Chapter 208: Burning Yourself

During the period of waiting for the Divine Decree, Yiqiē was in a transition of peace and stability. Only after the imperial court's decree was issued, Ye Yu could leave Shaoxing and continue to inspect the states.

During this period, in addition to Cao Xueying's several visits to the government, she was invited by the local academy to give lectures to the students of the academy.

As for this invitation to give lectures, Ye Yu is actually very enthusiastic, because this can plant a seed in the hearts of these students that he expounded the academic science of Gewu.

With fresh seeds, there will be a day when they will take root and sprout, and Ye Yu believes that this day is not too far away.

Soon after, the imperial court issued a holy decree, ordering Ye Yu to settle with the Criminal Department, and escorting Wang Xian and Tang Hong to the capital for trial.

As soon as Ye Yu received this order, his heart immediately became cold.

Transferring these two people to the criminal department is equivalent to understanding the case in a vague way.

Although Ye Yu was mostly angry in his heart, Wang Xian and Tang Hong were both officials of the state government, and according to the regulations, they should be handed over to the Criminal Department for handling.

And Tang Hong was personally appointed by Emperor Zhao Yan to be sentenced by the state government, and he Ye Yu could not exceed his authority to convict without authorization.

Therefore, it is reasonable to say that these two people, Ye Yu, really do not have the right to dispose of them immediately.

But this matter is related to 68 lives and dozens of unjust, false and wrongful cases.

Letting the tiger return to the mountain is still an endless disaster!

In the back hall of the mansion, Ye Yu's face was extremely gloomy, and Gonggong Liu didn't know whether to read it out at the moment with the holy decree.

Because the relationship between the two was good, Gonggong Liu informed Ye Yu of the general content of the holy decree in advance.

"Lord Ye, you still take this holy decree......

"Brother Wuyue, you have also seen the situation in Shaoxing, if these two people are sent to the Criminal Department, won't I be busy in vain?"

This father-in-law Liu entered the palace because of poverty in his early years, and because he was born in May, his milk name was called May.

And since he got closer to Ye Yu, he hoped that Ye Yu could give him a more masculine name.

Because in the current era, eunuchs can also marry wives and start families. Even if he adopts an adopted son, I hope that in the future, he will return to old age in a hundred years, and the name on the sacrificial tablet will look better.

At that time, Ye Yu felt that the homonym of this May was Wuyue, which not only looked masculine and majestic, but also did not lose its sense of nostalgia.

Gonggong Liu was overjoyed to get this name, so this Liu Wuyue became his current name.

"What Lord Ye said, how can the miscellaneous family not know, but this holy decree ......" Gonggong Liu was also very embarrassed at the moment.

Ye Yu turned around and asked solemnly: "This holy decree ......, who is it that bewitches His Majesty?" ”

"Well, Yu Xiangguo and Zhang Taiwei jointly signed a letter, and in the name of the complexity of this case, Jian Yì transferred this case to the Criminal Department for trial!"

"Oh? Joint Lettering! It seems that this official inadvertently stabbed them in the soft underbelly! ”

Gonggong Liu seemed to think of something, and then said: "Lord Ye, Your Majesty will ask the miscellaneous family to tell you a word......

"Oh? What words? ”

"Don't set yourself on fire!"

Listening to Gonggong Liu's words, Ye Yu looked quite stunned, and his heart said that his majesty did not seem to be confused.

But why don't you let yourself investigate, just because this counterfeit currency incident involves the interests of the two parties in the imperial court?

After thinking about it, I realized that there were many of these concerns.

The rectification of the rule of officials has just ended, and the official system of the imperial court is still in a stage of ups and downs, and if the already uneasy imperial court system is disturbed at this time, it will inevitably suffer a backlash from the ministers.

Because of the rectification of the officials alone, Zhao Yan has already withstood a lot of pressure. If this continues to make trouble now, I'm afraid he, the emperor, won't be able to hold it down......

At that time, in order to appease the anger of the ministers, it is necessary to find a scapegoat to alleviate the conflict.

Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to quell the anger of the Eight Kings Rebellion, he knew that the master's father's strategy was meritorious, but in the end, he still executed the meritorious minister with tears.

Another example is Shang Ying's reform, and then in order to calm the contradictions between the scholars and bureaucratic classes, they finally ended up in a split of five horses.

Since ancient times, there are countless such people, although the Great Song Dynasty has the regulation that the doctor cannot be punished, but if he Ye Yu is bent on going his own way, as Zhao Yan said: Set yourself on fire!

"Is this for my sake?"

Ye Yu showed a wry smile to himself: "I lit this fire, even if I burn it to death, I have no regrets!" ”

"Brother Wuyue, you will temporarily delay this holy decree for a day, and wait for me to behead these two villains who have brought disaster to the country and the people, and then come to receive the decree......"

"But the emperor's order cannot be violated, and the miscellaneous family ......"

Before Liu Wuyue finished speaking, he was knocked unconscious by a lone wolf on the side.

Looking at Liu Wuyue, who was carried out, Ye Yu said to himself: "In order not to embarrass you, I have to do this!" ”

immediately ordered to go down and escort Wang Xian and Tang Hong to the execution ground. Along the way, the people crowded and followed, and it was not until the execution ground that it slowly dispersed.

On the execution ground, the executioner was holding a steel knife with a murderous aura, and Ye Yu saw that the hour had come, so he ordered the two to be executed on the spot.

The knife fell, the head rolled to the ground, and finally the dust settled.

By the time Ye Yu returned to the mansion, Liu Wuyue had already woken up, but it was already too late.

Regarding Ye Yu's approach, Liu Wuyue could only turn a blind eye and immediately return to Beijing to resume his purpose.

However, with his friendship with Ye Yu, he naturally made a lot of concealments for Ye Yu, claiming that before the holy decree arrived in Shaoxing Mansion, Ye Yu had already beheaded Wang Xian and Tang Hong.

In this way, even if it is not a disobedience to the order, at most it will only be liable for the crime of lynching.

As for Ye Yu's unauthorized killing of Wang Xian and Tang Hong, the government and the opposition have played a chapter for impeachment.

In this regard, Zhao Yan just suppressed the matter for the time being, the so-called generals were outside, and the military orders were not subject to it, and when Ye Yu left Beijing that day, he personally promised the privilege of acting cheaply.

If it is investigated, it is unreasonable, so this matter can only be discussed and decided after Ye Yu returns to Beijing.

In order to appease the impeachment arrogance of the ministers, Zhao Yan immediately ordered Ye Yu to be reprimanded, and ordered him to complete his trip to eastern Zhejiang.

Regarding Emperor Zhao Yan's practices, the ministers saw it very well in their eyes, and this was clearly to protect Ye Yu.

But the envoy of the Celestial Patrol does have this right. Moreover, Ye Yu did not resist and disobey, so they could only swallow this breath for the time being.

When Ye Yu received this holy decree and listened to Liu Wuyue's analysis of the dynamics of the DPRK and China, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a trace of coldness: "Wait for me to go back and punish the crime?" When the time comes, let's see who plays first and who dies! ”

"Baili, are things arranged?" Ye Yu put down the holy decree he had just given, turned his head and asked Baili Feng.

"Brother Ye, don't worry, everything is ready, just waiting for your order!" Baili Feng was quite excited at the moment, and he had the urge to get ready to try.

Ye Yu nodded and said, "Okay, according to our previous plan, within three days, the price of rice and grain will be reduced to below parity!" ”

"The early arrival of the rainy season in the summer is a godsend!"

……

Three days later, the price of rice and grain in the entire Shaoxing Prefecture plummeted, not only to the previous price, but also to continue to fall.

This situation lasted for ten days, and it still maintained a low price, which is an extremely affordable thing for the people of Shaoxing.

However, the people cheered at this incident, but for the historians, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Shi Hao originally planned to hoard rice and grain so that he could sell strange goods at a high price in the future. Now the price of this rice grain continues to fall, but it makes him suddenly a little panicked.

In addition, this year's rainy season is much heavier than usual.

Therefore, this warehouse that hoards rice and grain will inevitably encounter water leakage and resurgence.

It has been raining for several days, and Shi Hao's heart is like a cat scratched. Although he knew that it was an extremely risky thing to send someone to inspect the warehouse at this time.

But if there is only a little water seepage from this hoarded rice grain, the moldy grain will be like a plague, destroying the entire storehouse.

This loss is very huge, how can he not be worried?

With Shi Hao's years of shrewdness, this abnormal grain price reduction can naturally see that there are people behind it.

After some inquiry, the news he got made him instantly devastated.

There are a total of 36 well-known grain merchants in eastern Zhejiang, of which 24 also sell their grain stocks at the same time, and the place of sale is only in the Shaoxing area.

Such a targeted phenomenon, Shi Hao knew very well in his heart that this matter was aimed at his Shi family.

And with this ability, except for Ye Yu, he can't think of anyone else.

In the face of the current situation, he Shi Hao can be described as a dilemma.

Although this situation of selling grain at low prices will not last, as long as we wait for a new harvest of rice and grain in the autumn, even if the 24 grain merchants do not lower prices, the general trend will already be achieved!

At that time, it will really be a loss, and it can be said that stealing chickens will not make a loss.

If the grain is sold privately, I am worried that Ye Yu will follow the vine and sue him for the crime of hoarding grain and driving up prices.

But the food is rotten in his hands, and these grains cost most of the Shi family's family resources, and he Shi Hao can't bear it.

In the end, Shi Hao decided to take a risk and privately dispersed the grain and sold it in other places.

But it's a pity that as soon as Shi Hao made a move here, he was immediately perceived by Ye Yu and immediately arrested all the others.

At the same time, according to the confessions of these people, several strongholds of the Shi family were found to hoard grain!

In fact, the historian's behavior of hoarding grain to raise the price of rice has already been confessed in the confessions of Wang Xian and Tang Hong.

The so-called arrest of traitors is to catch doubles, and to catch thieves to catch dirty, although Wang Xian and Tang Hong's confessions are valid, but not finding a place to hoard grain means that there is no stolen goods.

Shaoxing Mansion said that it is not small either, and it is not easy to find a warehouse to hide grain. Therefore, Ye Yu has always been reluctant to tolerate Shi Hao's hoarding of food.

and secretly informed the Su father and daughter in the capital to negotiate with the twenty-four grain merchants in eastern Zhejiang in the name of the Chinese firm.

Of course, this move will cost the Chinese firm immeasurable, but in order to force Shi Hao to a dead end, he Ye Yu will definitely not hesitate to do so.

Play to play crazy, press to press thoroughly, don't play too much, how to return Shaoxing a blue sky?

The so-called from the people is for the people, anyway, this money is used for the benefit of the people, and he Ye Yu can be regarded as a good use.

To be rich is to be capricious, it seems to be true......

Driving the dog into the poor alley will force Shi Hao to a dead end, and if he panics, there will be chaos, and there will be some mistakes, so that he can follow the vine and find the warehouse where the Shi family hoarded grain.

With the confessions of Wang Xian and Tang Hong as testimony, and a large amount of grain as physical evidence, even if Shi Hao wanted to refute it, it was in vain.

(The third update, nearly 10,000 words today, it's not easy, ask for support, if you have a ticket, smash me...... Ho Ho Ho Ho ...... )