Chapter 43 Bribery
In the face of Liu Shouyou, Lei Bao couldn't use his strength, this person couldn't move easily, otherwise his fate would definitely not be better, and he came to Jinyiwei to ask for a prisoner who was not to be taught by Wuwei, and he was originally unreasonable, and the original plan was to force Shen Chongming to surrender the person, but now facing Liu Shouyou, this road will not work at all.
Taking a deep breath, Lei Leopard smiled slightly: "Okay, then Lei Leopard will leave!" So saying, he arched his hand and turned to get on his horse.
Zhou Tai has been following closely behind Lei Leopard. Although I wanted to ask what to do next, I didn't dare to speak at all when I looked at Lei Leopard's black face.
After a while, Lei Leopard stopped holding the reins of the horse, and did not turn his head back and ordered: "Sixth, personally take someone to monitor Jinyiwei's every move, and then send someone to infiltrate Yingtianfu Prison, pay attention to the results of Jinyiwei's interrogation at any time, and report it immediately as soon as there is news!" ”
"Yes, little brother, let's do it!" Zhou Tai responded, beat the horse and walked forward, such a confidential errand must be changed.
Driving away Lei Leopard, Liu Shouyou was too lazy to go back, grabbed Shen Chongming and rushed towards Ying Tianfu Prison, he also wanted to open his eyes and see what these little leaders of Wuwei looked like when they fell to the ground.
Today's Yingtianfu Prison is even more heavily guarded, Shen Chongming relied on the holy decree in his hands, directly mobilized 2,000 soldiers and horses of Nanjing Wei to deploy layers of defense, and pulled the name of the old man as a banner, not only to prevent Wuwei Jiao, who is very likely to come to rob the prison, but also to prevent the people of Dongchang.
The road was unimpeded, and after passing through several cordons, the group finally entered the dark and damp prison: "Several adults, watch your step! The cell boss led the way with a humble face, and looked back from time to time to remind that he was afraid that the cattle of the Jinyi Guard would make a foreign appearance on their own territory.
Shen Chongming didn't accept his intentions, and explained to Liu Shouyou as he walked: "There are sixteen altar masters of the Wuwei Sect in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang Prefectures imprisoned here, as well as nearly a hundred small leaders of the incense masters, as for the arrested sect members are still imprisoned in various places, the younger brother thinks that these people are just ordinary people who have been deceived by the Wuwei Sect, and it is a wealthy family contract to educate and dismiss them well: the young master can no longer cheat!" ”
Liu Shouyou paused, frowned, and said: "Brother, isn't it a bit too light to deal with it like this, you can't be merciful to such a person!" ”
According to the usual practice of the imperial court, most of the religious people were assigned to reclaim wasteland in the frontiers or assigned to work as coolies in the official kilns in various places.
"Brother Liu, have you arrested nearly 10,000 people this time? It's not easy to deal with, once it's serious, the younger brother is afraid of causing greater turmoil, after all, the family is dragged with the mouth, and the seven aunts and eight aunts are involved, hundreds of thousands of people? Shen Chongming said helplessly, assigning the frontier to reclaim wasteland or official kilns as coolies, usually there is no good end, there is no difference between using people to work and using large livestock, there is no food and clothing, go in and work for two or three years, there are few who can survive, to be precise, laborers.
"Alas! What you say is also reasonable, but there are some things that must not be guarded against, and the cult is very confusing and confusing, and it is necessary to strictly order all localities to constantly grasp it unremittingly, and must not give Wuwei a chance to take advantage of it; once they reappear, these ordinary people you let go of are very likely to rejoin Wuwei Sect! Liu Shouyou said with some worry.
The reason why the imperial court has never given up the attack on the White Lotus Sect for a long time is that it is afraid of this, once they appear, those remnants left over from many years ago will quickly take refuge, and to put it seriously, this is the trend of burning the prairie fire.
"What Brother Liu said is that Little Brother will do what you say!" Shen Chongming nodded in agreement, he also knew the terrifying nature of the cult.
After turning around the prison, the smile on Liu Shouyou's face became stronger and stronger, and in the end, he finally couldn't help laughing out loud without any image.
Not for anything else, just because Shen Chongming came up with a way to deal with repeat offenders, more than 100 prisoners in custody are all white bottoms, and their bare bodies are also tied up with flowers, and even their mouths are cut through by a rope, which looks no different from clowns at a glance.
Shen Chongming laughed dryly, this is also a helpless way, many of these guys will have both hands, if they don't treat it like this, it is very likely that they will escape from prison in series, and then they can be regarded as important people, most people are dead set on Wuwei Sect, if they don't take precautions, there will definitely be many people who choose to commit suicide before passing through the hall.
After laughing for a long time, he began to get down to business, and all sixteen altar masters were brought out in one breath.
Swept it with cold eyes, Liu Shouyou said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, give you a chance, tell everything you know, this official will give you a good time, if not, Jinyiwei's various punishments must have heard of it, but I don't know if you can bear it!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the sixteen altar masters suddenly changed their faces, and they all said that the punishment of Dongchang was cruel, but it was still a grade worse than Jinyiwei, and this Nanjing Jinyiwei Yamen was even more of a leader, and all kinds of torture tools sealed during the Taizu period could be kept here for treasure, once they were taken out, they could be compared to the eighteenth layer of hell at will.
Ignoring everyone's expressions, Liu Shouyou made another heavy attack, pointed at Shen Chongming and said: "My brother is soft-hearted and doesn't want to kill more, as long as you tell everything you know, the two of us can jointly ask the emperor to pardon the crimes of Er and other family members, but if someone refuses to confess, then it's another matter!" ”
If these people are most concerned about now, it is not their own life and death, but the lives of their families, this is also a strange circle that cannot be escaped, doing a rebellious business, high returns, and high risks.
Now as soon as Liu Shouyou's words came out, many people's expressions changed a few times, Liu Shouyou waved his hand and asked people to take them back, he was convinced that such a generous condition would definitely make people move, as long as he waited a little longer, he would become a god and read it all.
It didn't take long for the captains, who had been ordered to wait for the prisoners, to take them out of their cells one by one, and they did not gather together, so as not to collude with each other.
The confession went smoothly, but unfortunately the news confessed was not what Shen Chongming wanted, these people confessed, mostly where some money and grain were hidden, so far, except for Huang Wanli's exposure, the two hall masters of the Fujian and Guangdong halls of the Wuwei Sect have still not been ascertained their true identities.
"There's no way, it seems that the ability of the Wuwei Sect's high-level to hide is not low, so we can only find it slowly!" Liu Shouyou said helplessly.
"Yes! It is not easy to uproot the Wuwei Sect, you can only cut off their branches and vines first, and after a long time, even a towering tree will inevitably die! Shen Chongming nodded and said.
Liu Shouyou nodded, and then said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, the money and grain they gave out this time are almost worth more than 400,000 taels of silver, which is not a small amount!" The emperor is worried about Henan's disaster relief these days? With this money, you can also solve your urgent needs! ”
Hearing him say this, Shen Chongming couldn't help but pat his forehead, he was so busy with things that he couldn't teach these days, but he forgot about this important matter: "Brother Liu, how is the situation in Henan now!" ”
"It's not good, the original ripe summer grain was flooded, the flood has just receded in the past few days, but the sowing time has also been delayed, I am afraid that there will be a harvest in the summer of the next year, nearly 200,000 victims, this half a year is all dependent on the imperial court to support, the emperor has not slept well for a while!" Liu Shouyou sighed, all the officials in the capital are now half paid, and the gap in the household department is getting bigger and bigger.
Shen Chongming sighed, if he had allocated silver two to repair the river dam earlier, where would there be such a catastrophe as today.
"Don't talk about this, hurry up and arrange for people to go to various places to confiscate this money and food!" Seeing that the atmosphere fell silent, Liu Shouyou quickly changed the topic and went out of prison.
"Little Sanzi, are you ready?" Looking at the fat-faced little third son in front of him, Shen Chongming couldn't help but feel funny, the years are making people fat! When I first saw the third son, this kid was still skinny, and he was not good enough in just a few years.
"My lord, according to your orders, all officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing who are above the fourth grade, according to different grades, each person will have a gift worth fifty taels to two hundred taels!" Saying that, the little third son wondered in his heart, he was staying in Hangzhou for a good time, and Lord Shen summoned himself to Nanjing City with a word, what did he think was a good idea to make a fortune? I never thought that I would be a boy with money, and the officials of Nanjing City, big and small, each had a gift. Although it was not a valuable thing, it cost nearly 10,000 taels of silver.
Shen Chongming nodded with satisfaction, it was all ready in just three days, and the little third son was getting more and more neat: "Since it's all ready, let's send it out quickly, remember, all use the official's name!" ”
"Yes, but adults, small ones always can't understand, these Nanjing officials are all idle, and they can't help us at all on weekdays, why give them gifts?" Xiao Sanzi couldn't help but raise his doubts, it seemed that no one would feel that he had too much money to spend.
"Hehe, you'll know in the future, remember, you have to give it every New Year's holiday, even if it's ten taels of silver, it's a heart, and it will always be of great use in the future!" Shen Chongming instructed.
The little third son smacked his tongue for a while, and he had to send it in the future! Well, Shen Chongming gave a minimum of ten taels of silver, which is still acceptable, otherwise it will be 10,000 taels of silver if you give it once, and no matter how big the family business is, it can't withstand such a waste!
Watching the little third son turn around and go out, Shen Chongming leaned back in his chair and couldn't help but get up, in the near future, the largest public opinion creation group in the Ming Dynasty will be born in his own hands, and the officials in Nanjing will never be idle and panic again, if anyone provokes our masters, they will scold him to death,