Needless to say, Nan Zhijin is an ordinary traitor, who uses his rich experience to figure out the emperor's intentions and leak them to the ministers in advance, so that they can prepare and decide to make trade-offs, and he profits from it, similar to those insidious and cunning eunuchs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition, Nan Zhijin is the liaison of a ** minister, and they are all maintaining a set of rules and conventions that are contradictory to the current emperor, and they are helping and supporting each other for this purpose.

Qu Zixi didn't want to see the latter result, because he was also a member of the court, he had ideals, and he hadn't had time to implement them, if he turned the court upside down today, he would never be able to get the sincere support of hundreds of officials in the future.

"It was Nan Zhijin's idea to Yan Kang, and he hoped to use Wang Pingyang's matter to attract His Majesty's attention, so as to hastily conclude the investigation of the East China Sea Kingdom."

Han Ruzi's eyes widened slightly, and instead of being angry, he smiled, "This Nanzhi is strong...... looks very honest, but he is so bold, I gave him a chance, but he intensified it, but fortunately, Lord Qu kept an eye on him and didn't let him succeed. ”

"That's because His Majesty reminded him in advance that the minister was not at ease with Nan Zhijin and thought more about him."

Han Ruzi nodded, "Lord Qu will go into the city with me, don't do anything first, continue to collect witnesses and evidence, and make sure that this case is impeccable." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qu Zixi couldn't help but glance up at the emperor, and felt a little strange, why was the emperor indifferent when Nan Zhijin made such an obvious act of bullying the emperor?

Han Ruzi was also looking at Qu Zixi, the two looked at each other for a moment, and Qu Zixi hurriedly lowered his head.

"The Yan family framed General Huang, does the military department know?" Han Ruzi asked.

Qu Zixi's heart trembled, and he replied: "The minister has not found any clues so far. ”

Han Ruzi hummed and didn't ask.

Qu Zixi retired, still feeling uneasy in his heart, the gentleman is frank, the villain is hidden, what he does today can never be called frank, and it violates the norms he has always been proud of.

In the tent, Han Ruzi said to Jin Chunzhong: "Lord Qu doesn't seem to have anything to say. ”

"Weichen is clumsy, I don't see it." Although Jin Chunzhong is a close minister, he refuses to speak according to the emperor's will in everything, he has always been cautious of his duty, his eyes are lowered, he only looks at a small place under his feet, and does not observe the expressions of the emperor and the ministers.

Han Ruzi smiled, and then became serious, "Is there really thousands of slaves waiting to be sold in Huxian County?" ”

"Wechen saw it with his own eyes, and he also bought a hundred from Song Qi, but he said that he couldn't send it to the capital, so Weichen wanted to buy a field house in the East China Sea, and then he sent people to it, and all the money came out of the 100,000 taels, Song Qi's only request was for Weichen to say to His Majesty, 'There is nothing abnormal in Huxian'."

"Hey." Han Ruzi sneered, he sent Jin Chunzhong to Huxian County to find Yang Feng's family, but he didn't expect to dig up a big case by mistake, "How many people have been sold in various places?" ”

"Uncountable, Song Qi is just one of the traffickers, there are people like him everywhere, taking people from local military camps and selling them to large estates as slaves, and the garrison reports casualties, and the military department doesn't know how deep it is, at least it is negligent. In the past few years, natural disasters continued, and when the displaced people were resettled, the garrisons in various places recruited a lot, and the number swelled, and Song Qi and others made a lot of money from it. ”

"There are so many people who have been sold, why is no one suing the official?"

"Weichen asked, although Your Majesty's intentions are good, but there are often changes in the place, let's say recruit the homeless as soldiers, Your Majesty's original intention is to give the homeless people a bite to eat, and then let them return to their hometowns to settle down, some military camps will deceive the homeless, and say to them, Your Majesty is gracious, just allow them to eat, not including clothing, accommodation, livestock, etc., these have to be paid by the homeless people themselves, sometimes the camp generals will deliberately lure the homeless people to gamble, allow them to keep accounts, accumulate to a certain extent, and let them sell themselves to pay off their debts."

Most of the displaced people were illiterate, and they were afraid of officials and soldiers, so they really thought that they owed the emperor a lot of money, so they could only accept the arrangement of being sold.

Song Qi and others were more cautious and would never sell the population to the capital.

The deed of sale has a time limit, ranging from five years to twenty years, and once the seller is accustomed to the life of the big estate, few people are willing to leave, and they will find that the debts they owe have not decreased, but more and more, and they cannot do without the old owner.

Song Qi's business has been in business for many years, and there has never been a problem, but there are too many in the past few years, and he feels empty-hearted, so as soon as he heard that people with a Beijing accent were asking around in the city, he immediately thought of his own business, so he took out his usual means and directly spent a lot of money to buy it.

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Who is Song Qi's backer in the court?" ”

"Song Yu often talks about the ministers of the court, and it is said that one of his sisters is the concubine of Yin Cuo, the eldest son of the former prime minister Yin Wuwu, but this person often exaggerates, and Weichen feels that he can't take it too seriously."

This is where Jin Chunzhong is cautious, even if he verifies the human trafficking, he has to buy a batch himself, and only with real evidence can he dare to explain everything to the emperor.

Han Ruzi nodded, "You go to the East China Sea Kingdom to buy a farmhouse, be careful, Song Qi is a fool, but there may be a shrewd backer behind him, if there is an official to test the tone - there will definitely be - you don't show your feet." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Huang Pugong, Yan Jia, Nan Zhijin, Bingbu, Song Qi...... Many things are rushing together, Han Ruzi needs a safe disposal plan, and he is still thinking about it.

Jin Chunzhong did not forget his original task, "Wei Chen inquired in Hu County, there is indeed a Yang Po in the county, it is said that her husband is in the field, never returned home, occasionally ask someone to send silver taels, Yang Po has a good reputation, but she is short-tempered, often fights with people - fights with men, she has a son, has read. A year ago, Mrs. Yang's mother and son moved away and disappeared. Wechen can continue to investigate. ”

"Don't worry, this matter ...... I'll talk about that later. Han Ruzi understood that Yang Feng arranged for his wife to move out in advance, probably because he didn't want the emperor to find them.

Jin Chun advised him to retire, and Han Ruzi sat in the tent and thought.

The easiest way to do this is to arrest people in a fit of rage, quickly and effectively, and with a good reputation, but it is difficult to say how long it will last, and local officials and generals always have a way to misinterpret the emperor's will and continue to reap the benefits of it, and those who are caught are just unlucky.

On top of that, the imperial court will suffer a heavy blow as a result.

In order to prevent the house from completely collapsing, but it cannot be repaired, it is necessary to find the most important position and establish a few supports first.

Han Ruzi sat alone for nearly an afternoon, and he didn't see anyone.

The next morning, the patrol team set out and marched to the Tokai National Office, entering the city that night.

In the next few days, the emperor's itinerary was similar to that in Yunmengze, personally plowing and persuading farmers, meeting with the elders, gathering officials, and practicing soldiers...... Busy and intense, with little to no time to rest.

Most officials were satisfied, but a few were hesitant, and the expected storm did not come, but only made them even more uneasy.

On the fourth day, the emperor announced that he would extend the period of his stay in his majesty from five to ten days, and he would go to the dock to watch the launch of the new ship and formally appoint a new naval general.

The emperor didn't seem to want to mention Huang Pugong again, he was the general he promoted, but he was defeated and surrendered to the enemy, which was really a very shameless thing.

This time, the Ministry of War selected the generals according to the normal procedures, and the Ministry of War recommended three people, one was Shao Kejian, who had made military achievements in Yunmengze, the other was Di Kai, an old general who was familiar with water warfare, and the other was Chen Huan, an accompanying general.

The emperor accepted them all, the current navy is not large, and it will soon be expanded, and all three can be generals, but he did not designate a general to command the entire navy.

Huang Pugong's incident has just happened, and the emperor is indeed right to be cautious.

On the eighth day of staying in the East China Sea Kingdom, Qu Zixi couldn't bear it at first, and asked to see the emperor, hoping to ask for clarification.

The emperor patrolled and practiced frugality, and was not allowed to build a new palace, and the palace was located in an empty house in the city, which originally belonged to a wealthy merchant, covering a large area, enough to accommodate the emperor's entourage, far away from the prime minister's mansion, and there was no need to compare who was good and who was worse.

It was early winter, Qu Zixi walked into the mansion, and there was not much sign of the emperor living here, but there were slightly more eunuchs coming and going, and many furnishings still showed an obvious merchant atmosphere.

Qu Zixi couldn't help but think, no matter what, the emperor is not a faint monarch after all, he wants to do great things, but the means are still jerky, and he has not been recognized and fully supported by the imperial court.

Qu Zixi felt even more ashamed in his heart.

The emperor likes to meet guests in the study, and the books here are all brought by him, and when Qu Zixi came in, the emperor was reading a book.

Han Ruzi put down the book, motioned for Qu Zixi to sit down, and asked, "The emperor often bows his head to the ministers, right?" ”

Qu Zixi was startled and stood up.

Han Ruzi smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Qu, don't misunderstand, I read the history books and found that there were contradictions between monarchs and ministers in all dynasties, so I asked." ”

Qu Zixi was a little relieved, "How could the emperor bow his head to the minister?" It should be clearly recorded in the history books that the last to bow their heads are ministers. ”

"On the surface. For example, in this dynasty, from the beginning of Taizu's Dingding, he said that he would be punished lightly, and the emperors after him also said so, and he also dealt with many cool officials. ”

"Da Chu talks about compassion and filial piety, and compared with the previous dynasty, it has indeed lightened a lot of criminal law."

"But there is one thing that is strange, subtract and subtract, why did the later emperor still say in the edict that the criminal law was too heavy? Where's the reduction? I can't help but suspect that many of the mitigated criminal laws were later restored to their original state, but there is no record in the history books. Han Ruzi patted the book in his hand, "The emperor asked the minister to bow his head, and it was all recorded in the history books, and the minister asked the emperor to bow his head, but outside the history books, quietly, leaving only a little flaw." ”

Qu Zixi was silent.

Han Ruzi continued: "Lord Qu is an official, is it for the country? For the people? For you? For home? For yourself? ”

"For a righteous spirit."

"Okay, there is a big case right now, Lord Qu looks at it with a 'righteous spirit' and sees how to deal with it." Han Ruzi pointed to a thick stack of papers on the table.

Qu Zixi asked to see the emperor, but he didn't expect the emperor to be prepared, he walked to the table in confusion, saluted first, and then picked up the documents and browsed them one by one, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became.

The fact that the local military camps resold the population is clearly written in it, although there is no direct evidence, but to say that the military department has no knowledge, Qu Zixi does not believe it at all.

"It turns out that this is the 'rule' that the imperial court wants to protect." Qu Zixi was ashamed and angry, and he hesitated for many days about whether to protect the military department.

He finally decided to tell the whole truth.

Han Ruzi waited, he urgently needed to build a support first, and then repair the dilapidated house. (To be continued.) )