Chapter II: The Wei Case
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's time to get up, it's time to go to the morning court." Empress Zhou Wan'er softly called for Yang reform.
"What? What time is it? Is it dawn? Just go to the morning court? Yang asked in a daze.
"Your Majesty, it's time, it's time for Your Majesty to get up." Empress Zhou Wan'er reminded Yang Reform in a somewhat shy voice.
Yang Gai said in a daze: "When is it? What time is that? Wake up, it's too early. It's not dawn yet, so wait. …… Not...... Hmmm......"
The beautiful girl queen exclaimed...... Yang Reform had already grasped the key point.
After a while. It was already dawn, and Yang Gengai looked through the window and estimated that it was about seven or eight o'clock in the morning. It's time to go to work, too. Looking at the queen lying on the bed, flushed, and sleepy, Yang Gai felt that it was cool to be an emperor.
This is the first time that Yang Reform has been in the court, and it is also the first time that he has met the majority of courtiers face to face. Of course, Yang Reform is high up, the courtiers are low, and groveling is the best portrayal of this group of courtiers. Yang Gengai felt very good when he looked at a group of courtiers kneeling on the ground and chanting long live. It's a great sense of overlooking, how can I say it, a feeling of 45 degrees! What is the sensation of 45 degrees? It's the way God looks at all living beings!
Yang Reform didn't know these people at all, and he didn't understand their words very well, after all, there are some differences between the words of the 21st century and hundreds of years ago, besides, these courtiers are not from the same place, and they inevitably have accents from various places, so Yang Reform understands six sentences out of seven, and he doesn't understand a single sentence.
However, according to some of the words I heard, it was estimated that he was talking about Wei Zhongxian or something, and it was estimated that the minister was impatient, asking himself, the emperor, to kill Wei Zhongxian as soon as possible.
Yang Gengai has gone to school, been on the Internet, has seen the discussion on the Internet about Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party, and has also read countless time-traveling novels, knowing history, after Wei Zhongxian's death, he liquidated those big fish and small shrimps, and more than 200 officials were involved in the case, exiled people, confiscated soldiers, confiscated homes, and recounted memorabilia. A few families are happy and a few are sad.
After killing so many officials, the rest of the officials are about to start laughing, what a big meal this is, if you don't die, how can we go up? You have occupied so many seats, and so many seats are vacated at this time, so how can we not be in a hurry?
The border army should be happy, and they have got so much coolies for nothing.
Some officials should be happy, there are so many wives and daughters of officials going to the hospital at once, this is a high-end product! They have fine skin and tender meat, knowledge, culture, in the past are a group of noble people, and when they will go down to the court, find a kung fu to play with them, press them under them, and knead them at will, how pleasant it is!
There is also a copy of the house, this has copied so many people, we have copied so much that our hands are soft, and we are tired of moving things, the emperor, you better hurry up and make a decision, so that their money really belongs to me, otherwise I will always feel at ease.
What worries is that some Wei Party suspects who are still standing in the court, although they do not have much to do with the Wei Party, but they also occupy a little side, so they are so worried that they will not have the opportunity to go to the court again.
As for what the ministers on the ground played and said, Yang Reform's mind was not here.
Yang Reform thought that if he copied hundreds of houses, how much silver could he get, otherwise it would be boring to copy more than 200 houses. In the future, I will fight with wild boar skin, and Li Zicheng will do a dry fight, if you don't save more silver when the benefits are good, when will you go to get silver?
Thinking of this, Yang Reform couldn't sit still and said, "Retreat from the dynasty and retreat from the dynasty." ”
Wang Chengen was a little surprised, thinking that this matter has not yet been decided, why did he retire from the dynasty, but the emperor went to the court for the first time after his serious illness, since Huang Yanjing said that he had withdrawn from the dynasty, then retreat from the dynasty. So, after a slender "retreat", Yang Reform had already left, and the courtiers who left a hall stood in place inexplicably, at a loss, looking at each other.
"Ome, who is in charge of raiding the house?" Yang Gengai asked Wang Chengen.
"Back to Your Majesty, is Your Majesty asking about the Wei Rebel Eunuch?" Wang Chengen returned.
"Yes! Isn't it to copy them, or to whom? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, it is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who knows Fang Hongzan." (Make up one, it's Cao Huachun in actual history, but it's useful, so I'm using someone else here.) )
"Oh, it's him." Yang Reform looked up at the sky, in fact, Yang Reform didn't know who Fang Hongzan was at all, but seeing that Wei Zhongxian was unlucky, he was still fine, and he estimated that he had some ability, so he said: "Since it is him, then call him over, and I will see him in the warm pavilion." ”
Yang Gai was sitting on the chair in the warm pavilion, in a daze, what was he thinking? I must be thinking about how to make money out of this case. This has to fight with the wild boar skins and the peasant army, how can it be done without money? Could it be that in the end, like the one in history, hanged himself on a coal mountain with a rope?
Thinking of this, Yang Gengai shook his head violently. I thought to myself that what I said was also a member of the Crossing Crowd, how could such a nest die worthy of such a great group as the Crossing Crowd, isn't this a discredit to the organization? No, absolutely not, it must change history.
"The commander of the minister's Jinyi guard will make the same acquaintance Fang Hongzan to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." After saying that, he knocked his head on the ground a few times.
Wearing a flying fish suit, wearing a black wingless black gauze hat, the clothes are cut to fit very well, with two beards, the whole person looks very capable, and looks about forty years old, which makes people look a lot of impressions.
Yang Gengai stared at Fang Hongzan for a while, and then said: "You are Fang Hongzan, I ask you, what do you think of this eunuch Wei case?" ”
"This ...... This ......" Fang Hongzan was taken aback, thinking to himself when it will be my turn to speak as a commander of this eunuch matter, those cabinet ministers, Donglin people, you don't ask, you ask me, what is this about me, I am a soy sauce player. Fang Hongzan never expected the emperor to ask him about this. I can only say why.
Yang Gengai looked at Fang Hongzan and couldn't say why, and asked: "What do you think of these eunuchs who are Wei rebel copying their homes, distributing them, and killing their heads?" ”
Fang Hongzan was even more embarrassed, and he knelt on the ground in a cold sweat, thinking that this should not be the emperor who wants to take me under the knife, think about it, if he is using me, why do you want to ask me to come here again? Ask a eunuch to pass on a holy decree, and I will have to be bound and wait for death, there is no need to do this!
Yang's idea of reform is actually very simple, those who have money take out the money, those who should be killed are spared death, those who should be assigned to the frontier are sent to the mainland, those who should be imprisoned are given a suspended sentence, you should borrow your own house, and I will leave you some after paying enough money, otherwise you will not have a penny if you really raid your home. However, this idea is too "thunderous", even if the entire Ming Dynasty is poor, I am afraid that no one will guess what the emperor thinks now.
Yang Gengai looked at Fang Hongzan with an inexplicable and frightened look, and said in his heart: It seems that no one pays attention to his hard work.
looked at Wang Chengen standing beside him again, and thought that this "bribery" was a dirty job, and he still didn't let Wang Chengen do this, it would be bad for his reputation in the future, there is no record in history that Wang Chengen is greedy and dirty, so let's find two newcomers, and then look at the two little eunuchs standing below. So I rolled my eyes and came to pay attention.
Yang Gai pointed to the two little eunuchs standing behind and said, "You, you, you two come here." I have a task for the two of you to do, would you like to? ”
The two little eunuchs standing at the back were first surprised, and then quickly and obediently bent over and hooked their backs, trotted a little behind Fang Hongzan, and knelt on the ground, first asking for peace, and then eagerly waiting for Yang Reform to explain something to them. This is going out to spread the decree or something, but it is a bad thing, you have to have a handful of scenery, and it is a small matter to collect some silver, and if the emperor has a seat in his heart, it is a big thing, how to be unhappy.
Yang Gai looked at the two little eunuchs who were a little excited, and said, "What are the names of you two?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty's words, slave maid Erxizi (Xiaoshunzi)." The two little eunuchs spoke in unison, but they were well trained.
Yang Gai nodded and said, "Okay, Erxizi, Xiaoshunzi, are you two willing to help me do something?" ”
"The slave and maid Erxizi (Xiao Shunzi) are willing to go to the soup for His Majesty, and he will not give up."
Yang Gai looked at the tacit understanding between the two people, and said in his heart, the people who served around the emperor were really well trained, and they picked and picked, not to mention that the thousands of eunuchs in this imperial city were not covered.
"The task given to the two of you is very important, and if you two do a good job, I will not be stingy with the reward." Yang Gai said.
“…… You probably know some of the eunuch Wei case outside, originally, they should all be killed, raided the house, but think that next year is the first year of the imperial treasure at the beginning of the year, it should be to amnesty the world, and I don't want to kill so many people, copy such a family, let such a family cry bitterly and be displaced, the family is ruined, and the bad luck is committed, so the two of you go to the prison, go to their house, and ask these criminals related to the eunuch Wei case, ask them if they are willing to atone for their sins, and if they are willing to atone for their sins, take the silver out, Those who should be killed should be spared death, those who should be exiled to the border should be exiled to the border, those who should be imprisoned should be given probation, and those who raided the house can give them a place to live in peace if they can give more money...... I am the first imperial treasure, I don't want to kill more, can you two understand? ”
Yang Reform thinks well, he wants both silver and face, and he is not willing to kill too many evils, amnesty the world, and is unwilling to let too many people die. The following people are listening to that! This is also too strong, Fang Hongzan heard a chill down his spine, cold sweat flowed, thinking that this emperor is too shameless, I know his, he won't find a head to kill me. Who invented this companion like a companion tiger, it is too appropriate.
The two little eunuchs were more comfortable than Fang Hongzan, and when they heard that they were going to scrape the silver, they couldn't care about it, their eyes were shining, and their waists were straighter, the eunuchs didn't like a reputation, and the emperor's opinion of them was the first important.
"Well, Fang Hongzan, you also heard it, Erxizi and Xiaoshunzi are going to do this, you are responsible for coordinating it, and it is up to you to go to the prison where they can't get in. Erxizi, Xiaoshunzi, the two of you are responsible for finding those involved in the Wei case and their families, and see how much silver they have to atone for their sins, otherwise next year, it will be unlucky for me to kill too many people, understand? ”
"I understand." Fang Hongzan replied loudly. I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I didn't just want to trouble me, it's none of my business if you want to find those Wei criminals, I still don't have to worry about your, otherwise those officials should join me again.
"Back to Your Majesty, Erxizi (Xiao Shunzi) understands that this matter must be done for the emperor." The two little eunuchs kowtowed a few more times on the ground, with a happy face. They are different from Fang Hongzan, Fang Hongzan is an official, and he has to consider all aspects, consider the impact on himself, and his own future, the two little eunuchs are different, the only thing they have to consider is how to please the emperor, how to do good errands for the emperor, and the only thing the eunuch relies on is the emperor's favor. Without this, the eunuch is nothing.;