The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 554: Coercion, Inducement, Soft and Hard

Li Dai hesitated.

He hesitated between accepting and not accepting, and his expression became uncertain and extremely complicated.

If he makes this move, he will die. If he doesn’t make this move, he will die. What choice does he have?
Seeing this, Wanli suddenly said in a stern voice: "You still want to loosen up your muscles, right?"

do not!

This pine bark hurts me so much, and it loosens my muscles and bones!
Li Dai begged for mercy again and again, "Your Majesty, please spare my life."

This guy still said the same thing, which means he is still hesitating.

Wanli threatened coldly: "You should know Shen Weijing, right? You should know how he died, right?"

Shen Weijing!
He died from suffering torture in the imperial prison!
The little emperor was really cruel when he attacked. The Japanese pirate envoys who met with Shen Weijing were so scared that they turned pale. It is said that their pants were soaked when they returned to the Siyi Hall.

The Japanese pirates were so frightened, so one can imagine how terrible the torture in the imperial prison was.

Li Dai thought about it with a look of horror on his face, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, if I confess, will you let me and my family go?"

This guy must really want to recruit.

Use both soft and hard tactics, and this guy has already tried the hard approach.

Coercion and inducement, coercion is almost enough.

As for whether to let this guy go.

This is actually not the point.

The Zhejiang Party is the key.

He must clean out the Zhejiang Party, and do it by killing people and destroying their hearts.

If this hidden danger is not eradicated, his descendants will be in danger.

In history, the red pill that caused Taichang's sudden death was presented by his confidant Li Kezhuo at the request of Fang Congzhe of the Zhejiang Party, and the Lingyinlu that caused Tianqi's sudden death was presented by Huo Weihua of the Zhejiang Party.

These guys are so bold that they can do anything to fight for power and profit.

He had to eradicate these guys.

And now Li Dai seems to be the key to eradicating the Zhejiang Party.

As long as we can eradicate the hidden danger of the Zhejiang Party, it doesn't matter if I spare your life.

Wanli thought about it carefully after hearing this, and then asked, "Did Shen Yiguan and his gang accept the money you embezzled?"

Is this a one-shot deal?

Okay, I would rather my friend die than let me die!
Li Dai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, they have all accepted money from me, and quite a lot."

It's okay to let you go then.

If I don't let you go, the Zhejiang Party will not be completely cleaned up, and my descendants will be in danger.

In addition, it is difficult to make up for the deficit of the Ministry of Revenue as the loss is too great.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then nodded slowly and said, "I can let you go, and I can let your family go, but your whole family will be exiled."

Exile of the whole family?

It is better to live a miserable life than to die. When you are alive, there is hope, but when you die, there is nothing.

Upon hearing this, Li Dai asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

I won’t lie to you this time.

As long as you help me wipe out the Zhejiang Party, it will be considered a great contribution, and I can let you go.

Wanli nodded slowly and said, "I'm not kidding. As long as you confess everything you know, I will let you go."

Can you still believe this?

If you don't believe it, you will either be tortured to death in the imperial prison or be cut into pieces.

This little emperor can really do it!
Now if you confess, you may survive, but if you don’t, you will die, and it will be a miserable death. What should you choose? Do you even need to think about it?

Li Dai thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded, saying, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I will confess everything.

However, I am in so much pain right now that my eyes are black and my head is a mess. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to confess everything I know."

As long as you are willing to recruit, everything will be easy.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then turned to Lu Yi and said, "Order someone to treat his wounds, apply medicine to him, put more ice in his cell, and send him a table and four treasures of the study.

Also, assign trusted individuals to guard his cell in shifts for twelve hours. Do not allow anyone outside the cell to enter. Also, make sure all food is free of poison before giving it to him."

This is because they are worried that Shen Yi Guanzhen will send someone to risk his life to silence him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi bowed solemnly and said, "Your humble servant understands."

Wanli turned to Li Dai and said, "Take your time to think about it and write it down carefully. As long as you confess everything, I will never break my promise."

You were already on guard against Shen Yiquan sending people to silence you, so this time he shouldn't be lying to me.

Li Dai nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand. I will definitely confess all of Shen Yiguan and his gang."

Guess you know the truth.

Upon hearing this, Wanli waved his hand slightly.

Seeing Lu Yi and his men dragging Li Dai away, Xiao Zhu Changxun couldn't help but ask, "Father, are you really going to let him go this time?"

Last time he seemed to be saying that the king's words are never joking, which was for loyal ministers, good generals and common people. Corrupt officials and traitors don't need to care about the saying.

This is indeed a bit contradictory.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then patiently explained, "The situation last time was different. Last time, Li Dai confessed as a corrupt official. Moreover, at that time, we all thought this guy was the mastermind. If we are punishing corrupt officials, we naturally cannot let this mastermind go.

This time it was different. This time he confessed as a member of the Zhejiang Party. Moreover, he was not the mastermind behind the Zhejiang Party, and he was not even the mastermind behind the Ministry of Revenue corruption case.

He is just a chess piece in Shen Yikuan's hand. As a chess piece, we can let him go.

Besides, what he confessed is very useful to us, and he can be considered as having made meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, so it’s okay to let him go.”

Oh, you are telling the truth this time.

What Li Dai confessed this time was true.

This guy poured out all the information about the Zhejiang Party like beans from a bamboo tube.

This guy confessed all the names of Shen Yikuan, Yang Hao, Xiao Daheng, etc. who were already found by the secret guards. He also confessed several names that the secret guards had not found yet, one of whom was the famous Tian Le in history.

The reason why Tian Le became famous was because he had a famous grandson, Tian Ergeng.

During the Tianqi Dynasty, Tian Ergeng was the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the eldest son of Eunuch Wei, and the leader of the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party. He killed people like crazy, and his name alone could stop children from crying at night.

The reason why Tian Ergeng joined the eunuch party and became Eunuch Wei's godson was because most members of the Zhejiang party joined the eunuch party in order to defeat Donglin.

He should have thought of this a long time ago. Tian Le must be a member of the Zhejiang Party!

However, because he suppressed them too strongly, the Zhejiang Party lost all of its six ministers, and Tian Le, the historical Minister of War, is now just an Assistant Minister of War, so he did not attract his attention.

When Wanli saw Tian Le's name, he was certain that what Li Dai confessed this time was true.

This time, he can finally catch the Zhejiang Party in one fell swoop!

In the imperial study, little Zhu Changxun looked at the rising sun outside, then at Wanli, who had been deep in thought and silent, and couldn't help asking, "Father, Li Dai has confessed. Can we take action now?"

Now we can start.

However, you need to prepare well before taking action.

These guys are all very cunning and sly. He can't let anyone notice and leave a big tail behind like he did last time when he dealt with the three major families in Puzhou.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then said loudly: "Call Luo Sigong."

After saying that, he took out a piece of manuscript paper and began to write quickly.

He was still writing when Luo Sigong rushed over.

After a long while, he finally picked up the copied list and said solemnly, "Si Gong, these people are all members of the Zhejiang Party, and most of the deficit of the Ministry of Revenue is in their hands.

You should send people to investigate secretly first, including their families, their relatives and friends, and their hometowns. Send people to investigate thoroughly.

This time we want to recover as much of the money lost by the Ministry of Revenue as possible, and it would be best if you could find out where they hid their gold, silver, and treasures."

This is a bit difficult.

People usually hide their gold and silver underground, and it is difficult to find them without digging three feet deep.

We secret guards are investigating secretly. Can we go to other people's territory and dig three feet deep?

Luo Sigong quickly bowed and took the list, his face solemn, saying, "Your humble servant understands."

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Take a look at the list first and estimate how long it will take."

Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong hurriedly lowered his head to take a closer look.

There were actually a few things here that he hadn't found before!

After reading the list and thinking it over carefully, he said cautiously, "Your Majesty, there are still some people here that we haven't checked before, and their hometowns are not in the same place. I estimate that it will take at least a month to find out."

This month seems a bit long.

However, in order to eradicate the problem completely and make up for the deficit of the Ministry of Revenue as much as possible, we have to wait for a month.

Wanli nodded slightly, thought about it carefully, and then said solemnly: "If you can't find where they hid the gold and silver, you should investigate all their relatives and friends who have had contact with them.

We will then carefully copy the homes of all their relatives and friends who have contact with them."

You even copied the homes of their relatives and friends!

Upon hearing this, Luo Sigong nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Wanli nodded slightly and then waved his hand.

Luo Sigong quickly bowed and took his leave.

When Xiao Zhu Changxun saw this guy leave, he couldn't help but ask, "Father, didn't you say we should try our best to follow the rules? Is it right to search their relatives and friends?"

Do you still know that you have to follow the rules?
Not bad.

Wanli nodded slightly, then patiently explained: "They are not just corrupt and abuse their power.

They were charged with so many crimes, including treason, conspiracy, deceiving the emperor, etc., which were all serious crimes. It was a blessing that the emperor did not execute all nine generations of their clan.

The reason why my father didn't kill all nine of their clans was because the involvement was too wide and they hadn't caused much harm.

When we deal with officials on a large scale, we also have to look at the specific circumstances. If too many people are involved but not too much harm has been caused, then it is not appropriate to exterminate their entire clan.

However, raiding the homes of their relatives and friends is completely fine. Father will also exile all of their relatives and friends overseas to prevent them from staying and continuing to cause harm to the Ming Dynasty."

Historically, what these guys did was indeed enough to exterminate their entire clan, but at this time, the Zhejiang Party did not cause much harm because of his suppression.

This group of guys were secretly communicating with Japanese pirates, but they were all destroyed by him; this group of guys had ulterior motives, but the assassination of Taichang and Tianqi had not happened yet; this group of guys wanted to deceive the emperor, but he, the emperor, had not been deceived yet.

To put it bluntly, these guys just set up a major corruption case in the Ministry of Revenue.

It is really unjustifiable to kill all nine generations of so many people just because of this little thing.

(End of this chapter)