Li Xin asked the two brothers over and over again, and the two intermittently intermittently intervened memories and speculations, and described the tragic scene of their own more than a month, and everyone present sighed. It turns out that this tall and short brothers, the tall one is called Chen Zheng's brother, the short one is called Chen Zhen is the younger brother, and his father Chen Naijin is a well-known cloth merchant in this Tianfu, and it is no exaggeration to say that half of the cotton cloth in Zhejiang and the two provinces is sold from his hands, and the profits obtained should be seen, and it is not alarmist to say that his family is rich and rivals the country.

Li Xin secretly thought, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty, in this imperial era where private property is not guaranteed, the rich and the country are often only a thin line apart...

These two brothers, the elder brother has grown up, but he is not good at words. The younger brother Chen Zhen is slightly short but quite good at words, and seven or eight out of ten of what Li Xin said came from him. Besides, the Chen family in Longtan, although they have been in business for generations, the real development began with the grandfather of the two brothers, that is, the father of Chen Naijin, and it has only been thirteen or fourteen years now. Chongzhen's grandfather died of illness in the eighth year of the brothers, and his father Chen Naijin took over the entire business of the family. Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long, but after four or five years of hard work, they suffered such unwarranted disasters again, and almost their families were destroyed, and God fortunately left behind the bloodline of these two heirs.

Lu Jiu was impatient from the audit, the two brothers still didn't make it clear who was the initiator for a long time, and his family was ruined, even if he wanted to find and settle the account, he couldn't count it, so he asked about it.

"Think about it, who did my father have offended during his lifetime, and who could have sat down for such an unreasonable thing? Otherwise, how can the Marquis of Zhenyu help you administer justice? ”

The elder brother Chen Zheng just sobbed, and the younger brother Chen Zhen replied: "When my father was alive, he was very strict with the villain brothers, and he often said that he was a dwarf everywhere, so he only let the villain brothers read the sages and sages, and they did not have to raise people from now on...... Because of this, my father never let the villain brothers buy and sell with the Wen clan, and I don't want to ...... today" Speaking of this, Chen Zhen's voice was a little choked, and he couldn't continue.

Lu Jiu was made by the two brothers crying at every turn, and his heart was tired, and he asked, "There are always clues to follow, right?" ”

Chen Zheng, who had been sobbing silently, suddenly said excitedly: "The soldiers and ruffians of the Houjun Governor's Mansion arrested my father and raided my house, and it is always right to settle accounts with them..."

Lu Jiu smiled, and glanced at Chen Zhen dissatisfiedly, "It's still your brother who speaks neatly, and the military is just the governor's mansion, what dare you not say, are you afraid that our brothers will be timid?" What a ......."

Li Xin secretly thought, what Lu Jiu said was right, this Chen Zhenling has sharp teeth, but there always seems to be some flickering between the words, but Chen Zheng looks like a straight intestine, and the two brothers are diametrically opposed. He also understands that he has not fully established a relationship of trust with him, and the two Chen brothers have encountered great difficulties, and it would be the most unwise behavior if they met people and told them in a real way. Anyway, there are still long days in Jiangnan, and if he wants to take revenge, he will one day have no reservations.

However, what he asked was another question in his heart, "Do we also allow businessmen to take the imperial examination?" ”

Chen Zhen was obviously stunned by Li Xin's question, a trace of embarrassment flashed on her face, and then she replied slowly: "Although I have emphasized agriculture and suppressed business since Taizu, I have never said that businessmen are not allowed to take the exam......"

Li Xin suddenly felt a little embarrassed, or he took it for granted, so he laughed and said: "It's me who is lonely and unheard, don't be surprised by the Chen family brothers..."

This sentence made the Chen brothers frightened inexplicably, how could they have seen such a wolf-like official and courteous army, Chen Zhen thought that his inappropriate words had angered Li Xin, and hurriedly knelt down and confessed guilt. Li Xin said with a smile that they were too careful, so that they didn't have to worry about it, but they still couldn't make their doubts go away, and they still kept kowtowing to make amends.

Lu Jiu was really tired of being knocked by them, so he scolded with a scowl face: "What to do, what to do, the marquis of Zhenzhu has an order, Ling Er and the others get up, dare not obey?" ”

The Chen brothers got up together, but they still looked at Li Xin with a dare. What Li Xin was thinking was a completely different matter, it was the Houjun Governor's Mansion that raided the Chen family, and the Metropolitan Governor was none other than Xu Hongji, the current Duke of Wei. Xu Hongji is also a descendant of the founding general Xu Da, and after the founding hero of the Eight Classics, he won the trust of Zhu Youzhen and was able to control the Houjun to defend Nanjing.

Li Xin analyzed the various clues in front of him, if it was said that Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, could completely stay out of this matter, even a three-year-old boy might not believe it. But if this person is involved, it is an insurmountable obstacle to the investigation of this case, and it is a rare headache for a while, and it seems that it is necessary to plan a complete strategy.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, it snowed heavily for a whole day and a night, and the whole capital became plain white, as if every filth was covered up without a trace. But today's capital is destined to be uncalm, and Wu Changshi was impeached for rebellion by Wu Changshi, and attached a confession to Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang. It is true that Zhu Dadian is suspected of colluding with bandits, but it is also an indisputable fact that Li Xin broke through the east gate of Fengyang with firearms and forcibly entered Fengyang City.

In this regard, the ministers of the DPRK and China were all silent, and none of them were willing to speak for Li Xin, even Fan Fucui, who had always been famous for Geng Jie, and Liu Yuliang, who was quite on Li Xin's side, were silent. On the throne of the Danqi in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youzhen Tie's face was blue, and he waited for the conclusion of the ministers in the hall without saying a word.

After a long time, it was actually the head of the household who had been difficult for Li Xin, Li Shiwen, who trembled and shook his gray beard, and asked in a low voice: "The Marquis of Zhenyu is just a little anxious and wants to go into the city, and Zhu Dadian doesn't know the overall situation, and it is hateful to trap the heroes of Kefu outside the city, but after all, it is not a big deal, fortunately, it did not cause the consequences in his eyes, in the opinion of the old minister, it is just a matter of reprimanding by the decree of the saint......

Li Shi asked if he was in a hurry, and Liu Yuliang, who was hidden among the courtiers, couldn't help but jump his brows. Li Shiwen's trembling voice echoed in the Wenhua Palace, and before it could completely disappear, he only heard Wu Chang's angry voice suddenly resounding again.

"The elder of the pavilion said this is wrong, in the past years when the Taizu Dynasty, when the Liangguo Gong Lanyu broke through the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he arrived at Xifeng Pass at night, and the master of the gate will not open it at night because of the closure of the gate and the night will block it out of the city. Lan Yu was furious and broke through the pass and entered the city, how similar is it to Fengyang in Li Xin's broken capital today? ”

Although Wu Changshi didn't say much, every word was like a nail, piercing into the ears and hearts of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces. In the case of Lan Yu's rebellion, Taizu killed more than 15,000 officials below the rank of duke, marquis, and uncle. Liangguo Gong Lanyu himself was stripped of the daylilies because of this, and the three clans were wiped out, and only one daughter was already the princess of Shu and was spared. The human skin of the blue jade was later sent to the palace of the king of Shu in Sichuan because of the princess of Shu, and I am afraid that it is still enshrined somewhere in the ancestral temple palace.

Thinking of this kind of shocking bloody case, it is impossible not to tremble in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Li Xin's actions do have a lot of similarities with Liangguo Gong Lanyu, and what is particularly strict is that Fengyang is the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the land of Longxing, and it is not known how many times more important than a small Xifeng Pass. Did Wu Changshi want to set off a shocking rebellion case with a small matter?

Everyone involuntarily looked at Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet. Wu Changshi is this person's dog, after Chongzhen's resignation for ten years, he couldn't recover from many movements, and it was not until Zhou Yanru recovered that he re-appointed him as a servant to give things to the matter, and he didn't want to be so vicious as soon as he made a move.

Unexpectedly, after Zhou Yanru coughed, he actually reprimanded Wu Chang to his face, "Hugh is alarmist, Taizu killed Lan Yu, is it because of the incident of breaking Xifengguan?" Besides, the marquis of Zhenyu is not as good as Lan Yu, a martial artist, a little anxious, and a little arrogant, which is understandable. At present, the court is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is the time to employ people, and it is too late to seek stability, do you want to set off a bloody storm inside and outside the court to be satisfied? ”

These words only made the ministers look at each other and be dumbfounded, everyone knew that Wu Changshi was Zhou Yanru's response barrel, but what tune was sung at this time today, and the two of them actually sang a duet. saw Liu Yuliang staring sideways, as if he was thoughtful, and then shook his head with a wry smile, still silently watching from the wall.

On the throne, Zhu Youzhen seemed to nod faintly, because the light in the hall was dim, the ministers couldn't see what the emperor's expression was. Only Wu Changshi's unconvinced voice echoed in the Wenhua Palace.

"The elder said this, and the lower officials thought it was inappropriate. Li Xin is arrogant, and now he is commanding troops outside, and he is domineering everywhere, if the imperial court does not pursue it only because of the employment of people, I am afraid that it will encourage such an atmosphere, and it will be even more difficult to clean up in the future..."

said and pointed directly at Zhou Yanru, "Dare to ask the elder of the pavilion, the Duke of Wei impeached Li Xinbahu and connived at the men and horses under his command to bully and insult the sergeants of the rear army, but there are any?" ”

Without waiting for Zhou Yanru to speak, Xue Guoguan suddenly interjected, "Yes, it was just delivered to the cabinet last night, and it was not yet abridged and copied to the Holy Emperor." ”

With Xue Guoguan's confirmation, Wu Changshi seemed to be more and more proud, glanced around at the ministers, and finally fixed his gaze on the emperor on the throne of Danqi in front of him, righteous and strict.

……

Sun Ji has been coming to Longtan for more than a day, and it stands to reason that Li Xin should have gone to see Sun Jiao, but when Sun Ji learned that he had beaten the corporal under the command of the Duke of Wei with a stick, he inevitably had a branch, and he would never meet Li Xin with light equipment.

Li Xin said that he was too worried, "Li Xin handled it impartially, with a clear conscience, and besides, it has been more than ten days since this matter, if Wei Guogong had made a move, he would have been in trouble a long time ago, so why wait until today?" ”

In fact, he didn't even believe in this, just to comfort Sun Ji.

This book was first published from 17K Novel Network, the first time to see the genuine content! R405