"Commander Mou?"

Yan Song couldn't believe the name that came out of Zhao Shen's mouth.

Zhao Shen, who has the rank of squire in the Criminal Department, is in charge of investigating Zhan Xiushan and others who died violently in prison, and the rest of the month has passed so far. The official, who is known for his apprehension skills, has made some progress.

The trick of luring the snake out of the hole that day still worked, and after going to Shuntian Mansion, Mu Bin must have sent someone to follow him.

Zhao Shen dispatched people to make an ambush, captured four people, and ran three, but unfortunately none of them survived.

It wasn't he who killed him, but the gang who committed suicide by swallowing medicine themselves.

So the name Mu Bin was actually guessed by Zhao Shen.

But Zhao Shen was very firm in his judgment, he looked at Yan Song's face and said, "You must be a little surprised to know that the master knows, but apart from this person, I really can't think of anyone else in the court who has such ability."

"Can kill people in the prison under the custody of Mao Wen,

can kill people so cleanly, so that Mao Yu can't grasp the handle,

The people who were sent afterwards were even more dead. Come to think of it, this kind of means and skills are only done by Jinyiwei himself, and among Jinyiwei, who can hide Mao Yuyu from doing these things except Mu Bin?"

Yan Song was still puzzled, "Why did Commander Mu do this? His Majesty's mind is to use Zhan Xiushan and others as bait to continue the investigation, how dare he kill people like this against the holy will?"

Zhao Shen couldn't understand this, he shook his head, "Maybe there is something we don't know."

"That...... Do you want to report to Your Majesty?"

Zhao Shen stood up and walked with his hands in his hands, and after a while, he seemed to have finally thought about it, "This matter, it's not that I don't report it, but it's not good to report it. First, Mu Bin is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, one of the important ministers around His Majesty, and now I have no credentials, only speculation, how can this convict a commander of the Jinyi Guard? Second, Commander Mou has a good relationship with his foreign ministers and is very popular, and behind him is a cool official like Mao Wenwen, if I accuse him without evidence, it will be suspected of helping to abuse him, and it is really unwise for me to act like this when I first joined the Beijing Division."

"The third and most important point." Zhao Shen frowned, and his eyes flashed with a certain bold color, "Your Majesty, I don't want to remove the commander of the Jinyi Guard at this time. Let's not break Your Majesty's rhythm."

Although Yan Song's talent is good, after all, he has not been an official for many years, and he does not understand this third point, "How did the teacher know that His Majesty does not want to change the commander of the Jinyi Guard?"

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, among the courtiers of the first emperor, Liu Shiyong went to prison, Liu Xixian went to Shandong, and now His Majesty can even reorganize the Jinyi Guard, so the removal of the commander is simply a matter of His Majesty's thoughts, that is to say, you can do it whenever you want. And if you don't do it now, you don't want to do it."

Such a skill to figure out the intention has actually slightly broken through the upper limit that Yan Song said could think of. He was surprised to hear it, but when he thought about it, it made perfect sense.

"If Your Majesty is not a wise king, it is meaningless to think like this as a teacher, but Your Majesty is a genius, and what you do and what you don't do has a purpose. It's not like Your Majesty forgot that there are still brocade guards in the court, right?"

….

In other words, the emperor deliberately did not change.

"But the problem is that His Majesty explained that this matter should be investigated deeply, and no matter who is found, from the prince to the officials, none of them will be forgiven."

This is true.

Zhao Shen smiled, "Weizhong, His Majesty asked you to blend in with Zhan Xiushan and the others to find evidence of their corruption, right?"

"Not bad."

"This is strange, Your Majesty has always hated officials for greedy ink, these are still corrupt officials, is Your Majesty's fanfare to seek justice for these people?"

"This ......"

"Originally, I didn't understand it, but as Zhan Xiushan's eucalyptus was investigated, the more I believed my guess, because the source of Zhan Xiushan's greed for ink and silver now seems to be either Jiangxi or Zhejiang, and among the Zhan clan, there is also one person who is appointed as a general judge in Ningbo Mansion, Zhejiang

Criminal."

"If you want to think about this, then think about the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, and think about the turmoil in Fujian officialdom...... Don't you understand? His Majesty did not want to investigate, but to pounce on the southeast in a threatening manner. So at this time, Mao Wenwen, who is suspected of murder, is not even in Beijing, and in the final analysis, His Majesty doesn't care about who killed Zhan Xiushan."

Yan Song suddenly had an epiphany, and muttered, "The teacher is really talented...... The chamberlain's office is responsible for recording important matters that His Majesty has explained, which is to prevent forgetting. But His Majesty himself is well-read and has a strong memory, and important things are almost impossible to ignore. So far, however, His Majesty has never asked about the progress of the teacher's investigation."

"It's not just Your Majesty who doesn't ask. The officials who were originally angry in Kyori stopped asking! Since I can see that His Majesty wants to make a big fuss about this, others should also be able to see it, even if I can't see it, Mao Wen's activities in Jiangxi, isn't this obvious enough? It's a pity...... It's too late. It was already too late from the time His Majesty officially said in front of the hundred officials in Fengtianmen that this matter must be thoroughly investigated."

No matter how those angry officials tried to make up for it,

It was a real thing that day. The emperor expressed his attitude. The minister also expressed his position.

In other words, whatever comes out of this eucalyptus is what it is, and whoever was said to be killed at the beginning will be killed.

You can't go back to that threshold and say to the emperor: Your Majesty is sorry, you fell for it in the first place. Now that we're not angry, please put down the butcher's knife.

What are you kidding, the name of righteousness has already been decided. The emperor didn't make any movement at the beginning and wanted to expose it gently, but the ministers were angry and had opinions on Jinyiwei and Mao Wen, so they made a fuss in the early dynasty.

Now that the ugliness is really exposed, no one can control the development of the situation.

Yan Song suddenly felt a little scared, the water in the court was too deep, and that feeling of powerlessness appeared again.

Thinking about it now, at the beginning, he thought that after becoming an official, he would be stable and errand, and try his best to complete the errands assigned by his superiors, and finally get a result that is worthy of the sky and does not bow down to others.

But when you really become an official of the imperial court, you have the feeling of rowing a small broken boat and driving under the wind and waves, even if you want to be stable, even the bones may not be lost when a wave comes down.

….

「…… If this is the case, there is no need to check the teacher's eucalyptus, and the part that His Majesty is most concerned about is that Mao Yu is in charge." Yan Song's speech was all gone, as if he was a few years older.

Think about it, Zhao Shen first entered the Beijing Division, where would the emperor trust him as much as he trusted Mao Wenwen.

But Zhao Shen shook his head again, "No, this eucalyptus still needs to be investigated."

"What else are you looking for?"

"Because checking this eucalyptus is a holy decree, and you have to check whether it is useful or not. As for the affairs of the court, I know...... and do not know."

The middle-aged man had gradually relaxed at the moment, "Do you think that since you want to investigate, then being a teacher is talking nonsense for a long time? Otherwise. Only when you know can you seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and if you don't know anything, you can easily hit the south wall headfirst."

"Then, if you can't find out the results, will Your Majesty think that the teacher's talent is not obvious?"

That's a problem.

Zhao Shen can indeed pretend to work hard, but in the end, there is nothing, and there is no performance after all.

The master and apprentice cooperate with each other, but they are also slowly approaching the best method.

The middle-aged man took a sip of hot tea, "Weishi used to be the governor of Southern Jiangxi, although he was not the governor of Jiangxi, but he was a governor in the end. What Poyang Zhan did, I still have a lot of information in my heart. At this time, His Majesty doesn't care about the Zhan family, and the hundred officials also know that they have been fooled, and they will not care about the Zhan family, so the Zhan family has become an outcast, so I will add a fire to it."

Just do what you say.

Zhao Shen immediately went back to the study to sharpen the ink.

And this fire is going to burn in the emperor's heart.

……

……

When Zhu Houzhao saw Song Shu, it was already two days later. After getting it, he attracted attention and immediately convened the cabinet and the military aircraft department to discuss the matter.

"Poyang

Zhan is a maritime merchant, and he has been doing porcelain smuggling business all year round, especially in the past three or five years, I don't know why it has become more rampant, and he has no scruples. Do you know all this?"

At the beginning, Zhan Xiushan wanted to engage Mei Kejia, so he set his sights on Mei Huaigu. The reason behind this is a conflict of interest, which is not difficult to guess. But there has been no evidence.

This time this evidence was taken out by Zhao Shen. Not evidence, to be precise, but witnesses.

After all, you can't say I've heard about smuggling.

"Xu Shufeng, the former governor of the Rao Prefecture mentioned in Zhao Shilang's song, was sent to prison by Zhan and his accomplices because he tried to expose the smuggling charges! And it was the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, when I was still the prince, but I was also in prison! Well, someone is doing these things under my nose!"

"Shouldn't you still persuade me to turn big things into small things and small things today?"

Li Dongyang played: "Your Majesty, this matter is strange, we must investigate it clearly, if someone dares to distort the facts so much and deceive the king, the court law will not be able to spare him!" However, Wei Chen thought that this was still the words of Zhao Shilang's family after all, so it was better to act in a dignified manner and arrest and confront all the people involved in the eucalyptus!"

"Yes. That's what I mean, it's not just smuggling, they're deceiving the king!"

Yang Tinghe suggested, "Your Majesty, do you want to send a decree to Deputy Commander Mao? He happened to be in Jiangxi, and he happened to investigate this together."

"Quasi-play."

Zhu Houzhao happened to be thinking about it for the past two days,

In fact, the opening of the sea should be coordinated with the crackdown on smuggling.

I just can't let you smuggle in peace and quiet, and then be indifferent to my city. No, track them down, find them and destroy them.

Even if it cannot be completely eradicated, it will increase the cost of smuggling. Let more people who are not willing to take risks return to the official channels of the imperial court.

Now that Zhan's point is exposed, it can be revealed, and if one is uncovered, it will be uncovered forever.

This pillow was delivered in a timely manner and just right.

Liu Jin saw that something was wrong, why didn't Zhao Shen go to check if he killed Zhan Xiushan, but sent this kind of thing to the palace?

In the evening, Liu Jin whispered in the emperor's ear, "Your Majesty, that Zhao Shilang...... Seems to be a wonderful person......

Zhu Houzhao was reviewing the recital, but he didn't look up, and said as he wrote, "If you know about this matter, you shouldn't know it."

The emperor had his own intentions. In fact, since he was the crown prince and supervised the country, but now as the emperor, he has been in this position for longer and longer, and sometimes it is also a pleasure to meet such a wonderful person, and it is actually boring to spread it out too early.

So he wants to watch and see how far this Zhao Shen can do in the end.

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