Dali Temple Prison.

In addition to imprisoning officials, it was also responsible for imprisoning important prisoners of the imperial court and prisoners who had made a lot of trouble in Gyeonggi.

Wang Bao is over 50 years old this year, and because he is well maintained, he actually has the taste of a handsome uncle.

It's a pity that it has been beaten to a bloody blur.

Chen Zhifang, the secretary of Dali Temple, personally interrogated, smelled the smell of blood when he came in, and couldn't help frowning and covering his nose: "Your sons, the third son's body is the weakest, and he has been beaten to death." The eldest son is still strong, and his whole body is still panting. The second son is the most ridiculous, he actually climbed and bit indiscriminately, causing Dali Temple to arrest hundreds of people in one go......"

The people below were too anxious to wait for the interrogation, and used the most traditional method of extorting confessions.

Wang Bao's heart was like ashes, but when he heard these words, he couldn't help but raise his head, and said weakly: "They really don't know, even if they are killed, they can't ask anything." ”

"What about you?" Chen Zhifang said, "Your buddy has already provided the Wei family's silver shop. ”

Wang Bao was completely dejected, and sighed: "Why don't they know that they can save their families even if they bite to death, and once they confess, they will be buried with the whole family?" ”

"Let's talk about it!"

Chen Zhifang said: "The prince just sent someone to spread the word, if you can confess who made those fake silver dollars within an hour, you can pardon your wife's death penalty." If you confess quickly, and the counterfeiters have not had time to escape, you can pardon your mother's death penalty as appropriate! (The three tribes have other parents, brothers, wives, or fathers, sons, and grandchildren, but here the heaviest killing of fathers, mothers, and wives are used.) ）

Wang Bao looked ahead with blank eyes, anyway, he was going to be exterminated, what is the difference between the Yi clan and the Yi three clans?

Wang Bao muttered to himself: "The law of the new dynasty is too cool, and I am not convinced." ”

Chen Zhifang sneered: "Do you know that you dare to commit it?" ”

In the Song Dynasty, where is this kind of thing enough for the Zhu people? All of them punish only the offender himself.

Regardless of whether the coins are real or fake, the smugglers were beheaded and abandoned (later changed to hanging).

Those who carry copper coins out of the country will be sentenced to death by hanging if they exceed five times.

And those like Wang Bao, who spread counterfeit money, were sentenced to exile of 3,000 li at most, and those who committed less serious crimes even only needed to be imprisoned for one year.

Although when the new Ming Dynasty had just issued silver dollars, it had repeatedly posted notices for half a year, saying that the people who privately made and spread fake silver dollars would be punished, but Wang Bao always had a fluke mentality.

He felt that this kind of draconian law was too nonsense, and it would definitely not be enforced.

Even if he is caught, as long as he works well, it is estimated that he will be exempted from even the crime of exile.

But I didn't expect that the prince actually played really!

A few days ago, the Five Cities Terracotta Division arrested people everywhere because of counterfeit money, and Wang Bao realized that it might be over, so he could only hope that the "supplier" had great powers.

"The Gao family." Wang Bao said suddenly.

Chen Zhifang's pupils shrank: "Which Gao family?" ”

Wang Bao said: "Kaifeng Gao's." ”

"That's okay......" Chen Zhifang breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that it was the Gao Jingshan family that had just passed away.

Wang Bao said in detail: "Although Gao Shize followed the emperor of the previous dynasty to Hangzhou, except for him, the Gao family has not had a big official for decades, and he was not implicated when the new dynasty was liquidated. The new dynasty also has a relative of the deputy prime minister, and he also has a gold and silver shop, so of course he can continue to enjoy wealth. The Gao family has too many branches, and the juniors are all gentlemen, and there is no business to attract people, so they want to mint some silver dollars. ”

"How did he make it?" Chen Zhifang asked.

Wang Bao said: "There are seven silver pits in Yuzhou, and the new dynasty has set up a Lingbao supervisor to make silver dollars. Gao Shizuo's nephew, with the premise of holding Zhuyang Yinchang, was transferred to Lingbao Prison to be a small steward. How to make a silver dollar may have been revealed by this man. ”

……

Chen Zhifang is not a cool official, he really doesn't want to get involved in the case of the Zhu clan.

But the prince has an order, and if you don't do it, you have to do it.

This gentleman is not young anymore, he and Su Shi were friends for the New Year, and Su Dongpo also wrote a poem to Chen Zhifang's concubine. ("Jiang Shenzi Jade Family in Phoenix Mountain") ）

Because of this poem, Chen Zhifang was denounced as a "Soviet Party" and was suppressed in the Song Dynasty.

When Zhu Ming raised his troops to the north, Chen Zhifang slipped away from the city and surrendered, helping to raise logistics materials with all his might.

Because he has enough fame, deep qualifications, and his official reputation is not bad, and he has a personal relationship with Zhang Gen, he became the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in terms of meritorious deeds. A few months ago, the officials were adjusted, and he was promoted to Dali Temple Secretary on the spot.

Chen Zhifang knew very well that he was just a transition.

He is not young, he will have to retire after a few years, and the real voice of Dali Temple is the second-in-command (Zhu Guoxiang's disciple).

All the way to the East Palace for an audience, Chen Zhifang reported the latest investigation results: "The Wang family and the Wei family both said that the person who privately minted the silver dollar was Gao Shizuo. But they don't know exactly where the smuggled coins are. The Five Cities Terracotta Division has already sent troops to arrest the Gao clan, and it is estimated that there will be a result tomorrow. ”

Zhu Ming frowned, he only agreed to Gao Jingshan not long ago, but he didn't expect the Kaifeng Gao clan to make such a big move.

Zhu Ming asked, "What is the origin of this Wang family and the Wei family?" ”

Chen Zhifang said: "There are three royal families in Gyeonggi, one is after Wang Rao, the founder of the old Song Dynasty, Wang Rao's daughter also served as the queen of Song Taizu. One is the descendant of Wang You, a famous minister in the early Song Dynasty, and their branch is called Sanhuaitang Wang. One is after the former Song Dynasty Prime Minister Wang Qi, their team is from Chengdu. ”

"The Wang family who was arrested this time is a descendant of Wang Rao. Although there are no more big officials, and there are no more queens, they are mostly married to the old Song clan. The Wang family has been opening a gold and silver shop for hundreds of years, and has made a lot of money by making a guarantee for crossing. However, the money they earn will also be distributed to the powerful. ”

"The Wei family does not have such a prominent ancestor, but if a daughter marries the fourth son of Song Taizong to do a side room, the business will become more and more prosperous. Since then, he has married more of the Zhao and Song clans, and he has also been involved in some business. ”

Zhu Ming sighed: "The powerful people of the previous dynasty still killed too little!" ”

Chen Zhifang trembled when he heard this, he wanted to persuade the prince to kill less, but he was afraid that he would also be in trouble.

……

Gao Shi was captured by Li Bao's soldiers in Hangzhou and was soon escorted to the capital.

When he went south, he thought he would come back soon, so he didn't even bring his family. went to Hangzhou, temporarily married a concubine, and actually gave birth to a son.

Fortunately, Gao Jingshan helped to intercede when he was seriously ill, and Gao Shi was pardoned and released from prison, which made him feel that the new dynasty was not bad.

Gao Shi has no skills at all, and he is not even very good at flattery.

He can be appreciated by Song Huizong, firstly, because of his cousin's identity, and secondly, because he is sincere and honest.

Now that the dynasty has changed, since he has been pardoned, Gao Shi has decided to do nothing and be a rich man for the rest of his life.

"Brother, woe to you!" The younger brother Gao Shizuo rushed in, and there were two slaves chasing after him.

Gao Shi was extremely unhappy and reproached: "Why don't you say hello and break into my inner house?" ”

Gao Shizuo said anxiously: "It's all this time, how can I take care of the inner house and the outer house?" When a catastrophe came to my family, I asked my brother to go to the old lady's house to plead for mercy! ”

The old lady is Gao Jingshan, who has just passed away.

Gao Shi was still confused: "What happened, you should say it quickly!" ”

Gao Shizuo explained: "The Wang family and the Wei family, because of the fake silver dollar, have been arrested by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. The silver dollars of the two of them are...... I made it. ”

"What did you say?"

Gao Shi jumped up in fright, pointed at his younger brother and scolded: "I just came out of prison, you have to get me in again!" ”

Gao Shizuo cried with a sad face: "It's good to just squat in prison, this time I'm afraid that the three clans will be razed." I thought that the court was just scare, but now in this battle, it is estimated that the prince is going to come to the real thing. ”

"It's over, it's over......" Gao Shi sat down, and the whole person seemed to have lost his soul.

Gao Shizuo complained: "The decree of the new dynasty is too harsh, if it is placed in the previous dynasty, one person will be beheaded if he is in the sky, and he can fool the past by finding a substitute for the dead ghost." It's just a private coin, so can it be used by the three clans? ”

This is the truth, when Jiaozi was not invalidated, how many powerful people secretly participated in private creation, and no one was punished until Jiaozi's reputation collapsed.

In Coats's cognition, such big cases can be fooled with scapegoats.

If he knew that he would really be killed by the Yi clan, he wouldn't dare to do so!

"Brother, go to the old lady's house to plead, maybe there is still room for maneuver." Coats pleaded.

Gao Shi asked, "Why don't you go?" ”

Gao Shizuo said: "I have been there, and I am not allowed to enter the door at all." I heard that before the old lady died, she warned her children and grandchildren not to associate with my Kaifeng Gao family. The old lady is really true, she obviously pleaded for our Gao family, but she let her children and grandchildren not be able to communicate again, and I don't know what he thinks. I went to mourn, and the expensive gifts I gave were also returned, leaving only a few ordinary objects. ”

Gao Shi was almost paralyzed by fright, how could there be any Zhu clan in the Song Dynasty? I didn't expect Daming to play this set as soon as he opened the country, and he was the first to enjoy the Yi Sanzu package.

"Xianggong, Xianggong, there are a lot of soldiers ...... outside"

There were slaves who shouted in panic, and Gao Shi trembled when he heard it.

And Gao Shizuo, who broke into the catastrophe, was directly stunned, and he had no responsibility for privately minting coins at all.

During the time of the three tribes, the servants were not punished, and even the concubines could escape.

The paternal family is probably the whole family of great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, uncles, and brothers. Usually the five suits will not be investigated, and the daughter who marries out will not be investigated.

The maternal family is probably the maternal great-grandfather, maternal grandfather, and their brothers and grandchildren. And only blood relatives will be investigated, and even their wives will not be implicated.

The wife clan is probably the father-in-law and his parents, brothers and grandchildren, and even the mother-in-law can escape.

(If the female relatives of the slain's family are not within the scope of the killing, it is customary to throw them to the Faculty Division.) ）

This is much less implicated than the Zhujiu clan, if it is the Zhujiu clan, the seven aunts and eight aunts will be counted. Not only the mother-in-law can't escape, but even the mother-in-law's parents, brothers and nephews have to be killed!

But everyone is used to the generosity of the old Song Dynasty, and even the Yi three clans are not adaptable.

Hearing that the prince was playing really this time, countless ministers went up one after another, and even Zhang Gen pleaded for mercy in private.

Without him, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and the thing hurts it!

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to a pile of slashers on the table and said to his son: "These are all against the Zhu clan, and there are a few ministers who have not started to write, but they are privately knocking on the side to advise." ”

Zhu Ming smiled and flipped through the chapters: "I also have people there who persuade them, they are afraid that their descendants will also cause big things." ”

(End of chapter)