"Your Majesty, it's cold and damp here, do you want to ask Gu Shilang to come out and arrange it again?"

Mao Wenwen really felt that it was not a good idea to bring the emperor to such a place, but the saint insisted on this, and he had no choice.

"Open the door."

Zhu Houzhao was unmoved and ordered.

Gu Zuo in the cell also spoke, "Your Majesty, what Deputy Envoy Mao said is good. Your Majesty, how can you come to such an unbearable place? The sinners beg Your Majesty not to set foot in this place! ”

Zhu Houzhao sighed, he didn't want to embarrass Gu Zuo, and ordered, "Move a chair over." ”

It was a compromise, and the two stopped talking.

In fact, on the way here, the emperor had a thousand words in his heart, but at this time, he suddenly didn't know where to speak.

The government is really annoying, he doesn't really want to say it; Arrest him and come in to protect him, he doesn't want to say this kind of hypocrisy.

In the end, it was Gu Zuo who spoke first,

“…… Your Majesty, the criminal minister committed a serious crime and was willing to be punished, but on the way back to Beijing in Yangzhou, he met three young talents...... The guilty minister has the trust of His Majesty, but he still wants to recommend talents for the country, and hopes that His Majesty can approve it. ”

Zhu Houzhao looked at this person calmly.

He was thinking that if Gu Zuo was pretending everything, then he was also pretending too much.

In fact, he doesn't care much about the so-called talents, the country does not lack talents, what is lacking is to make good use of their abilities. If they are all framed and put in prison, then no matter how many talents there are, it is useless.

So he wanted to say something else.

So after a long time, a sentence floated out,

“…… I know that you are not greedy for ink and silver. ”

Gu Zuo's eyes froze, no matter how calm he was before, he couldn't help crying out loud at this time, it can be said that tears and snot came down together, and he shouted: Your Majesty! ”

Zhu Houzhao tried hard to open his eyes, and he also wanted to cry, but he held back, "But I have doubted you, and I will not lie to you about this." Because there are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty who really don't stretch out their hands, the two Huaiyun Si Yamen in Yangzhou are even more corrupt officials. I'm really afraid that you've taken the money, so I won't know what to do with you. ”

"Your Majesty's kindness to the ministers is as heavy as Mount Tai, and it is difficult to repay the ministers' deaths!"

"Gu Liqing, let's not talk about those nonsense today, this is not the Qianqing Palace, let alone the court, and we have also exempted some false courtesy between our monarchs and ministers. I can tell you right now that I will not kill you, let alone kill you, and you will be indispensable in the next reform of the salt law, the gradual rise of maritime trade, and the construction of the Beijing Division. I am of great use to you. ”

Gu Zuo had this confidence at the earliest, but no matter how strong his confidence was, he would actually doubt himself if he had been locked up here for so long, so now when he heard the emperor say this, he was also extremely excited,

"Your Majesty! The criminal ministers are willing to follow His Majesty, prosper the Ming Dynasty, and create a great prosperity for the people of the world! In prison, the criminal has been thinking about the matter of sea trade, thinking about the economic word that His Majesty said, and all kinds of thoughts in his heart have been compiled into a book, and will be presented to His Majesty when it is completed! ”

"Okay, I'll wait until you're done." Zhu Houzhao felt a little more comfortable in his heart, "You may not know that you are locked inside." I have ordered to investigate the shortcomings of the salt class, and it is as difficult as originally expected, and there are many obstacles. These obstacles forced me to use more fierce measures, and the old ministers in the court couldn't help but feel that I was mean and unkind, and even missed the first emperor. ”

"Does Your Majesty regret it?"

"Regrets?"

"When the criminal first went to Yangzhou, he also thought about it. Is it to offend so many people. Later, when he saw the prevalence of illicit salt and the difficulty of stove households, the minister knew that some people must be offended. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully, "If you don't offend them, you will offend the people of the world." If their heads are not cut off, the people everywhere will cut off the heads of the court in the future. ”

Gu Zuo looked at the Son of Heaven deeply, in fact, in his impression, there were no things and people that could stop the will of the Son of Heaven. But at this moment, he felt a certain wavering.

presumably

The disadvantages of the salt class must be extremely resistant.

or there was a bizarre event that the emperor himself could not have imagined,

From these events, the emperor felt a great deal of opposition.

"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important, and you must pay attention to labor."

Zhu Houzhao actually relaxed a lot in his heart, but because he was relaxed, he felt a little tired and a little unenergetic, but he was young, so it was nothing.

……

……

On the other side,

In fact...... The palace is going to be 'the world in chaos'.

Liu Jin arrested the Taoist and Wu Qing, and You Zhi arrested Zheng Zhou and the palace maid Chunhe, and after getting the emperor's approval, they showed what it meant to be a 'eunuch's pervert', and almost treated these four people with inhuman means, using all the soldering irons and stickers, and even took dozens of needles and stuffed them into their fingernails one by one.

Zhu Houzhao never said that torture should be eradicated, and although torture is somewhat cruel, it can also have some deterrent effect.

And Wan Shenyuan also changed from a white fat man with a rich face to a bloody flesh steamed bun, and the blood on his fingers flowed down the needle little by little.

The amount is small, you can't die, and it's definitely better to live than to die.

"Ancestor...... Spare the slave and maid...... Woo......" He really cried and shouted and spoke,

"Turn."

If you don't recruit it, then insert the needle in the nail.

"Ahh

Yes!

Yes!

”

The screams of pain were a little terrible, because there was less torture in the palace, and some of the eunuchs on the side were also pale.

Where do you still treat people as human beings......

"Take off his shoes." Liu Jin's face was very calm, "There are also toes, and if you don't recruit your toes, they will be full of toes." ”

"Ancestor! Ancestor! Wan Shenyuan was so frightened when he heard this, "Ancestor, I beg you, kill me, kill me......"

"It's going to kill. But if you want to die so early, you want to be beautiful. Hurry up," Liu Jin urged the side, "If you rub it again, we'll tie up a few of you too!" ”

Wan Shenyuan was tortured enough, he actually knew that he would not escape death.

If they are all death, why should they suffer such sin? Seeing the needles getting closer and closer to his toes, he couldn't take it anymore.

"Ancestor...... Woo," Wan Shenyuan seemed to disintegrate, and his words were full of crying, "Woo...... Slave and maid moves, can't you recruit it......"

"Earlier, earlier, why should you suffer so much?" Liu Jin bent the corners of his mouth and pointed to the person next to him, "Make a record." ”

After waiting for a while, Liu Jin continued, "Let's ask you first, how did you get in touch with Wu Qing, how did you get to know each other, and how did you recommend you to Yongshou Palace?" ”

Wan Shenyuan endured a lot of pain and explained little by little, "I asked someone to tell him that the slave and maid are profound." ”

"Is it really profound?"

"The slave does love the art of the Buddha."

"Why do you ask someone to pass the word? Who's on it? ”

"Not really...... Not slaves, but ...... It is Shang Baojian's father-in-law Huo. ”

"Huopin? What does he want to do? ”

At this time, he was dead anyway, and Wan Shenyuan just wanted to die happily, so he said more and more smoothly," Huo Gonggong said...... The slave is related to the eucalyptus of the salt class, and sooner or later it is impossible to escape death, and only by finding a way to obtain His Majesty's Xinren with the magic of Taoism and gods can he escape. happened to meet two nobles in the palace worshipping God and begging for children, so he came up with such an idea for the slave maid. ”

"You have gained His Majesty's trust, what good is it for him?"

"Father-in-law Huo also has ...... There was also silver from the salt merchants. Also, he said that after I have His Majesty's trust, I will speak for him with a lot of good words. Future...... In the future, even if you can't get into the celebrant eunuch, you can still go to the imperial horse eunuch or the inner official eunuch. The palace needs to support each other, so ......"

"So you said yes." Liu Jin smiled disdainfully, "My heart is big enough." Who else but Huo Ping? ”

Asking this, Wan Shenyuan's face began to turn miserable again,

"Say!"

The stern voice shook in fright, "And ...... There are also the three fathers-in-law Wu, Xie, and Shang beside Huo's father-in-law,"

"Go on."

"Zhou Yuan and Yang Ning of the Needle Work Bureau, Xu Xianting, Zhong Yifu, Lu Gong of the Silver Bureau, Zheng Zhou of the Shangshan Supervisor, and Deng Qun of the Mixed Hall Division ......"

……

Wow!

"Open the door!"

Wan Shenyuan's explanation also indicates that many people's doors will be slammed open. In fact, when the emperor thundered and was furious in the Yongshou Palace, many people were already frightened!

"Spare your life! Your Majesty spares your life! ”

Where did the captivators have the time to listen to this, and one by one they acted rudely, kicking the door when they touched the door, and they were about to lift the table when they touched it.

"Take! Grab them all! ”

In this way, the wind of salt class rectification, in addition to Yangzhou, the capital, the palace, and the palace, is to let everyone know that whoever is sloppy with the emperor on this will not work!

Among these people, Zheng Zhou is a little crucial, and You Ji is also torturing him.

"Is it Zou Cheng?!"

If other people are greedy for money and want to climb up. Zheng Zhou's crime of colluding with foreign ministers is even greater. Some people are just greedy for ink and silver, and the emperor may not kill them all, or he can give them an order to spit out the silver, and then let them spend the rest of their lives in a bitter cold place, but Zheng Zhou is obviously different.

"Father-in-law You, he fainted."

You Ji got up and flicked his head, "Wake him up!" ”

It was also at this time that Han Ziren, the deputy envoy of Jinyiwei, left Beijing for Yangzhou in advance.

If the strength inside and outside the palace in the capital is this strength, he can't let Yangzhou make a little mess, at least not the internal guard.