Chapter 507: The Playful Emperor
After He Tiqi ran back to Suzhou, he thought about it and reported the matter to Du Sanmao, who was sitting in Suzhou, and he didn't even dare to hide that he was going to blackmail Tang Bohu, but the purpose of blackmailing Tang Bohu had become to generate income for the Jinyiwei Suzhou Inspection Division.
After listening to the report with a black face, Du Sanmao jumped up and slapped He Tiqi to the ground, even so, he still refused to give up, and it was a lot of punches and kicks when he went up, and in the blink of an eye, He Tiqi was beaten beyond recognition.
The brocade guards who followed He Tiqi to the Peach Blossom Dock knelt on the side and trembled, they knew that this time they were afraid that they would be in a big disaster.
With He Tiqi's identity and status, he naturally didn't know the weight of the iron scroll Danshu in Tang Bohu's hand, even Du Sanmao only knew that there was such a legendary iron scroll Danshu, and he didn't know whether this iron scroll Danshu really existed, he only knew that if this iron scroll Danshu was real, then the person who held this iron scroll Danshu must never be provoked.
Du Sanmao finally got tired, and with an order, He Tiqi, who was beaten half to death by him, and the few Jinyi guards who followed He Tiqi to fight the autumn wind were imprisoned and waited to be dealt with.
When He Tiqi heard this, his face became as dead as ashes.
Jinyiwei's prison has always been unable to enter or exit, and there are very few people who can get out of Jinyiwei's prison alive.
Du Sanmao didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly wrote a letter, sealed it with fire paint, and sent someone to send it to the capital for 800 miles to be sent directly to the emperor.
Suzhou is the largest city in the Ming Dynasty, more prosperous than the old capital Jinling and the capital Beijing, otherwise Du Sanmao, the envoy from the four products of Jinyi Wei Town, would not have been sent to sit in Suzhou.
The brocade guards who were responsible for delivering the letter galloped day and night, and the post station did not change horses, and did not dare to stop at all, and even the diet was solved on horseback, and finally galloped all the way, and rushed to the capital after running and killing a number of good horses, which was the dusk of the next day.
At this time, the current emperor Zhu Houzhao was playing with his concubine in the imperial garden, and heard that Du Sanmao, the envoy of Suzhou Jinyi Weizhen, sent an eight-hundred-mile urgency, and hurriedly went to the imperial study to summon the messenger sent by Du Sanmao.
Zhu Houzhao knew that Jinyiwei's 800-mile expedited must have something big happening, but he couldn't guess what big things would happen in Suzhou after thinking about it.
In history, Zhu Houzhao is a very controversial emperor, some people say that he is absurd and unreasonable, resulting in the decline of national strength, and Zhu Houzhao is good at wine and greedy for cups, likes to eat, drink and have fun, and is a rare unscrupulous monarch in history.
However, some people say that Zhu Houzhao is a wise man, he is resolute and decisive, and he is very assertive when dealing with major national events. Zhu Liu Jin, Pinghua Wang, Ning Wang rebellion, and once personally went into battle to kill the enemy, Yingzhou won a great victory to defeat the Tatar army, and defeated the little Mongolian prince.
What is even more commendable is that during Zhu Houzhao's reign, floods and droughts occurred in many places, and Zhu Houzhao personally inspected the disaster areas many times, mobilized grain and grass for disaster relief, and also exempted taxes.
Zhu Houzhao met the messenger sent by Du Sanmao in the imperial study, opened the letterhead, and the expression on his face became colorful after reading it.
After Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he gave Danshu iron coupons, seven dukes and twenty-eight hous, a total of 35 yuan.
The iron scrolls and books given by them were in the hands of the descendants of Liu Bowen and other founding heroes, hereditary titles, and enjoyed the worship of the imperial court.
Only the half of the iron scroll Danshu given to the Duke of Tang by Taizu has never appeared, and after one or two hundred years of dynasty changes, the descendants of the Duke of Tang have never used the iron scroll Danshu to ask the court for any privileges.
Emperors of all dynasties have speculated that the other half of the iron scroll Danshu may not have existed at all, and Emperor Taizu wrote this iron scroll Danshu in order to justify himself.
According to legend, when Taizu raised an army to resist the Yuan, there was once a god surnamed Tang in the upper realm to help, Emperor Taizu was able to create the Ming Dynasty at the age of seventeen, Emperor Taizu in order to commemorate this Tang immortal, specially cast such a half of the iron scroll Danshu, passed down from generation to generation, so that future generations dare not forget.
In fact, the emperors of all dynasties know that the theory of gods and ghosts should be an excuse for Taizu to find when he raised his army, and to create this iron scroll Danshu that is above the imperial family, in fact, Emperor Taizu announced to the world that he took the Yuan Dynasty and sat in this world, which is actually the destiny of heaven.
To put it bluntly, this half of the iron scroll Danshu was created by Emperor Taizu to fool people.
But Zhu Houzhao never expected that the other half of the iron scroll Danshu really appeared, and it also appeared in the hands of a person who was forever forbidden by his father to be an official in the court.
Zhu Houzhao ordered the eunuch to take the other half of the iron scroll Danshu collected in the palace, and the more he looked at it, the more interesting it became, and immediately asked Yang Yanhe, the first assistant, to be summoned into the palace.
Yang Yanhe hurried to the palace, and after paying his respects, Zhu Houzhao smiled and handed the eight hundred miles sent by Du Sanmao to Yang Yanhe urgently.
Yang Yanhe also showed a strange expression on his face after seeing it, he looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Holy Lord, I don't know if this Tang Yin took out this iron scroll Danshu and made any requests?" ”
Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and pointed to the half of the iron scroll Danshu on the dragon case and said with a smile: "Lord Yang, you can take a look at the content of this iron scroll Danshu." ”
Yang Yanhe only knew that Emperor Taizu had given the Iron Scroll Danshu to the founding hero, and he had also seen the Iron Scroll Danshu enshrined at home by the descendants of the heroes, and knew that the content of each Iron Scroll Danshu was different, but it was basically the same, nothing more than the content of 'Qing Shu nine deaths, three deaths of his descendants, or committing a regular punishment, and no one can be held responsible'.
And the so-called exemption from death, that is, all death sentences are exempted except for rebellion and rebellion. However, after being dismissed, it is still necessary to get rid of the salary, which means that the number of times that you are exempted from death is also a consumable, and when the number of times is used up, the Iron Scroll Danshu will lose its effectiveness, and the people who hold the Iron Scroll Danshu are no different from ordinary people.
Of course, what Yang Yanhe saw was only the Iron Scroll Danshu in the hands of the heroes, and as for the other half of the Iron Scroll Danshu left in the Inner Palace, no one else could see it at all except for the kings of the previous dynasties.
Yang Yanhe carefully picked up the half of the iron scroll Dan book on the dragon case, and before he finished reading it, cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead.
"This ...... This ......" Yang Yanhe didn't know what to say for a long time.
With this iron scroll, you can beat the king, you can beat the ministers, you can kill people without guilt, and you will not be punished, even if you want to take the country, the descendants of the Zhu family will give it up.
How could there be such an iron scroll Danshu?
Zhu Houzhao laughed: "Such an interesting thing, I want to see it with my own eyes." Lord Yang, tomorrow I will go out to Suzhou, and during my tour of Suzhou, all the affairs of the court will be entrusted to you. ”
"No", Yang Yanhe changed color when he arrived, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao: "The minister risked his life to ask the emperor to take back his fate." ”
"Why?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
Yang Yanhe replied: "Your Majesty, according to this iron scroll, if Tang Yin wants to ask the emperor for the country, the emperor will not have a step to retreat." The minister asked for an order to go to Suzhou, and the minister went to find out what Tang Yin wanted first, and then the emperor made a better plan. According to what the minister saw, even if Tang Yin didn't ask for much, the emperor must not meet Tang Yin, in case Tang Yin suddenly made a request that embarrassed the emperor in front of the emperor. ”
Zhu Houzhao laughed: "Lord Yang means that I want to hide from Tang Yin in the future?" ”
Yang Yanhe had a bitter face, although he meant so, but it was not easy to say this.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said to Yang Yanhe: "Lord Yang, let's be flat." This matter is settled, and I will leave for Suzhou early tomorrow morning. Lord Yang can rest assured, if Tang Yin wanted to take my country, he would have already taken it, why did he wait until this time? Du Sanmao's letter said that Tang Yin had participated in the scientific examination, but he was implicated in cheating by his fellow villagers during the palace examination, and was expelled by the emperor and sentenced to be an official for life. Then Tang Yin has the Iron Scroll Danshu in his hand, if he wants to be an official, why should he pass the scientific examination? Obviously, this is a person who relies on his talent and refuses to protect the blessings of his ancestors. This time, he must have had to show the Iron Scroll Dan Book, and Du Sanmao was vague about why he showed the Iron Scroll Dan Book. Hehe, such an interesting thing, I must go to Suzhou to meet this Tang Yin. There is no need to discuss this matter again, you can go down and make preparations immediately. ”
Yang Yanhe saw that Zhu Houzhao had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to bow and withdraw, and walked out of the imperial study and couldn't help but shake his head gently.
Zhu Houzhao is a good emperor, but it's a pity that he's too playful, forget it, be a courtier, do your part, I hope that Tang Yin won't make any harsh demands on the emperor, otherwise...... (To be continued.) )