Chapter 084: Turmoil in Zhejiang

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: The people of Sifan are prosperous in the land of Zhejiang and Fujian, and the rich land is meritorious in the court............. Today, the Jinyi Weinan Division commanded the envoy Ding Wubo Chen Cao to patrol the Zhejiang Prefectures on behalf of the Emperor and admired this. ”

Wu Chun read word by word, and the officials of the three divisions of Zhejiang below knelt on the dock one by one to listen to the order, until Chen Cao walked out of the cabin and got off the boat after Wu Chun finished reading, and the group stood up one by one.

Liu Weisi first bowed his hand to Chen Cao: "Dingwubo came from afar, and I and other officials of the Third Division of Zhejiang did not greet him first, and we still looked forward to Dingwubo Haihan." ”

Chen Cao smiled, but his tone was a little cold: "It's okay, it's just a big move, but it can't damage Your Majesty's heavenly prestige, and Jinyiwei is not a good person, Lord Liu, do you think this is reasonable?" ”

Liu Weisi's body trembled, but he had to arch his hand towards Chen Cao with an embarrassed smile: "Uncle Dingwu's words are quite profound, and the lower officials don't understand it very well... I don't understand..."

The corners of Chen Cao's mouth rose slightly, then ignored them, and walked forward, according to the inspector Liao Kaiwen hurriedly made a look and chased after Huang Chongtao together: "Ding Wubo, I and other Zhejiang officials have set up a reception banquet for Qin Cha's entourage in the Fucheng, and I also ask Ding Wubo to move out and enjoy the light..."

Chen Cao is not only a Qin cha, the key is that he is a person with a title, in the late Ming Dynasty, only the three dukes and the three counts, the lowest earl status is also superb, regardless of civil and military, when you see it, you have to salute it first, this is the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Cao was very patient with those sycophants, and when he saw that Liao Kaiwen was so knowledgeable, he stopped and turned around: "Drink and eat?" It's okay, Ben Bo is also hungry all the way, don't be hungry for Gonggong Wu, who is delivering the decree. ”

Huang Chongtao arched his hand: "Uncle, the last will show you the way." ”

Hangzhou's Qinglou brothels are not inferior to Jinling, if it weren't for Jinling's Qinhuai River, it would have been robbed of the limelight by the West Lake's flower boat painting boats.

I think that Li Fengchun is also from the Qing Dynasty.

The competition in the Qinglou in Hangzhou is too great, and officials generally like to go to Jinxianglou, not only because of the shares of the Jiaofang Division, but more importantly, because of the boss behind the control of Jinxianglou.

There are many Qing people in Jinxiang Building, Li Fengchun is the Qing people who went out from Jinxiang Building, Chen Cao arrived in the large private room on the fifth floor of Jinxiang Building under the leadership of Huang Chongtao, and the large round table that can sit down more than 20 people is empty at the moment, Chen Cao sits on the main seat, Wu Chun on the left side, Liu Weisi on the right, and then the main officials of the three divisions of Zhejiang one by one, and sits down in turn according to the size of the official position.

Liu Weisi and a few people took the lead, and a group of officials toasted Chen Cao together, and after three glasses in a row, they began to get to business.

Peng Chun, the prefect of Hangzhou, sat directly opposite Chen Cao, who was a little obese, stood up with a smile like a Maitreya Buddha, and saluted Chen Cao: "Ding Wubo, the lower officials originally refused them, after all, Ding Wubo was a Qincha, but he couldn't stand the requests of those businessmen and celebrities, so he brought them here, and they also prepared some gifts for Ding Wubo and the accompanying messengers, and asked Ding Wubo to see them for the sake of our Zhejiang people's hospitality." ”

The official gives gifts to the officials, in order to avoid the truth of bribery, generally let the local gentry organize and send out the things to be sent as gifts, first, their own purpose has been achieved, and secondly, if the other party does not answer, even if you want to bite back, you can't find a reason, the gentry gives gifts as favors, and others have not bribed, how can you treat others?

The hand is very large, under the leadership of a group of wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou, some family members carried into the private room with a large box of five, and then the gang and Chen Cao got close to each other and evacuated one after another.

Thinking that these people are familiar with this thing, it is not a day or two, Chen Cao wants to be a governor or a landlord in Zhejiang, and he should be a rich existence.

"Hahaha..."Liu Weisi swept away the previous embarrassment, and then smiled: "Dingwu Bomo should be surprised, my Zhejiang people have always been enthusiastic about guests, and Xia Guan was also amazed when he first came to Zhejiang. ”

Chen Dian is a member of the eunuch party, naturally there are many allies on one front, and there are also many 'wall grass' who have taken refuge in Wei Zhongxian in Zhejiang, but which ones are and which are not, I can't see it now: "Oh, before leaving Kyoto, I only heard that the wealth of Jiangnan fed the entire Ming court, and now it seems that it is excessive..."

"Hahahaha..."

There was a lot of laughter in the private room...

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he said: "Let's talk about it, if there is something, since it has been sent, Ben Bo can't favor one over the other, everyone has a share..."

Huang Chongtao waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no... This was sent by the local gentry of Hangzhou to comfort Lord Qincha, we people, no merit will not be punished, no merit will not be punished..."

Liu Weisi felt that Chen Cao was cheating on their group of people, so he naturally wouldn't want it: "Uncle Dingwu really joked, what do you think of our Zhejiang officials, Dingwu Bo is the day patrol hunting, if there is anything to say, the lower officials will definitely inform the local government to cooperate closely, and will definitely not bring any trouble to Uncle Wu." ”

Chen Cao turned his head and stared at Liu Weisi with interest, and then said with a smile: "Well, that makes sense, Zhao Xin, go open the box and see what good things are." ”

Zhao Xin naturally didn't care about Liu Weisi's dissuasion, Chen Cao gave an order, immediately stood up and stepped forward, and opened all the boxes in front of more than 20 people.

There are either golden gold bars or silver tickets for title deeds, and the silver is not visible, and there are many celebrity calligraphy and paintings and antiques handed down.

"Huh..." Chen Cao immediately stood up and stood on tiptoe.

Liu Weisi and the others glanced at each other with a smile, everyone nodded tacitly, and then looked at Chen Cao with satisfaction.

Peng Chun looked at Chen Cao with an enthusiastic face: "Uncle Dingwu, please take a seat, this is just the beginning, don't be surprised." ”

"Start?" Chen Cao exclaimed: "Could it be that there is still something behind?" ”

Peng Chun said with a smile: "Uncle Ding Wu doesn't know, the journey of the Qincha team is difficult, and when Dingwubo is about to return, the officials of the three local divisions will summon the gentry to present the ceremonial presentation to the Qincha team according to the custom. ”

"No wonder..."Chen Cao muttered: "Everyone is rushing to Jiangnan to be a messenger and a governor, I can't imagine that I can make so much money, Zhang Yangming must have earned a lot of money in the past few years..."

blurted out a remark, which made everyone present blush, who will be an official if he is not an official for money?

Liu Weisi raised his wine glass, and in order to alleviate the embarrassment, he deliberately interrupted Chen Cao's self-talk: "Uncle Dingwu, I came from afar today, and the lower official, as a political envoy, should pay tribute to Uncle Dingwu first." ”

A group of people also habitually picked up their wine glasses, waiting for Chen Cao to raise their glasses, who knew that after Chen Cao came back to his senses, he stared at Liu Weisi for a long time before he said: "How much money did he Zhang Yangming charge for killing Jinyiwei?" ”

Liu Weisi's movements froze, he couldn't imagine that Chen Cao didn't open any pot after seeing the money, and some people even thought that this guy wanted to collect money and not do anything.

"Why did Uncle Dingwu say this?" Liu Weisi opened his mouth and said with an embarrassed smile: "The evidence that Jinyiwei's people killed the people in Hangzhou City is conclusive, and the governor also acts according to the law, and I and other officials of the three divisions have no way to interfere." ”

"Oh..."Chen Cao nodded suddenly in realization: "I see..."

However, just when the group of people breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Cao said again: "Since it is according to the law," Chen Cao tilted his head and looked at Liao Kaiwen next to Liu Weisi: "Lord Liao, as an envoy, do you know what the crime of killing Jinyiwei in my Ming Dynasty is?" ”

Liao Kaiwen was silent for a while: "Ah, this... This one... This one... Oh, Uncle Dingwu, Xia Guan drank too much, was dizzy for a while, and forgot about sex..."

Chen Cao felt that Liao Kaiwen was teasing him as a three-year-old child, and he didn't have the same knowledge as him, and then turned his head to look at Wu Chun and said, "Gonggong Wu, what is the identity of Jinyiwei in my Ming Dynasty?" ”

Wu Chun straightened his neck and said sharply: "That's the Son of Heaven's pro-army..."

"Uncle Dingwu," Peng Chun couldn't sit still: "Do you see if it..."

Peng Chun's eyes looked at the box, and Chen Cao pretended to gesture: "Oh, that's right, Gonggong Wu, I heard that Your Majesty has spent all the money to repair the three major halls, and Ben Bo looks at how the comfort sent by these people is worth 100,000 taels, do you think you should take Gonggong Wei to accept it, and hand it over to Your Majesty after returning to Beijing, so that the Supervision Division can use it for the repair of the three major halls?" ”

Wu Chun's eyes lit up, this was a great opportunity to invite merit, but when he thought about it, he realized that he still had to rely on Chen Cao to make the decision, so he asked back: "Uncle Ding Wu is hard, but this..."

Chen Cao waved his hand and said loudly: "It's okay, it's okay, Ben Bo has made a lot of money writing books, it's just a few of them." ”

The two of them said one by one as if they were playing double reeds, and Wu Chuncai said: "Since this is the case, then our family will take these things for the Duke." ”

Hearing that the money was collected, everyone showed a relieved smile, and then one by one you and I drank one by one.

The key is that Chen Cao hasn't said anything yet, Liu Weisi has been paying attention to Chen Cao, and sure enough.

"Zhao Xin, Ben Bo asks you, what is the crime of killing Jinyi Wei in my Daming?"

Zhao Xin arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Uncle Qi, according to the law, killing the brocade guards is tantamount to rebellion, and if it is serious, it will be beheaded all over the house." ”

The sound of drinking could no longer be heard in the private room, and it suddenly fell silent, and Chen Cao asked again: "If Jin Yiwei kills ordinary people, the evidence is conclusive, what should be done?" ”

Zhao Xin said again: "Back to Uncle, Jinyi Wei is the Son of Heaven's own army, and the local government and the three divisions have no right to deal with it, so they must be handed over to the Nanzhen Fu Division for interrogation, and then reported to His Majesty the Emperor in accordance with military law, waiting for His Majesty's ruling." ”

"Oh..."Chen Cao glanced at Liu Weisi again with a sudden realization, and then looked at Liao Kaiwen: "Lord Liao, can you hear clearly?" ”

Liao Kaiwen was suddenly drenched in cold sweat, and couldn't help but reach out and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead with his cuffs: "Xiaguan... Xiaguan..."

"Ben Bo was ordered to inspect the Zhejiang Prefectures of Nanzhili, according to the inspector Lord Liao actually can't even memorize the law of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if he can still be qualified for the post of inspector, Ben Bo thinks that this matter has to be carefully informed to the court, so that the officials can carefully identify it."

Liao Kaiwen was anxious for a moment: "Uncle Dingwu, the lower official remembers..."

Chen Cao sat up straight: "Really?" That Benbo asked you, according to the law, do your local three divisions or governor's yamen have the right to detain Jinyi Guard? ”

Liao Kaiwen glanced at Liu Weisi and stopped talking, Liu Weisi saw this, and felt that Chen Cao was obviously eating black in the dark, so he was confident: "Ding Wubo is afraid that he didn't figure out the matter, Jin Yiwei bullied and dominated the market in Hangzhou according to his identity, killed those small traders who resisted, and was surrounded by the people in the city to ask for an explanation, because the people were excited to kill Jin Yiwei, this kind of thing involved tens of thousands of people, who is the murderer, there is no way to verify now, but they killed people It is indeed a fact, Those people all testified that Jinyiwei killed people, even if the Ming Law was like this, the lower officials did not dare to show favoritism. ”

"Reasonable..."Chen Cao stood up and walked around in the private room: "Lord Liu's words are reasonable, hey, by the way, I remember when Emperor Sejong, Jin Yiwei went to Zhejiang to help clear the fields but was beaten to death by the local gentry and people, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Zhao Xin didn't wait for them to answer: "Back to the uncle, but there is this matter, at that time, there were almost more than 6,000 people who beat the Jinyi guard, all of them were organized by the local gentry, and the governor yamen was powerless. ”

Everyone present knew what to expect, and some even showed smug expressions.

How can you take me?

Chen Cao nodded: "In this way, Zhejiang people are really hospitable..."

"Ding Wubo, there are no absolutes in everything, you have to leave a line in everything..."Liu Weisi said softly.

Chen Cao turned his head to look at him and said, "Lord Liu, you are confused, Ben Bo said, Ben Bo is rich, not inferior to you, it is Gonggong Wu who takes your money, he has nothing to do with me, why, you even dare to cheat Gonggong Wei?" ”

"Ding Wubo, you..."Liu Weisi was choked by Chen Cao and couldn't answer.

Chen Cao simply said: "You people, united to arrest my Jinyiwei's people, killed a few people for no reason, seriously injured a few people, and also arrested my Nanzhen Fusi's Qianhu Shuguan, it is really audacious, but I thought that you invited me to drink and sent condolences to Gonggong Wu, Ben Bo will be polite to you, before noon tomorrow, the people of Jinyi Wei who have been arrested will be sent to Ben Bo to Qin Cha Xingyuan, Ben Bo will politely go through a process with everyone, otherwise... Hey... Li Weihan, as the imperial history of the right capital, and the relatives of the emperor, were finally defeated by Ben Bo, what are you... Hey..."

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he got up and left, and Wu Chun bowed his hand to everyone with a smile on his face: "Our family has accepted your wishes, and after returning to Beijing, I will definitely mention your kindness in front of Your Majesty and say goodbye." ”