Seeing this, the prince hurriedly woke up Wang Huan with a glass of cold water.

After Wang Huan woke up, he was stunned for a while.

But then, when he regained consciousness, he began to cry again, and said in his heart:

"The imperial court is called strictly investigating the illegal mining of minerals, which is actually forcing us to move overseas!"

Subsequently, Wang Huan tearfully said to the prince, Xiuning Zhixian: "The holy order is like this, the old man naturally does not dare to complain, not to mention that the contemptible person is indeed guilty, and he should not violate the national law." ”

Then.

Wang Huan bowed to the prince and said: "It's just that I also ask the old parents to know that there are not many people who mine privately in Xiuning, and they dare not do it unless they are powerful and wealthy, so please don't ask the old parents not to cater to the will of the gods, and bent on making the prison a big deal, and widely accuse the villagers of privately mining mines, which makes everyone in the county uneasy!" Whining! ”

"Wang Gong, please get up."

The prince hurriedly helped Wang Huan up, and said: "This county will not do such a harmful act to the people, the public can rest assured." ”

"But since someone in your mansion is suspected of illegal mining, he will be exiled and confiscated according to the order."

The prince said again at this time.

Wang Huan reluctantly said yes, and said: "The old man is willing to cooperate to pay for his sins." ”

"Slow!"

But when the prince was about to wave his hand and order the soldiers to enter Wang's mansion to raid, Wang Dabin shouted loudly at this time.

The prince then looked at him.

Wang Dabin also bowed to the prince, and then asked:

"Don't the old parents think that the imperial court's decree is too harsh, and besides, it's simply harsh?!"

The crown prince was not in a hurry to make a statement.

Because he realized that Wang Dabin was forcing himself to express his position by asking this.

And the prince deliberately smiled and replied: "The king's order cannot be violated, as for the merits and demerits, there are descendants to comment." ”

"But now, the people standing in front of the old parents are all living people, all your children."

"Do you really want to sit back and watch them and their relatives of the three clans being exiled abroad because of the Wang family's bending the law?"

After Wang Dabin asked, he arched his hand to the prince and said, "Please also ask the old parents to make decisions for the people!" ”

"Then what do you want the county to do?!"

The prince suddenly shouted and asked, and then said: "The imperial court has repeatedly ordered that it is not allowed to mine privately, so as not to spoil the feng shui and then affect the fortune of the country, but you always do not listen, and even the eunuchs like your mansion, who have been favored by the country, have also turned a deaf ear to this decree, and there is no national law in their eyes!" ”

"Until now, the court has found you, and you blame the court for being unkind, saying that this is a harsh government, and you don't mention any fault at all."

"It's still a big family, and it's so unreasonable!"

"Do you want to force the county to blame the court together?"

"Keer and the others don't want to think about it, according to the ancestral system, those who want to kill those who open mines without permission are already benevolent, and now they are only exiled, and they are still accusing the court here, and they have to force the county to blame the court together, I don't know how to thank the saints for their benevolence."

"Please forgive this county for not being able to do disloyal things that disobey the king's orders, but if you really want to say that this county is not sympathetic to the people, then you can call on the people to tie up this county and go to see the Son of Heaven!"

When the prince said this, he took off the crown belt and looked at Wang Dabin.

Syllable!

Wang Huan suddenly gave Wang Dabin a slap: "Presumptuous! ”

Wang Dabin immediately covered his face.

Then.

Wang Huan bowed his hand to the prince again: "The old parents are angry, the Wang family does not dare to threaten the old parents, let alone criticize the government. ”

As he spoke, Wang Huan glared at Wang Dabin.

Wang Dabin also had to endure the pain on his face, and bowed his hand and said:

"Please forgive your old parents, if you are wrong in your words, you should not talk about the government in vain, let alone have no hatred and gratitude, and you are willing to be punished in any way."

"Humph!"

The prince didn't say much, but after snorting, he ordered the house to be raided.

So, Wang Jingdi led a cadre of soldiers into Wang's mansion.

After the prince and Wang Jingdi left, Wang Dabin whispered to Wang Huan: "Although this old parent is young, he is not so easy to fool, he is very articulate, and he is quite shrewd!" ”

"Therefore, what I am more worried about is that he has seen the above intentions, and does not hesitate to accuse many big families of being mining thieves who open mines without permission, so that he can not only collect money, but also let the above see that he is working very hard to cause many squires to be relocated, and also take the opportunity to forcibly move out most of the eunuchs in Xiuning County, so that more small people can do business and become officials after the eunuchs and giants move away."

"Fortunately, when I begged him for the villagers not to expand the arrest and raid of people's homes, he also agreed, it seems that he is not a greedy and shameless official."

Wang Huan said with a calm face at this time, and continued to blame Wang Dabin:

"But so is you! Seeing that I had some conscience on his part, he followed him to the surface and asked him to admit that the current national policy is harsh government, although he is young and simple, but he is not stupid! ”

"I'm making it!"

"Because I saw that he really promised that you would not frame others for mining and accusing him of mining thieves for the sake of political achievements, I thought he was really naïve, so I thought that he would take the opportunity to pull him to our side and be our tongue, but who knew that he was naïve, but he was not without his own thoughts."

"I have to admit that young people nowadays are not as good as they used to be."

"I think back then, when we were young, because of a few words from our fellow villagers, we dared to ask for the people's lives, even if we received the court staff!"

"It's just that when I got older, I realized that I had become a pawn of others at that time."

Wang Dabin said.

Wang Huan sneered: "You don't look at what kind of education it is now, what kind of education it was back then." ”

Let's say that Wang Huan, Wang Dabin and other Wang clan members were then locked in the county jail.

The prince did not embarrass them, in order to avoid their physical fitness declining due to poor nutrition due to imprisonment, and they could not go overseas to take root smoothly in the future, and even provided them with good food and good food.

And the prince still asked Wang Jingdi to continue to investigate the illegal mining.

After all, this is a matter that the imperial court is currently required to strictly investigate, and it is clear that it is to be regarded as a key task, and the examination results will undoubtedly take this as the key content of the examination.

Because Zhu Yijun transferred the field army back in advance and was responsible for investigating the mines, many people who opened mines without permission were arrested.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the army was not allowed to do business in the first place, otherwise, it would be impossible to rely on the army to raid it.

The people who mined privately in Xiuning County were also quickly copied next.

As a result, there is hardly a single miner in Xiuning County, the mountains and forests are quiet, and the birds and birds are more cheerful than before.

With the fall of the first heavy snowfall, the entire Xiuning County seemed to be even more silent.

However, just as the winter snow fell, Zhang Yunsheng proposed to the prince:

"Since Dong Weng has decided to conscientiously implement the decisions of the imperial court, and is not afraid of offending the eunuch giants, it is better to simply implement it a little more, try to catch more squire giants, and say that they are mining thieves who mine privately, so that the above may be able to see that in all counties in the world, Dong Weng is undoubtedly the most powerful county in mining investigation, so Dong Weng will be favored by His Majesty!"

"But that's not what Wang Gong meant."

The prince couldn't help but say.

Zhang Yunsheng said: "Dong Weng doesn't have to care about what these squire giants think now, anyway, since you want to be loyal, then be loyal thoroughly, it's best to be the first loyal minister!" ”

"I heard that Xinzhi County, Wuyuan County, next door, has arrested more than 5,000 mining thieves who resisted the decree to open mines, but we only have more than 300 households, which is less than 100 households!"

"If this continues, it will be difficult for Dong Weng to be seen from above."

Zhang Yunsheng said.

"More than five thousand?"

The prince was also quite shocked when he heard this.

Zhang Yunsheng nodded: "And still doing it." ”

"Wuyuan County is crazy, right?!"

The prince immediately stood up and said:

"How can there be more than 5,000 households in the entire Wuyuan County who are mining privately, and he is afraid that there are not so many mines in Wuyuan County that are enough for more than 5,000 households, which is obviously over-execution!"

"Dong Weng, it doesn't matter anymore!"

"Your Majesty first set up police officers, and then issued a holy decree to strictly investigate the situation of unauthorized mining, obviously the main direction of this year's examination is to see who finds out more mining thieves."

"In addition, the holy decree clearly states that the mining thieves can be killed without killing and all are exiled, and the purpose is undoubtedly to forcibly relocate more people through mining."

"And at this time, if you want to be in the emperor's heart and get reused from above, you should try your best to investigate and deal with the mining thieves, the above will not care if there are unjust cases under you, and even if there are unjust cases, you can catch more and let more people be relocated, but this kind of thing can't be said clearly, and you can only rely on the officials below to understand."

Zhang Yunsheng said at this time.

After hearing Zhang Yunsheng say this, the prince couldn't refute it for a while, and even at first glance, he felt that what Zhang Yunsheng said seemed to be quite reasonable.

In the eyes of the ruling people, right and wrong are not so important, but how to maximize the interests of the country is the most important.

However, the prince is not a person who follows the crowd, he has his own thoughts.

Therefore, the prince did not make up his mind rashly, but pondered.

But he was indeed a little confused for a while, because he didn't know whether to have a conscience, not to care about his personal future, and to try not to wronged a good family; It is still time to give up his conscience and forcibly frame some of the eunuchs in this county as mining thieves who open mines without permission, in the name of serving the country.

In this, although it is easy to frame a law-abiding eunuch, it is naturally desperate for this framed eunuch, and at the same time, it makes more people have to believe that it is useless to abide by the rules.

And let more eunuchs be moved out, for the country for Xiuning County is indeed beneficial and harmless, after all, many eunuchs are parasites, although they control many industries, but they are not direct producers, as long as the imperial court does not let them leave with technology and craftsmen, regardless of the loss of a short time, more middle-sized people can rise and become a new eunuch in the county.

In this, right and wrong and pros and cons, which is more important, is the choice that he, the prince, is facing now.

After thinking for a long time, the prince finally made up his mind, stood up and looked at Zhang Yunsheng.

(End of chapter)