My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 165 The Truth

   Zhu Di listened: "Xuan come in."

  After his words fell, the **** said: "The Marquis of Annan, and Chen Wenjun, the head of the Ministry of War, are here together."

  Zhu Di pondered and said: "Call in together."

  Xie Jin and others, you look at me, I look at you, to be honest, Zhang Anshi's approach has already broken through the bottom line of all officials.

   No imperial edict, just take people at will.

   Now that the Qin case has come to light, Zhang Anshi and the others are still confident enough to **** the dignified fifth-rank court ministers to the palace.

   What is this trying to do, to show off?

  In all dynasties, such an arrogant and domineering person will have a good end?

  The third bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion is facing especially great pressure now. If he doesn't say anything at this time, then from now on, he will not have the face to be in the court class.

  The ministers of various ministries also showed displeasure.

  The civil servants can be roughly divided into two factions, one is the upstarts headed by Xie Jin, Yang Rong and others.

  The other faction is Jiugui, headed by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Jian Yi, and the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Xia Yuanji.

   Originally, the two of them were not incompatible, but at least on weekdays, they mostly disliked each other.

   After all, both Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji are veteran ministers, veterans who have gone through several dynasties, and they got this high position based on their seniority.

As for Xie Jin and the others, it was Zhu Di who was directly promoted to the cabinet from the relatively young Hanlin. A few years ago, they were just unknown characters, but now, their status and power have been faintly above the old officials like Jian Yi. on.

  But today, the minds of all the officials are surprisingly unanimous. This kind of thing must never happen again. Zhang Anshi must be punished.

  Obviously...Ji Gang saw this. When Zhang Anshi was also chasing the chaotic party, Ji Gang's first reaction was to think that it was aimed at him.

   It is Jin Yiwei's responsibility to arrest the rebellious party. Could it be that Zhang Anshi wants to replace him?

  It’s just a big joke how these few little dolls can compare with the Jinyiwei with tens of thousands of minions!

  Although Ji Gang was silent, murderous intent was already born in his heart.

   Zhang Anshi... can't stay, let's stay...

  I'm afraid that in the future...

  Ji Gang raised his head and silently glanced at Liu Yongcheng.

  He seemed to have an idea in mind.

  If...Your Majesty believes that the prince has a conspiracy...then this piece of Anshi...can also be resolved together.

   And concocting such things is what he is best at.

  Of course, the most urgent task right now is to get rid of these dogs first.

  Actually, in history, there was a strange case of the prince’s treason in the Yongle Dynasty, which involved a lot of people, and a large number of ministers in the East Palace were all convicted. Even Zhu Gaochi almost suspected that he would encounter accidents at any time.

   Fortunately, Jin Zhong, the Minister of War who was most trusted by the emperor at that time, stood up in time, made a bitter statement, and used the heads of his whole family to guarantee that Zhu Di's suspicion was removed.

  And among the people who concocted this matter...how could Jin Yiwei be missing?

   As for Zhang Anshi’s so-called seizure of the rebellious party, Ji Gang just felt disdainful. These people... what kind of rebellious party are they worthy of? Ah……

   Right at this moment... Zhang Anshi arrived.

  Zhang Anshi took Zhu Yong and others, and escorted Chen Wenjun into the palace.

  Zhang Anshi is still very well-behaved, he bowed first and said: "I have seen Your Majesty."

   Before Zhu Di could open his mouth, a minister was directly disrespectful: "Zhang Anshi, do you want to make trouble?"

   It was Xie Jin who spoke.

   Xie Jin was filled with righteous indignation.

  Zhu Di couldn't help but secretly frowned. Obviously... Xie Jin had no right to reprimand at this time.

It's just... Xie Jin came prepared. For him, all the officials are talking about it. At this time, he directly reprimanded him. Even if it caused His Majesty to blame him, his prestige would be raised directly. From then on, after hundreds of officials, no one can surpass him.

   After all, what he is protecting is the interests of the officials.

  What's more, even if His Majesty reprimands him for this, it is not a capital crime after all, at most it is a harmless fine, it is just a disgrace.

  Zhang Anshili ignored him, took him as air, but said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the criminal Chen Wenjun is here."

  Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi slowly.

  He is very sad, this guy...does not make good money, but likes to meddle in his own business.

   This guy is really full.

  The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, Zhu Di said angrily: "You guy, what a good thing you did. What criminals, Jin Yiwei has already captured the criminals."

  Zhang Anshi said calmly: "Your Majesty, this is strange. Ming Mingchen has also captured the prisoner. Your Majesty is very aware of the details. Now that the person has arrived, you can find out when you ask."

   But at this time, the backyard was on fire.

Chen Wenjun, who had a dejected expression on his face, immediately let go of his throat when he arrived at the imperial court: "I am wronged, I am wronged, I implore your majesty to be the master of the minister, the minister is conscientious and dedicated, has been in the court for thirteen years, and has never made any mistakes. But Marquis An Nan took me well, took me with him, and beat and kicked me, Your Majesty..."

   After saying that, he kowtowed, his miserable appearance made those who saw it sad and those who heard it shed tears.

  Zhu Di frowned, thinking that this really caused trouble.

  Xie Jin and others began to try again.

  Na Ji Gang still stood humble, with his head bowed, just sneered in his heart.

  Zhu Yong was furious, and wanted to give Chen Wenjun a slap in the face and tell him to shut up.

   Fortunately, he still has reason, knowing that in front of His Majesty, he dare not make mistakes.

  Zhu Di said with a cold face: "I am wronged, you are not a rebellious party, why did Zhang Anshi arrest you?"

  Chen Wenjun: "..."

  Chen Wenjun originally prepared countless drafts, but in the end... Zhu Di immediately broke his defense, and was speechless for a long time.

  Zhu Di immediately looked at Zhang Anshi: "You say he is a rebellious party, do you have evidence?"

   "Yes." Zhang Anshi said: "I have evidence and physical evidence."

  As soon as these words came out, the people in the temple finally became quiet, and many people held their breath, waiting for something.

  Zhang Anshi first took out something and said, "Please look, Your Majesty, what is this?"

  A little **** accompanying him took what Zhang Anshi had in hand, and then handed it to Zhu Di.

  Zhu Di took it, and after taking a closer look, his face changed slightly.

   What fell into Zhu Di's hands was an account.

  In this account, the way of recording is very different, and many numbers seem to be messed up. Obviously... this is deliberately recorded in secret language.

  So Zhu Di said: "What is this?"

   "This was found from a warehouse owned by Chen Wenjun's steward."

  Zhu Di said: "How can this account book be used as criminal evidence?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "In that warehouse, a lot of gold and silver were found, not only that... There are also many raw materials for firearms."

  After Zhu Di listened, he looked at Chen Wenjun coldly.

  Hundred officials also showed suspicion.

  Looked at Chen Wenjun one after another.

  Chen Wenjun immediately shouted: "This... this... is nonsense, nonsense, what do these warehouses have to do with me?"

  Zhu Di's face became more and more gloomy. He stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, but said to Zhang Anshi, "How did you find that warehouse?"

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "It's very simple, rely on arithmetic!"

  Arithmetic…

   Ji Gang felt disdainful.

  More people are confused.

  Zhang An Shidao: "Your Majesty, since it is a rebellious party and wants to rebel, this rebellion requires cooperation from inside and outside, but no matter what, they all need one thing...that is weapons, and they are a lot of weapons."

  Zhu Di nodded subconsciously after listening.

   When it comes to rebellion, Zhu Di is not bragging, he himself is the ancestor of rebellion.

  Recalling that when he was in Beiping, in order to make weapons, he even deliberately raised many geese in the palace, and let these geese make noises to cover up the sound of making weapons.

"Since this is the case, then it's easy to handle." Zhang Anshi said cheerfully: "Manufacturing a large number of weapons first requires a large amount of raw materials. Of course, I don't know where they secretly manufactured weapons, but there is one thing that can be calculated clearly. Yes, all the pig iron used to make weapons...especially the large-scale pig iron, and the raw materials for gunpowder need to be extracted from the arsenal...For this, the model battalion of the minister often went to the Ministry of War to extract it."

  Zhu Di nodded, but stared at him and said, "Can you stop being tricky and tell me directly."

  Zhang Anshi resentfully said: "Your Majesty has to talk about it, if not, wouldn't Your Majesty have many questions?"

  Zhu Di was secretly angry, how to rebel, you still need to teach me? When I rebelled, you were still playing with mud.

  Patience, Zhu Di said: "Continue talking."

Zhang Anshi then said: "The imperial court has always been very strict about the raw materials used to manufacture weapons, and the place where weapons are manufactured must not be a warehouse where raw materials are piled up. The pig iron in the world, and the saltpeter required for gunpowder, etc., must not be in the same place. place."

  Zhu Di nodded: "What else?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Then... they must solve a problem, and that is transportation."

  Hearing this, Zhu Di also felt that it was reasonable.

  Ji Gang's complexion is getting colder and colder, a pair of eyes, inadvertently flashed a gleam of light, staring at Zhang Anshi.

  Chen Wenjun's complexion...is getting uglier.

Zhang Anshi went on to say: "Since transportation is involved, I'm thinking... such a confidential thing, and such a large amount of transportation, must be kept secret. This Nanjing city is the hub of the world's waterways, and the raw materials for weapons. Nine out of ten, it is also transported from here."

"If it was in the past, it would have been time-consuming and labor-intensive to find out about this matter. It would have required sending countless officers and soldiers to inspect it one by one. Here, it solves the problem."

  Zhu Di said: "How to solve it."

Zhang Anshidao: "It's very simple. Since the opening of Brother Shipping, more and more ships have joined Brother Shipping. There are many cargo ships in this shipping industry, and the price is fair. The most important thing is... there is Brother Shipping escorting, It can ensure that the goods are safe, and even if something goes wrong, Brother Shipping will also provide compensation services. Therefore...now most of the merchants in Nanjing City need to transport goods, they are directly handed over to Brother Shipping."

   "But... the deeds of these people are not visible. After all, these goods... are taboo, so... I can conclude that they will definitely not ask the brother ship industry to be responsible for the delivery of the goods."

  After hearing this, Zhu Di became more and more interested, and said, "This... makes sense."

  Hundred officials were silent, looking at Zhang Anshi one by one.

  Ji Gang's face was taut.

I saw Zhang Anshi began to say again: "Look, this was originally a matter of finding a needle in a haystack, but now... it has been able to narrow the scope to those merchants who ship their own goods. There are indeed some goods in various wharves in Nanjing City, which are the merchants themselves. I found a boat to transport it. I have had someone check it, and there are hundreds of such boats every day. Even though there are hundreds of them, it is still a needle in a haystack...But I remembered something again."

   Immediately, Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty know anything?"

  Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi and said, "You don't have to ask me, I know a bird."

  Zhang Anshi said with a dry smile: "This is to enliven the atmosphere."

So, he quickly said seriously: "On this pier... Even if there are boats transported by the merchants themselves, most of the sailors, especially the boatmen, are actually familiar with each other. After all, they are all living in the same place. Say hello, go ashore and drink some wine together, and even play money together on weekdays."

"But I'm thinking...these people are transporting taboo things. Of course, the boatmen they choose are all their own people, just to prevent it from happening. And these boatmen...knowing that what they are doing is a beheading business, they must be very special. Even those who are cautious and not cautious, this chaotic party can't believe it."

"So... I asked people to narrow down the scope, and let people from the brother ship industry thoroughly investigate those boatmen outside the brother ship company, especially those who are taciturn and rarely willing to deal with people on weekdays. This search...really found A dozen."

  Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "With these dozen targets, the next thing will be much easier. It's just to let people follow them, find their destination, and finally...find the other party's warehouse."

   "After finding the warehouse, I didn't let people immediately scare them away. Instead, I first determined the owner of the warehouse and the identities of the people who entered and exited the warehouse, and finally...followed the clues..."

"Your Majesty, it's a coincidence that Chen Wenjun's housekeeper...is among them...So I led people to arrest Chen Wenjun, and at the same time captured his housekeeper, and at the same time let people raid the warehouse. There are a lot of taboo things, and his steward...has confessed to it, as for this account book, it was also found from the warehouse, and most people can't understand it, but the steward has confessed it honestly."

"It's actually very simple to decipher the numbers inside, that is, add three to all the numbers in the first row, add nine to the numbers in the second column, and subtract one from the third column... Your Majesty, follow this method, and then read Looking at the ledger, do you think... the numbers are starting to match up."

  Zhu Di lowered his head, but he looked dazed. He was still dazzled by the addition and subtraction.

   But he is the emperor, how can he not understand?

   I had no choice but to bite the bullet, pretending to understand: "So that's the case, so..."

   Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Chen Wenjun: "What do you say?"

  His tone became bad.

  Chen Wenjun's face was miserable, but he still denied it: "I am wronged, I am wronged... This has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with it... It must be... Right, right, it must be the manager..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The steward has already confessed to you, saying that you have always been instigated. What's more, those saltpeter and pig iron, how could he get it with a mere butler? You are the head of the Ministry of War, so you can guard and steal. Report a little loss, and then you can secretly remove the contents of the arsenal. It's just... ready-made knives, guns, halberds, and gunpowder are not easy to get out, after all, the accounts are very clear. So...you decided on the raw materials, after all ...this one is the least noticeable."

  Paused, Zhang Anshi said: "I have asked Mr. Jin Zhong...to check the accounts of the Ministry of War."

  Jin Zhong, who had been silent all this time, smiled slightly at this moment: "It's a little effort, it's just a little effort."

  Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong looked at each other and smiled at each other.

  Zhang Anshi and Jin Zhong are destined.

  Because the most irreversible person Jin Zhong met in the court was Yao Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao was a monk, and Jin Zhong was a word tester in Beiping. Both of them were engaged in the service industry, and both of them were related to psychology.

  The two of them can be described as sympathetic to each other, and because of this, Yao Guangxiao saw Jin Zhong's talent and recommended Jin Zhong to Zhu Di.

  The relationship between these two people can be described as dry firewood.

  After Zhang Anshi locked Chen Wenjun, he immediately found Yao Guangxiao and gave him 10,000 taels of sesame oil money.

  Yao Guangxiao said it was not enough, a character tester wanted to calculate Zhang Anshi's birthday.

  Therefore, Zhang Anshi simply added another 10,000 taels of sesame oil money.

   Soon... the accounts from the Ministry of War will also come out.

  At this time, Zhu Di looked at Jin Zhong.

Jin Zhong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have indeed checked the warehouse of the Ministry of War in the past few days. It is very strange in the past two years. In the hands of the principal, Chen Wenjun, the wear and tear increased to two or three out of ten, that is to say... many things in this arsenal were lost by 10 to 20 percent for no reason... As the Minister of the Ministry of War, I was actually negligent of this. Mortal sin."

  Zhu Di frowned and said, "Is it Chen Wenjun who is in charge of the arsenal?"

   "Chen Wenjun manages the Taiping Warehouse and Yongji Warehouse. The problem is also with these two warehouses..."

  Zhu Di took a deep breath, his face changed, and then he looked at Chen Wenjun viciously: "Now, do you still deny it?"

  Chen Wenjun was scared out of his wits, but he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm wronged... I'm wronged... Zhang Anshi must have framed him."

  But at this time, the truth of everything...has almost come to light. If you still cry for injustice at this time, it is really unjustifiable.

  Zhang Anshi sighed and said: "Boss Chen, at this point, if it were me, I definitely hope that I can die happily instead of denying myself to death."

  Soy bean-like cold sweat had already seeped from Chen Wenjun's forehead. His body was like sifting chaff, and he could only close his jaw by gritting his teeth.

  Zhu Di was not furious, he looked deeply at Chen Wenjun: "You can't do such a thing by yourself, and you have a party, right?"

   "I...was wronged..." Chen Wenjun repeated over and over again.

   It's just that compared to the righteous cry of grievances in the past, his aura is much weaker now, and he is no longer as full of energy as before.

  Ji Gang stood aside, his face extremely gloomy.

  He said abruptly: "Even if it is embezzlement of the arsenal, it is not necessarily a rebellion."

  This is the truth, maybe it's just for profit.

   As Ji Gang said, he turned his head and glanced at Cui Yihong, who was kneeling on the ground, still with dull eyes.

   But now, obviously no one paid attention to what Ji Gang said.

Zhang Anshi comforted Chen Wenjun and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, think about your own family. You don't want your family members to suffer endless pain before they die. Commander Jin Yiwei Right here, don’t you know his tricks? If you step back ten thousand steps, you’ll still receive His Majesty’s salary, and you’ll be able to recruit him.”

  Chen Wenjun gave Zhang Anshi a vicious look: "Shut up, you little thief."

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Chen Wenjun really hated Zhang Anshi, thanks to Zhang Anshi who was still planning for him.

  Chen Wenjun gritted his teeth and said: "If it wasn't for you, how would I be today!"

   What a smart person he is. In fact, at this time, he already knows that he is doomed.

  So...staggered, stood up, still gritted his teeth, stared at Zhang Anshi, and said: "You... you... this world... your surname is not Zhu, you can only wait for a thief who steals the country."

  Zhu Di's heart began to sink.

  The other party did not scold him for usurping the throne, but directly said that the surname Zhu was stealing the country... This is tantamount to scolding Emperor Taizu Gao.

  The ministers have also changed their expressions, and obviously realize that next... there may be some words that they should not listen to.

   Someone looked at Zhu Di cautiously, but at this moment they just regretted it. If I had known this before, I shouldn't have come!

   Zhang Anshi said coldly: "Stole the country? Whose country did you steal?"

  Chen Wenjun looked at Zhang Anshi bitterly, his emotions became agitated, and his whole body was like a wild beast.

  Zhang Anshi was taken aback, and immediately jumped back a step, covering his heart with his hands, and shouted: "Protect me..."

  Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu were listening fascinatedly, when they suddenly heard Zhang Anshi's words, they both looked at their elder brother in bewilderment.

  Only Qiu Song rushed forward and threw Chen Wenjun down.

  Chen Wenjun staggered, fell down, and cursed: "The thief who steals the country, the thief who steals the country... Zheng Yugong and Wang Hangong have spirits in the sky...haha...haha..."

  He didn't match his words.

  However... Zheng Yu and Wang Han were heard clearly.

   Zhu Di's face became even uglier.

  Zheng Yu was a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. Although under the rule of Yuan Dynasty, southerners were fourth-class people, and their status was almost the same as that of slaves. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Tartars, Zheng Yu regarded the Yuan Dynasty as orthodox.

  Zhu Di wanted to ask Zheng Yu to come out of the mountain to become an official, but Zheng Yu resolutely refused, so he died on a hunger strike for seven days. Before he died, he told people that he could not fail the Yuan Dynasty and would die for the Yuan Dynasty.

  Another person named Wang Han did the same thing. When he learned that Bei Yuan was also exhausted, he chose to commit suicide.

  At that time, there were quite a few scholars like Zheng Yu and Wang Han.

   "Haha... Wait for me to go south and sweep through the customs, sooner or later... I will wipe you all out. I, Chen Wenjun, was born in the 23rd year of Zhizheng. I was born as a Yuan person and died as a Yuan ghost."

  Zhu Di was furious: "Take it down, let me take it down!"

Chen Wenjun still yelled: "You usurpers are also unwilling to keep their own place. Zhu Di, your father is just a mere beggar, a commoner, and he is worthy of the king? In your blood, he is just the son of a beggar." Blood, the blood of Huai You civilians!"

  He seemed crazy, his eyes were bloodshot.

  Zhu Yong stepped forward first and hit his teeth with a punch.

   "Uh huh..." Chen Wenjun couldn't speak, but opened and closed his mouth, spitting blood out of his mouth.

  Hundred officials were shocked by Chen Wenjun's madness and were speechless.

  Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu hurriedly dragged Chen Wenjun out.

  Zhang Anshi was actually taken aback. He thought that this Chen Wenjun would definitely cry and beg for mercy, but he didn't expect... this guy went crazy at this moment.

  Fortunately...didn't hurt myself.

  Zhu Di was furious in his heart.

  It's just that right now...Zhu Di still has a trace of reason.

  He knew very well that Chen Wenjun must not be killed at this time. Chen Wenjun...is still useful.

  He kept taking deep breaths, feeling inexplicably irritable.

  Both eyes are flickering, like an angry lion. At this moment, it just wants to eat people.

  He never expected that this guy... would dare to insult his father.

  For Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Di may not have felt the full warmth of father and son like his elder brother Zhu Biao.

However, Emperor Taizu Gao has always been Zhu Di's role model. What he longs for in his heart is to be someone who can make immortal achievements like Emperor Taizu Gao. In the future... even if he dies, to see Emperor Gao Emperor Zugao would not blame himself for raising troops to Jingnan.

   Zhu Di's eyes were blood red, he clenched his fists angrily, and walked quickly beside the throne. Suddenly, his eyes, like a bolt of lightning, fell on Cui Yihong.

  He stepped forward step by step.

   Ji Gang backed away quickly, Ji Gang's complexion was extremely bad, and at this moment, he was as docile as a sheep.

   But Zhu Di ignored him, but asked Cui Yihong word by word: "Tell me, are you a rebel?"

  Cui Yihong seemed like a conditioned reflex, and immediately said: "Slaves... greedy for money... and think... in the future... if you welcome people from Qianyuan to enter the customs in the future, then... you will get a great contribution."

  Zhu Di was even more furious: "I will ask you again, when did you collude with the rebellious party?"

  Cui Yihong said: "The servant is greedy for money... and thinks that... if he welcomes the former Yuan people to enter the customs in the future, then... he will get a great contribution, so the servant is a rebellious party."

  Zhu Di stood up straight, he seemed to be cold all of a sudden, his whole body exuded a chill, and his eyes... were no longer angry, but became dark and unfathomable.

  Ji Gang's complexion changed drastically, he prostrated himself on the ground, and knelt at Zhu Di's feet: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... If you don't do things well, you will be punished with death."

   Zhu Di did not respond.

  Zhang Anshi thought it was too much fun, but Cui Yihong, like a tape recorder, whispered: "Are you a rebel?"

  Cui Yihong immediately said: "Slaves... are greedy for money... and think that... in the future... if they welcome people from Qianyuan to enter the customs, then... they will get a great contribution."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Do you think I look like a rebellious party?"

  Cui Yihong said: "Slaves... greedy for wealth... and think... in the future... if they welcome people from Qianyuan to enter the customs, then... they will get a great contribution."

  (end of this chapter)