Chapter 732: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Part II)

Silence wrote down all five. Gently dried the ink, and handed it over to several ministers to see, Ma Kun, Zhang Wei and others all looked at it carefully, and said that it was good, and then continued to give the next one, but when it came to Zhu Heng, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, he handed the manuscript to He Shou without looking at it, and he didn't even have a little expression on his face.

His discordant move suddenly made the atmosphere in Jingmiao Hall awkward, He Shou shook the manuscript in his hand, and said with a smile: "Why don't you take a look at it?" ”

"Don't look at it," Zhu Heng said with a straight face: "Because of this thing, I won't sign it." ”

"Could it be that Brother Zhenshan has any opinions," Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Just put it forward." ”

"Yes," Ma Kun also chimed in: "Brother Zhenshan, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. "Although Zhu Heng is not the oldest among the scholars, he is the earliest in Dengke...... In the eleventh year of Jiajing, when he was only twenty years old, he was a senior high school scholar, the oldest of the people here, and the reason why he left Beijing was not to be excluded. Nor is it a factional struggle...... In fact, he never got involved in partisanship...... It was because he had an upright temperament and disdained to give gifts to Yan Song, so he sat on the cold bench. But his character is well-known, his reputation in Beijing is very high, and he has nothing to do with the mutiny, and if he can sign the script, it will undoubtedly be of great help to pass the test.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Heng, Zhu Heng felt the plea in their eyes, and sighed lightly: "Everyone, I, Zhu Shinan, am not a person who doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, so when I came here today, I didn't plan to be more serious, but I have to say a few words for Huang Shilang, he is a clean official, a good official, and he plans for the court wholeheartedly, so he will do those things that are destined to attract hatred, but is the responsibility really on him?" The people below can't figure it out, do we have to have a clear conscience? ”。

"Even if he is at fault, but he has already lost his life for some people, do you really bear it and let him carry the black pot to the end again?" Zhu Heng said with a sneer: "Besides, such a serious incident, can a dead Huang Mao official be fully responsible, it's too easy to think about, right?" Fewer words"

There was silence in the hall, everyone knew that he was telling the truth, especially Ma Kun and Zhang Wei, whose faces were even more blue and red. Because some of the people in Zhu Heng's mouth are referring to the two of them.

Seeing that the scene was at an impasse, Shen Mo had no choice but to say, "Since there are still some different opinions, let's discuss the next one first." Anyway, he was not in a hurry, and he didn't intend to offend these dignitaries, so he said: "Although the rebels have returned to the camp, the leaders who provoked the incident are still hidden among the soldiers and soldiers, and those who violently attack the yamen of the ministry have not been punished.

After a long while, everyone came back to their senses, and Zhang Wei repeatedly excused himself: "Since Master Jinglu is here, how dare we be good at it, of course it is up to you to decide." ”

Shen smiled silently and said: "This is not appropriate, Nanjing's affairs should always be resolved by the officials of Nanjing, although I am a southeast economic strategy." But it can't be more than a substitute. ”

"Alas, Lord Shen, when is this? What about the stereotypes? Ma Kun said: "You are the southeast strategy, of course you should decide, not to mention ......" He said with a wry smile: "It's not appropriate for us to come forward now, otherwise people will definitely say that a few of us are taking revenge for personal gain, and no one will be convinced." The rest also chimed in, making Shen Mo unable to back down.

Shen Mo had no choice but to reluctantly embarrass him: "In the end, you can play it in my name, but the idea still has to be taken by the adults." ”

Seeing that he was so kind, Zhang Wei and the others were even more reluctant, so they seriously gave him advice, so they came up with five suggestions:

First, severely punish the rebellious army. Everyone can not be held responsible, but those who took the lead in making trouble and did something to Huang Shilang must be killed to set an example.

Second, the garrison officers were not strictly disciplined, and they should have been held responsible, but because they had made meritorious contributions in pacifying the rebels and returning to the camp, they were not held criminally responsible, and only demoted and punished them, but the officers of the Zhenwu battalion had to be dismissed from their posts and sent to the frontier to make meritorious service and atone for their crimes.

Third, he asked the imperial court to recruit soldiers from the nine battalions and naturalize military households, grant the land of the former guards, and order them to cultivate and support themselves, so as to reduce the burden on the imperial court.

Fourth, reward the few battalions that have not been moved. Reward law-abiding.

Fifth, Zhang Wei and Ma Kun applied for punishment...... This is the proper meaning of the question, and it is also something that silently circles and waits for them to say.

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Shen Mo still copied these down, handed them to the adults to read, and then put them on the table and said, "In this way, it will be written according to this, and after you adults have read it, we can play it." ”

"What about Huang Shilang's problem?" Zhu Heng's memory is not bad enough to be that good, and he said in a deep voice: "I just want to say to all of you, how you treat your colleagues today, you will be treated tomorrow!" These resounding words brought the scene to a stalemate again.

At this time, the faces of all the adults are not good-looking, and the heart says that it is endless, and we are all unable to protect ourselves, so we can't let a dead man take care of it more?

The scene froze again, and Shen Mo had no choice but to come out and stir up: "I have a bad idea, do you want to hear it?" ”。

"Your Excellency, please speak." The crowd looked at him and said.

"Let's change the previous description," Shen Mo flipped through several pieces of manuscript paper, picked up one of them, and said, "This is it, I will read it to you: 'The rebels pushed eight officials below the squire Huang Mao to the tower, tied them to drums and forced them to pay. After the attempt, he was beaten with a stick, Huang Shilang unfortunately died, and his body hung in the tower for three days before receiving the ......'" After reading, he said with a solemn face: "This kind of statement will greatly damage the face of the imperial court, and will also make Huang Shilang and his family forever ashamed." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded and said, "What the scripture said is very true, but people are dead, and I don't know how to change it?" ”

"Let's change the way we die." Shen Mo wrote lightly: "'After beating with a stick', Huang Shilang was bleeding all over his face, his injuries were serious, and he committed suicide in the tower. ”

"Kill him instead of committing suicide?" The adults said suddenly. Such benefits are obvious, because a high-ranking official of the ministry is beaten to death, and he dies a nest, and he also embarrasses the court, and he will not get the sympathy of hundreds of officials; But if it is renamed suicide, this kind of death will be carried with fortitude and integrity, and there will definitely be many people who will speak for him, and the court will be lenient...... Since he has self-adjudicated and apologized, he is exempt from accountability, and his family members are compensated according to the families of the deceased officials, which is acceptable in all respects.

And from the perspective of several ministers, the appearance of a high-ranking official who apologized for his crimes with death will undoubtedly alleviate the blame from all sides, which is indeed unwanted?

As for the imperial court, it will definitely approve of this report, even if it is contrary to what was known before, it will be the final result.

Even Zhu Heng, although he felt that playing with words was done by a knife and pen official, he also knew that only through this method could Huang Shilang not be stained after death, and his family could also be given preferential treatment by the imperial court, and then looking at the begging on the faces of the people in the room, he finally sighed heavily and said no more.

So, after summarizing the final opinions, Shen Mo immediately drafted a document, and all the adults skimmed it, so they all used the seal in the back, and Shen Mo read it again, confirmed that it was correct, and immediately put it into a thick brown paper envelope, sealed it, added the customs defense of the southeast meridian strategy, and sent it to Beijing for 800 miles.

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After doing all this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and He Shou proposed to hold a banquet on the Xiuchun Tower. Wash the dust for Lord Shen.

Before Shen Mo could answer, Zhu Heng got up and said: "This time the military rebellion, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry has also been impacted, and the edicts, talismans, and historical documents have been damaged a lot. ”

It made He Shou very embarrassed, and said with a silent smile: "Father-in-law He, I think what Zhu Butang said makes sense, let's be a man with our tails between our legs at this time, and when things are over, it's not too late to drink celebration wine together." Ma Kun and Zhang Wei were already apprehensive, how could they be in the mood to feast, and they echoed: "That's right." ”

He Shou smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, the miscellaneous family is not sensible," he flicked his sleeves and said to the elder follower: "Tell others, if you don't go at noon, you will save a meal of work in vain and waste." ”

Zhu Heng didn't leave him at all, arched his hand towards Shen Mo, and left first, and the rest of the people couldn't sit still, so they exchanged a few words with Shen Mo, and then said goodbye and went back.

He Shou walked at the end, and whispered to Shen Mo: "Thank you for being old this time, let Xiao Qi send you some tute later, but don't shirk it again." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "My father-in-law is too polite." ”

After sending everyone away and coming back, he saw a load of fruit on the ground in the hall, and Xiao Qichao kowtowed silently and said: "This is a little caution from our father-in-law, please accept it with a smile." ”

Shen Mo walked over, kicked the edge of the basket inadvertently, felt unusually heavy, and said, "What does your father-in-law have to say to you?" ”

Xiao Qi saw that he really went to the road, his heart was relieved, and he whispered: "Our father-in-law said that Zhang Wei and Ma Kun were so confused that they stayed in Nanjing, my father-in-law was not so naïve, knowing this incident, he, the garrison eunuch, didn't want to do it......"

"Oh? Really? Shen Mo responded lightly, but secretly said in his heart: 'This is a good thing, a few second-grade masters, no eunuch can understand it.' But he still said quietly: "Your father-in-law's stay depends on the meaning of the emperor and the celebrant eunuch, and as a foreign official, I can't intervene." ”

Xiao Qi kowtowed and said: "Our father-in-law said, now the master of ceremonies has the final say, it is Huang Jinhuang's father-in-law, he is your best friend, you don't need to write a special letter to intercede for our father-in-law, you only need to say a few words for my father-in-law in the secret report to the emperor...... Just don't say too much nice. ”

"Hmm......" Shen Mo was shocked in his heart, he also received a secret order from Emperor Jiajing while passing through the southeast, and ordered him to report the truth in the southeast every day, which is something that even the cabinet does not know, but the Nanjing garrison eunuch knows it well, and it must be the news leaked from the celebrant eunuch, it seems that it is really the eunuch's family, and the eunuch is heart-to-heart.

The other party said that it was to this point, and it would be meaningless to deny it again, so he said silently and vaguely: "Well, the official knows, you go down first." ”

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After sending the little seven away, he silently asked Sanchi to check the load of 'fruit', and after brushing off the layer of lychees on it, two pearls the size of a dragon's eye were revealed. He took a few of them, and each of them was round and plump, flawless, and rare on the market.

"Before he made his career, he served as a procurement eunuch sent to Taihu Lake by the imperial supervisor for a long time." Zhu Wu, who appeared in the house at some point, said lightly: "Eighty percent of these pearls were saved at that time, and they made great achievements for him to soar over the years." As he spoke, he picked up one and looked at it carefully: "Sure enough, it is the best Taihu tribute pearl, and it should be the treasure at the bottom of the box." ”

"Oh, I didn't expect that the fifth master still had research on jewelry." Shen Mo smiled at him and Sanchi and said: "The brothers have worked hard these days, divide these beads, take them back to please your mother-in-law, it is definitely a kill." ”

Sanchi knew that the adults had never kept these things, so he thanked him and went down with his burden. Zhu Wu stood up and said, "My lord, after talking about jewelry, let's talk about gold and silver, the origin of that batch of silver has been investigated." ”

He was talking about Shao Daxia's boat of silver, and Shen Mo was very surprised at that time, where could he get so much cash? At that time, he believed that the other party was engaged in smuggling by sea, and that the smuggling group that could get such a sum of money at one time was absolutely necessary to pay attention to. So let Zhu Wu check the origin of this batch of silver.

The result was the opposite, Zhu Wu told Shen Mo that the batch of silver did not come from the sea, but with the native Daming goods: "The identification results of several silver numbers are the same, this batch of silver is from the same source as Zhejiang official silver, and it is produced by Quzhou silver mine." "Because of the limitations of technical conditions at this time, as a currency circulation of silver, purification can be up to ninety into five, ninety into six is rare, no matter how high it is not cost-effective, so experienced old silversmiths, according to the different impurities, at a glance to distinguish the origin of silver, is the southwest, southeast, or north, and even well-informed, can be specific to which silver mine.

"Quzhou ......" silent eyebrows twisted, one of his three major heart problems is the silver mine in Quzhou.

At this time, Zhu Wu further emphasized: "And judging from the forging techniques of these silver mines, they are all from private small kilns, and from the smoothness of the surface, it can be inferred that they have only been forged in the past six months." ”

"Those who dig smuggling," muttered Silence, "what the hell do you want to do?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates suggest that Shao Fang be arrested immediately." Zhu Wu said in a deep voice: "Just one charge of 'stealing official silver' can put him in the form of eighteen." ”

"No, no, no......" Shen Mo shook his head and said: "He is too conspicuous, but he can't do anything with him, not to mention that he just helped the court to relieve his difficulties, there is no absolute evidence, how can this official attack him?" "I have to admit that sometimes the unusually high-profile is also a means to protect yourself.

"Then this matter ......," Zhu Wu asked with a frown.

"Of course it can't be that way." He said silently: "This is 400,000 taels of silver, not 40,000 taels or 4,000 taels!" What is the intention of such a big stroke? This Shao Fang is tossing in front of the stage single-handedly, who is manipulating behind the scenes? These must be checked clearly, but they must be investigated secretly, and do not startle the snake. ”

"Xia Guan knows." Zhu Wudao: "What adults are worried about is that this kind of people in the rivers and lakes often have a deep background, so it's better to be cautious." ”

"You're as good as you are." Silent smiled.

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While the two were talking, the guard came in and reported: "Wei Guogong is here." ”

Nodding silently, the guards went out to invite Xu Pengju in, and Zhu Wu also went behind the scenes.

Shen Mo got up and didn't go to the door, but he saw Xu Pengju come in with a happy face, and shouted loudly: "Brother, turn yourself in, turn yourself in." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "What did Grandpa do to ask me to turn myself in?" ”

The smile on Xu Pengju's face was obviously stagnant, and he said, "You can really joke......

"Isn't it funny?". Silent smiled and said, "It seems that I am not naturally suitable for laughing." ”

"No, no, it's funny," Xu Pengju was sure that he was joking, and quickly laughed loudly: "It's so funny, hahahaha......" After laughing, he continued: "It's the leader of the rebels who surrendered himself!" ”

"Oh?" Shen Mo said with a happy face: "Really? ”

"Isn't it?" Xu Pengju said: "Just this morning, they went to the battalion general to surrender, and they have been secretly sent to the city, and now they are kneeling on the martial arts arena in my mansion, waiting for Lord Jingluo to leave." ”

"Good." He said silently: "When I change my clothes, let's go and have a look." So he turned back to the back hall and asked the guards to change into official uniforms, and Zhu Wu said on the side: "My lord, your theory of the prisoner's dilemma is really powerful." ”

"Sensei is slapping the ......sycophants here," said silently: "The matter in Nanjing will come to an end soon, hurry up and track down the matter of Shao Daxia, I don't want to leave with my heart." ”

Wu bowed down and asked, "The garrison officers in Nanjing, especially Xu Pengju, are you still ready to punish them?" ”。

"This ......" Shen Mo took the official hat, gently put it on his head and said: "Now is not the time, wait for a while, someone will come to clean them up." After speaking, he walked out of the back hall with a calm expression, came to Xu Pengju and said, "Grandpa, let's go." ”

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It's back, and it's back to two shifts a day......

Chapter 732: The Prisoner's Dilemma (Part II)

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