Chongwang!

Except for Su Hao, who already knew about the matter, everyone in the room was stunned. With Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, two cabinet ministers, present, it is not a problem to clean up a Liu Qichang, but when it comes to King Chong, it becomes a little sensitive. The affairs of these vassal kings are to be handled by the Zongren Mansion, and although the two pavilion elders have high statuses, they do not dare to convict a vassal king casually.

"Two elders, now that the matter has come to an end, the criminal officer will say it all." Liu Qichang said pitifully, in fact, in his heart, there was a faint pride, he knew that once he pulled King Chong out, things would take a turn for the better.

"King Chong has a fief of 100,000 acres in Runing. A few years ago, Li Hui, the steward of Chongwang's mansion, found the guilty official and said that some of Chongwang's fiefs had become barren due to floods and droughts, and the income of Chongwang's mansion was declining day by day, and he could no longer make ends meet. He asked the criminal official to help Chongwangfu transfer some land, and said that this was a matter involving Chongwang's face. The criminal official thought, how can the saint miss the love of the clan the most now, how can he see the vassal king's family being poor and ignore it? Out of the desire to share the sorrow of the saints, the criminal officer made some expedient measures. Liu Qichang said.

"You're saying that everything you're doing is a stopgap measure?" Wang Jiaping asked.

"That's right, the criminal officer has no choice but to do it himself." Liu Qichang said, "The criminal officer knows that the crimes he has done are unforgivable, and he is willing to accept all punishments." It's just that this land has been assigned to King Chong's name, and if you want to return these lands to those farmers, you have to nod King Chong's head. ”

"King Chong has arrived!"

Before Liu Qichang's words fell, he heard a loud announcement from an errand officer outside the door. In fact, this is not a coincidence that the book is not written, but Su Hao already knew in advance that Liu Qichang was going to push King Chong out as a shield, so he notified King Chong's Mansion early, and King Chong made a special trip after receiving Su Hao's notice.

Hearing that King Chong was coming, Wang Xijue, Wang Jiaping and a cadre of officials hurriedly stood up to greet him, although the vassal king had no power. But the identity is there, and it is inconvenient for everyone to slack off.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king is disturbed!" Chongwang Zhu Yijue walked into the hall loudly, raised his hand and saluted everyone.

"King Chong arrived, we couldn't welcome him from afar, and I ask King Chong to forgive my sins!" Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping said at the same time.

The two sides exchanged a few words, and Wang Xijue asked people to bring chairs and let Zhu Yijue sit in the top position with them. After Zhu Yijue sat down, he raised his eyes and looked at Liu Qichang who was kneeling below, and asked Wang Xijue pretendedly, "Wang Ge Lao." Why did Governor Liu kneel there, could it be that something was wrong and made the two elders angry? ”

"Governor Liu did have some things that were not done properly." Wang Xijue nodded and said, he knew that Zhu Yijue rushed over at this time, it must be related to what Liu Qichang just said, so he no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "This matter, speaking of which, it has something to do with the Chongwang Mansion." ”

"Oh. In this way, it is really a coincidence that this king came. Zhu Yijue said, without waiting for Wang Xijue to say anything, he first shouted loudly outside the door: "Someone is coming." Present the things and ask the two scholars to look at them. ”

Six or seven people came in hula outside the door, all dressed as guards of the Chongwang Mansion. Each of these men carried a large plate covered with a red cloth. I don't know what it is. After Zhu Yijue solicited the opinions of Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping with his eyes, he asked the palace guards to put everything on the public case.

"Lord Wang, what is this?" Wang Xijue pointed to the trays covered with red cloth. asked Zhu Yijue.

Zhu Yijue stood up and stepped forward, and lifted the red cloth on each tray in turn, only to see that the red cloth was covered with a booklet one by one. Zhu Yijue pointed to those brochures and said: "These are the land deeds of Chongwangfu, a total of 50,000 mu. The king brought these title deeds over and asked the two elders to dispose of them. ”

"Why is that?" Wang Xijue also stood up, and when he was talking about the land of Chongwangfu, Zhu Yijue brought the title deed over, what is going on? The land of Chongwangfu was given by the emperor, and he had no power to do anything about it. In his opinion, King Chong's move may have come to blackmail them.

Zhu Yijue bowed down and said: "The two pavilion elders don't know, because the king is negligent in employing people, causing the steward of the palace Li Hui to pretend to be the king's name, colluded with Liu Qichang, and did a lot of illegal things. A few days ago, Master Mengsu reminded that the king asked people to check, only to know that Liu Qichang had confiscated a large amount of embezzled fertile land into the name of Chongwangfu through Li Hui, and most of the annual harvest fell into the pockets of Li Hui and Liu Qichang, and it was the original thin fields of Chongwangfu that were handed over. My Chongwang Mansion has a bad reputation, and the benefits are all taken by these guys. ”

"I see." Wang Xijue understood.

Liu Qichang and others used various means to encroach on the peasants' fields, and in order to avoid investigation, they lied that they were helping Chongwangfu change land, so that even if someone came to investigate, they would not dare to investigate again when they found Chongwangfu. However, Chongwangfu only took on a name in this matter, and the actual benefits could not be obtained at all. The output of these fertile fields was privately divided between Liu Qichang and Li Hui, the steward of Chongwang's Mansion, and what Chongwang could see was still the output of the original thin fields.

To do this, Li Hui, the steward of the Chongwang Mansion, is a key figure. Internally, he was able to hide from King Chong, so that King Chong did not know about the possession of good land; Externally, he was able to come forward on behalf of the Chongwang Mansion to complete these land exchanges. A vassal king like Zhu Yijue didn't have the opportunity to go to his fiefdom in person, so he didn't know what the people below did.

"So, Lord Wang, where is your steward Li Hui now?" Wang Xijue asked, since King Chong has deducted all the crimes on the head of the steward Li Hui, then it is time to summon Li Hui to interrogate.

Zhu Yijue uncovered the red cloth on the last tray and said, "Here!" ”

Everyone looked at it and couldn't help but be startled, on that tray, there was a bloody head, judging from the undried blood, it should have just been cut down.

"This, this, this...... Is this what Lee will? Wang Xijue was also frightened, he stammered, and he didn't know what to say, "Lord Wang, why did you kill him?" Originally...... Alas, it's useless to say this now. ”

"This kind of traitor who eats inside and outside, what is the use of this king keeping him." Zhu Yijue said angrily, "After this king found out the evidence of his collusion with Liu Qichang, he asked people to arrest him for interrogation, and he has confessed everything that happened, and here is the confession he drew in custody." The king also knew that he should be left alive, but after listening to him, the king was furious and cut him down with a sword. ”

"It's okay to cut it......" Wang Xijue reluctantly followed the confession of Li Hui handed over by Zhu Yijue, knowing that this case could only be tried to this step.

Zhu Yijue's killing of Li Hui is still very intriguing. What the truth of the matter is, with Lee being killed, it will no longer be possible to say clearly. Li Hui is the steward of the palace, he is considered a house slave, Zhu Yijue has the right to kill him, and he will not break the law by cutting off his head with a sword, and Wang Xijue will not be able to do it. From Zhu Yijue's point of view, Li Hui knows too many things, if Li Hui is handed over to Wang Xijue as a suspect, maybe he will talk nonsense, it is better to kill him directly.

"Liu Qichang, what else do you have to say?" Wang Xijue slapped Li Hui's confession on the case and rebuked loudly.

"Damn the guilty!" Liu Qichang is out of options, he originally hoped that King Chong could help him, but now it seems that King Chong chose the strategy of protecting himself and refused to come to this troubled water.

"But...... It's a bit of a problem. Wang Jiaping listened to the cause and effect, and couldn't help frowning.

"Uncle Zhong, please speak." Wang Xijue said.

Wang Jiaping said: "This Liu Qichang colluded with Li Hui to replace the lower fields of Chongwang's Mansion with the upper fields that they forcibly seized from the people, and these exchanged lower fields were sold at a discount. Now that the case has been clarified, these fields should be returned to the farmers who lost their land, so that the land of Chongwangfu cannot be restored. ”

"Yes, unless you redeem the original land, but if you want to redeem the land, where will the money come from? Also, the people who bought these lands may not be willing to quit again. Wu Boxing also added gloatingly.

Zhu Yijue smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, my lords, this king brought the title deed here today to solve this matter." The land that was exchanged by Li Hui's hand was almost 50,000 mu, and the king brought the title deeds of these lands. The king is willing to hand over these lands free of charge, and leave them at the disposal of the two elders. ”

"Hand over the land!" Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping glanced at each other, both wondering if they had heard it wrong.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are insatiable, and they will occupy other people's land for no reason, and they have never heard of anyone willing to hand over the land themselves. This time, although it was the steward of the palace who did something, Zhu Yijue could also ask to maintain this fait accompli. After all, the land that the emperor gave to Chongwangfu is 100,000 mu, and if Wang Xijue wants Chongwangfu to hand over the 50,000 mu of encroached land, then they must take out the original 50,000 mu of land in exchange.

Wang Jiaping was thinking about how to get the original land back just now, and after thinking of several plans, it was not feasible. Who knew that Zhu Yijue would be so simple and directly return 50,000 acres of land.

"Lord Wang, King Chong's fief is 100,000 mu, which is customized, you hand over 50,000 mu at once, how dare I collect it?" Wang Xijue said half-truthfully.

Zhu Yijue said: "This matter is wrong in the palace, and this king should be punished." The livelihood of the people of Runing is very difficult, and this king should donate these lands even if he wants to share his worries. As for saying that the fiefdom of Chongwangfu is 100,000 mu, this king has also thought about it, so he will use the 50,000 mu barren mountain west of Runing to pay it off. (To be continued)

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