Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 476

Shuntian Mansion Yin Qiu Maohua couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looking at the Dongchang fans outside with some astonishment, he never thought that just after he finished taunting Wu Youke, this Dongchang person would come to arrest him.

Qiu Maohua couldn't help looking at Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Household Department: "Guo Butang, why is this, why did His Majesty send people from Dongchang to take him?"

At this time, Guo Yunhou was also looking at Dongchang's Fanzi like a storm in his heart, but he seemed to realize something when Qiu Maohua asked him, so he pretended not to be very familiar with this Shuntian Mansion Yin Qiu Maohua, and said: "My official How do you know what His Majesty is thinking, that 50 silver dollars have been deported to your government office, and I have other important matters, so I will leave first."

As he said that, Guo Yunhou hurriedly ordered the officials of his household department to hand over to the officials of Shuntian Mansion, while he himself left the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion first, and as soon as he got on the sedan chair, he hurriedly ordered: "Go to Li Ge's old mansion immediately!"

Here, seeing Guo Yunhou leave in such a hurry, Qiu Maohua naturally knew that the Minister of the Household Department wanted to avoid suspicion, and was afraid that the people in Dongchang would find out that he had colluded with the prefect, but he was sure that this was the case. Hubu Shangshu would not harm himself.

Therefore, Qiu Maohua, Yin of Shuntian Mansion, looked at Wu Youke. In his opinion, the only person who would impeach him in front of His Majesty was Wu Youke, Minister of Health who didn't deal with him very much, so he couldn't help but With a wry smile:
"Wu Shangshu, I didn't expect you to be a preemptive strike, no matter what, the official ranks crushed people, but I just ask Secretary Wu Shang to make it clear that in the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, sometimes relying on His Majesty's favor cannot last for a long time." Do you understand that you have been mixed up in the officialdom?"

Wu Youke was confused by Qiu Maohua's words, and he didn't expect that His Majesty would arrest Shuntian Fuyin at this time, but when he thought of the behavior of Shuntian Fuyin Qiu Maohua just now, he didn't bother to explain , snorted and said: "Qiu Fuyin was joking, I don't have time to impeach you in front of His Majesty, but as the saying goes, if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing about it. As for the batch of medicinal materials in the Royal Pharmacy, since you If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, then I have no choice but to go directly to His Majesty, even if you are arrested by the Dongchang people, don't try to let this matter go!"

"Wu Shangshu, you!" Qiu Maohua couldn't help but turn purple with anger when Wu Youke scolded him so much. He knew that if Wu Youke really stabbed this matter to His Majesty, the consequences would be unimaginable, but he also He didn't want to just give in to Wu Youke, and he also knew that it would be useless to plead with a stubborn person like Wu Youke, so he might as well point it out directly, so Qiu Maohua directly threatened: "Wu Shangshu, you should understand, Yu The batch of medicinal materials in the pharmacy is not only related to the lower officials, it is not only the father-in-law of the imperial pharmacy, but also the senior officials of the ministry, the cabinet and the supervisor of rites. Be careful when the time comes, you will not be guilty! "

"I don't care who is involved in this, I only know that the people who are quarantined are in urgent need of this batch of medicinal materials!" Wu Youke left the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion as soon as he said that.

Wu Jin, the head of the Dongchang stall, also ignored this, but came in front of Qiu Maohua, and directly ordered his subordinates to take off the black hat on Qiu Maohua's head, put it on a chain, and escort him to the Dongchang.

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Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had already arrived at Li Mingrui's mansion, but he did not come to look for Li Mingrui, but Li Mingrui's third brother, Li Mingyun, who is now the person in charge of the Li family's property and a few people in direct contact with the Ministry of Household Affairs. One of the imperial merchants, he has always had a close relationship with the officials of the household department, especially Shangshu Guo Yunhou.

"Where is your Lord Lan, quickly call him to see me!" The dignified Minister of the Household Department came to the mansion in person, and the housekeeper of Li's mansion also knew that something important had happened, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly brought Li Mingyun back, Li Mingyun As soon as he came back, Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Household Department, told Li Mingyun that Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture was suddenly captured by Dongchang.

Li Mingyun sat on the ground in shock after listening to what Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said in a daze: "It's impossible for His Majesty to know about this matter. Who revealed it to His Majesty? But, fortunately, this The batch of medicinal materials is still in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and the prefect of Qiu has not had time to transport the medicinal materials to me, so as long as the mouth of Qiu Fu Yin is sealed, maybe nothing serious will happen."

Regarding this, Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Household Department, also nodded in agreement, and said:
"No matter what His Majesty found out, since he only captured Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Mansion, it means that His Majesty has not suspected this official and Eunuch Zou of the Royal Pharmacy, so now you have to hurry up and tell Eunuch Zou about this matter." Let him find a way to find Prince Si Lijian, and I have to go to see the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately, and let them find a way to get Qiu Maohua out of the East Factory, or kill him directly in the East Factory , lest he say too much!"

After Guo Yunhou said something sternly, he left Li's mansion directly, and Li Mingyun hurriedly rushed to the mansion of Zou Yingquan, the young supervisor of the Royal Pharmacy, in a car.

At this time, in the Xinuang Pavilion, Zhu Youjiao, the emperor, and Wang Chengen, the chief inspector of ceremonies, Li Mingrui, a scholar of the Zhongji Hall, and Lu Xiangsheng, a scholar of the Wuying Hall, had a happy conversation. The internal struggle of the Ministry and when the Lindan Khan will be conquered in the coming year.

And just as these people at the top of the empire's power were talking, Liu Ruoyu walked in at this time: "Your Majesty, Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Mansion has been arrested and sent to Dongchang, and Mr. Cheng Ge has also gone to Shuntian Mansion. We are discussing with Wu Shangshu how to control the epidemic."

Liu Ruoyu's words made Li Mingrui, who was working at his desk, couldn't help but stop the pen in his hand. Although he didn't know why Qiu Maohua, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, was captured by the people from Dongchang at this moment, but he knew that Qiu Maohua, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, was the same as himself. My younger brother has always been quite close friends, and my Li family's business in the capital is indeed under the care of Qiu Maohua in secret, but now I suddenly learned that Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Mansion was captured by the people of the East Factory, which made Li Mingrui worried about his three-year-old. Will younger brother Li Mingyun be involved?

But what he needs to be sure now is what happened to Qiu Maohua. However, it is not good for him to directly ask the eunuch Liu Ruoyu, the admiral of the East Factory, in front of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, because this will easily arouse His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's suspicion. .

Even, in order not to make His Majesty Zhu Youxiao suspicious, Li Mingrui immediately returned to normal after being stunned for a moment, pretending not to care much and smiled, and then, as before, honestly drafted the memorial .

Here, Wang Chengen didn't know that his godson, Zou Shaoquan, the young supervisor of the Royal Pharmacy, had also been involved, so he seemed calmer than Li Mingrui. What's more, in his opinion, he and Liu Ruoyu belonged to the same courtiers, and both belonged to the department. Liu Ruoyu couldn't afford to make things difficult for him as a supervisor of ceremonies.

Therefore, Wang Chengen didn't ask too much.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao also glanced at the ministers present, especially Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen, but seeing the calmness of the two, he was also a little surprised, thinking to himself that the various signs provided by Dongchang said that hoarding is a top wind Most of the unscrupulous businessmen who committed the crime visited the mansions of Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen, but now it seems that these two people seem to have little relationship with Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture.

However, this also made Zhu Youxiao more determined to break the casserole and ask the end, and said directly: "Very well, this Shuntian Prefecture Yin Qiu Maohua will be interrogated severely, and he must be told about the implementation of the cholera epidemic. Ineffectiveness, the previous efforts of the court almost fell short, if this person does not confess honestly, I will not tolerate it!"

After Zhu Youxiao gave this order, Liu Ruoyu, the admiral of Dongchang, retreated in response.

Although Li Mingrui said that he deliberately didn't care about Qiu Maohua's affairs, he had been listening carefully to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's answer.

And Zhu Youxiao's answer really made Li Mingrui heave a sigh of relief. He thought that His Majesty asked Dongchang to arrest Shuntian Prefecture Yin Qiu Maohua because of party disputes and hoarding to make the country difficult, but he didn't expect it to be because of Shuntian Prefecture Yin. Qiu Maohua was arrested because the control of the epidemic was not strict enough and the implementation was not in place.

In Li Mingrui's view, as long as the governor of Shuntian was not because of party struggle and market manipulation, his third brother and himself would not be implicated.

But at this time, the news came from outside that Wu Youke, Minister of the Ministry of Health, requested an audience. Zhu Youxiao also needed to have a better understanding of the situation on the front line of fighting cholera, so he ordered Wu Youke to be brought directly to Xinuang Pavilion.

As soon as Wu Youke came to the Xinuang Pavilion, he directly reported to Zhu Youxiao that a batch of emergency medicinal materials from the Royal Pharmacy went missing after they arrived in Shuntian Mansion.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glared at Wang Chengen, and asked, "What's going on!"

Wang Chengen couldn't help scolding Wu Youke secretly. Everyone who is a foreign minister knows that the internal ministers cannot be impeached casually, because once they offend these emperors and close ministers, they will easily be overwhelmed, and Wu Youke is a person who can only cure diseases and save people The doctor is obviously just a stunned young man in the officialdom, and he directly dragged the eunuch of the Royal Pharmacy into the case as soon as he came up.

So, Wang Chengen was so scared that he knelt down directly: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what's going on. The young supervisor of the imperial pharmacy is Zou Yingquan, and he is responsible for the procurement and hoarding of medicinal materials for the palace. The old slave boldly advises His Majesty to arrest this person immediately, interrogate him strictly, and find out the clues!"

At this time, Wang Chengen, the chief inspector of ceremonies, didn't know what heinous crimes his godson, the young supervisor of the imperial pharmacy, Zou Yingquan, had done together with Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture. Come out to show that he has nothing to do with Zou Yingquan, and even if he has a relationship, it is just a casual acquaintance.

And Wu Youke's words not only made Wang Chengen depressed and had to throw away his godson, but also made Li Mingrui, the No.1 in the cabinet, feel uneasy, because although he didn't know his three What kind of shady deal is going on between my younger brother and Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture, but he knows that his third younger brother has been doing the medicinal material business all the time, so he can't help but think to himself if his third younger brother really wants to get rich and send his ideas to these imperial pharmacies In the medicinal materials business, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Of course, Li Mingrui still deliberately showed no emotion or anxiety. On the contrary, Zhu Youxiao, who is the emperor, slammed the table at this time: "Check, let me check to the end! This Qiu Maohua, I want to get it from him." Digging out more information about people, and the young supervisor of the imperial pharmacy, he must be arrested directly, and must be severely tortured, you are really bold, you dare to have the idea of ​​​​this batch of medicinal materials, are you really desperate?"

After saying that, Zhu Youxiao turned around and said to Wang Chengen coldly: "From now on, you also go to stay in the imperial prison. Don't think that if you confess Zou Yingquan, I don't know what is the relationship between you. See who you recognize as godsons! If this incident causes the epidemic to spread, don't even think about getting any good fruit!"

"The old slave understands!"

Wang Chengen was naturally very depressed, but he also knew that it was better not to fight now, and some things could only be blamed on himself.

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And when it was dark and night, when Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem, Li Mingrui also hurried out of the palace, and immediately went back to the mansion to find his third brother Li Mingyun, and asked him about Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Mansion.

Li Mingyun also told his elder brother Li Mingrui the content of the conversation that Guo Yunhou, the minister of the household department, suddenly found him, and the news that Shuntian Fuyin had been replaced by Cheng Jiming, a cabinet scholar. I said why Your Majesty suddenly wanted to arrest Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture, but it was not because of Qiu Maohua's collusion with officials and businessmen. It seems that the crux of the matter is that Cheng Jiming, an old school, intends to punish us! This Cheng Ji Fate is a good hand!"

Just when Li Mingrui began to think that the essence of this matter was that the conservative faction was trying to punish his own reformist faction, Yin Qiu Maohua of Shuntian Prefecture was finally pried open by the people from Dongchang.

This Qiu Maohua quickly confessed to Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zou Yingquan, Young Supervisor of the Royal Pharmacy, and a medicinal material dealer named Lan Duo.

Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he found out. He didn't expect that Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, would also be involved. If Guo Yunhou was involved, it would mean that he had something to do with Li Mingrui in the cabinet, because everyone knew that Guo Yunhou and Li Mingrui were involved. very close.

But now there is no doubt about this Li Mingrui, and the businessman surnamed Lan is also a person without a trace.

Because it involves the reformers who have already begun to gain an advantage, and it is necessary to catch the typical ones to punish those who make money from the country and disrupt the market, and to clarify the administration of officials, so Zhu Youxiao directly issued a strict order to continue to strictly punish the young supervisor of the imperial pharmacy, Zou Yingquan. Torture to avoid missing the real big tiger.

However, what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that Zou Yingquan, the young supervisor of the imperial pharmacy, only knew about a businessman named Lan Duo and Qiu Maohua, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, so he couldn't pry any valuable news.

"It seems that the key point now is Guo Yunhou, the Minister of the Household Department revealed by Qiu Maohua. How dare Guo Yunhou, the Minister of the Household Department, dare to do such things behind my back. Immediately convey my order and escort Guo Yunhou to me. Just ask him, whose family he is a subject of!"

Zhu Youxiao directly ordered.

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