it shouldn't be done by a noble family like yours and all the famous local officials!"

"After all, the current emperor, who is a holy and benevolent ruler, will not be unable to deal with you just because you did this. Instead, he may have several ways to deal with you, even killing you."

When Zhu Mingfeng mentioned the current emperor, Xie Dou couldn't help but shudder.

Because his two elder brothers were successfully executed by hanging by order of the current emperor.

Everyone was also horrified when they thought about the series of actions taken by the current emperor after taking office. They felt that at this moment, there was a pair of wise and vicious eyes in the Ninth Heaven thousands of miles away, staring at them, making them dare not even breathe.

After a long silence, Xie Dou said, "What the inspector said is true. I'd better write a letter to ask my father first."

"In addition, we must also control our own children and stop them from causing trouble. Since there are very important people above protecting Zhu Wan, if we continue to fight him, we will inevitably be killed. Let's wait and see what Mr. Xie says and what the elders in the court who we rely on say."

Song Xuan, the father of Song Mian, the Left Governor of Shaanxi, also spoke up at this time.

All the gentry followed suit.

then.

In the next.

Liangzhe suddenly became miraculously quiet.

Even though Zhu Wan had recently killed a prefect and beat two scholars to death, he escalated the severity of the maritime ban and put the deputy education commissioner Zhai Zan in jail.

But not many people made a big fuss.

Instead, the bureaucrats and gentry became more friendly towards Zhu Wan and the navy of the Coastal Defense Office.

However, beneath the calm surface, undercurrents are surging and resentment is gradually accumulating.

Firstly, the Xie family and other gentry were still in arrears with payments for goods and were frantically increasing rents, which caused public resentment and also led to increasing resentment among both domestic and foreign pirates.

Secondly, local grassroots officials who had colluded with these pirates also began to feel increasingly resentful because their dividends disappeared.

Finally, the strict ban on maritime trade also began to cause resentment among many large landowners in the interior because they were facing a situation where their grain, silk, and other goods were unsalable.

……

……

Shuangyu Island.

The coastal smuggling pirate Xu Zhen, the retainer of the northern Kyushu daimyo Otomo Yoshiaki, Irita Chikamari, and the Portuguese Salis were in a luxuriously decorated wooden house here.

Irita Yoshimasa and Salis also circulated a Chinese letter from Liangzhe to each other.

After reading the letter, Irita Chikamaru asked Xu Zhen, "What did Master Tao say?"

Xu Zhen first raised his head and looked at the other two people and said, "Master Tao's idea is to let Liangzhe become chaotic!"

"How are you Ming people planning to cause chaos?"

Salis asked excitedly at this time.

Xu Zhen said: "First, we will wipe out the entire Xie family and teach those coastal tycoons who don't pay for their goods a lesson!"

"I remember that the Xie family is the family of the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. Your emperor should not be too ruthless to them!"

Irita said sincerely.

Xu Zhen sneered and said, "It is precisely because they are from the prime minister's family that they can cause a stir in the court and the country!"

"We may not have a chance of winning if we attack the government directly, but we have a better chance of winning if we destroy the prime minister's family. It can also cause a greater shock and is more useful than killing Zhu Wan!"

"And this time, the wealthy families in Dinghai and Yuyao are the insiders. As long as we don't alert the government troops, we can easily enter the Xie family in Yuyao. But there is one thing. After we wipe out the entire Xie family, we must withdraw quickly and don't plunder, so as not to give the government troops time to react."

After hearing this, Irita Chikamasa nodded.

Shalis also echoed: "It is to teach those who are dishonest a lesson!"

then.

One night not long after.

After careful preparation, the Japanese mercenaries consisting of 500 samurai foot soldiers and 100 Portuguese, led by pirates such as Xu Zhen, with the cooperation of insiders, quietly avoided the patrolling officers and soldiers of the navy, went ashore and entered Yuyao City.

(End of this chapter)