Weng Dali actually came to see the excitement, and the direction of his detection and that of the cavalry deviated.

According to past homicides, the probability of acquaintances committing crimes is more than eighty percent, that is to say, a murder case, if you really want to solve the case, you can find it among eighty percent of the people around the deceased, and among many poor coolies, the probability of acquaintances committing crimes will exceed ninety.

Weng Dali, as the right attendant of the Criminal Department, in the murder case of Zhou Shichen, after finding out that the maid Lotus had an affair with the butcher Lu Jin, he naturally came to the conclusion that the butcher Lu Jin was the murderer.

Zhou Shichen's ancestor is very prominent, is Emperor Xianzong's biological mother Empress Dowager Zhou's younger brother Zhou Shou, to Wanli has passed more than 100 years, the family has Qingyun Hou, Changning Bo two hereditary titles, and Xianzong's biological mother Zhou was the empress dowager for 17 years in the Hongzhi period.

The rivalry of the Xiaozong Dynasty was also mainly concentrated in the Empress Dowager and Empress Zhang.

Zhou Shichen's ancestors have also been wide, but in his generation, Zhou Shichen's life has been very difficult, if Zhou Shichen does not gamble, he can not say how comfortable life is with the hereditary Jinyi Guard's command, but at least he can live.

After the death of Zhou Shichen's wife, Zhou Shichen was unable to remarry, so he was with the maid Lotus, and his life was not extravagant, Lotus had resentment in his heart, and he joined the adulterer to kill people, and the adulterer was still a butcher, everything was so reasonable.

Because it involved the big case of the coal market, Tiqi intervened, arrested everywhere, and finally dug out the real culprit behind the scenes.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, Xu Congcheng, the commander of the horses, could commit suicide in order to fulfill the friendship of relatives, but the horsemen still surrounded the Xu Mansion and arrested Xu Congcheng.

"Why are you dogs arresting me! I am Your Majesty's uncle! I've hugged Your Majesty, you eagle dogs, get out of my house! Xu Congcheng heard the movement and immediately came to the front hall, roaring angrily.

Zhao Mengyou looked at the people in front of him, His Majesty has paid so much effort for the sake of Daming's excitement, many things in Zhao Mengyou's opinion, His Majesty, who was born a nobleman, has no need to do it at all, but as a heavenly dependent, Xu Congcheng does not cooperate with His Majesty to expound, relying on his status as a relative of the emperor to do evil, and act wrongly.

Your Majesty has spent a lot of effort to open the Xishan Coal Kiln, and has fought with the courtiers round after round, is Your Majesty looking for trouble? Isn't it to give the people of Gyeonggi a breather?

Xu Congcheng was not satisfied with His Majesty's excitement.

He waved his hand and said, "Take it." ”

"Zhao Mengyou! You wait! You don't have to die well! When Xu Congcheng was pressed, he was extremely angry, he was a relative of the emperor!

The Ming Dynasty has dealt with the emperor's relatives more than once or twice, and the two brothers of the Zhang family have been dealt with during the Jiajing period, and the means are much more ruthless than this.

When the emperor's relatives cannot become the emperor's help, they must make up their minds to cut off this piece of carrion.

Wang Qian helped his father release coal, and he has always been very attentive to this case, seeing a group of Jinyi guards' horsemen gathered in front of Xu's mansion, seeing Xu's mansion being broken down, and seeing Xu Congcheng being detained, he showed a smile and continued to check the coal release.

In fact, when Wang Chonggu was releasing coal, he found that the frenzied Xu Congcheng was gathering coal to fry and raise the price of coal, but he could only suspect that he could not do it, and the matter involved His Majesty's uncle, even if His Majesty repeatedly showed that he would not tolerate it, but Wang Chonggu would never dare to gamble.

Xu Wenbi reminded His Majesty that this matter could only be handled by His Majesty personally.

Emperor Ming Zu instructed the emperor's relatives to only ask the emperor, which is based on the consideration of the upper and lower levels, and the people who investigated and handled it below did not dare to inquire more deeply, in case it involved the emperor himself?

Zhu Yijun issued an order, arrested Xu Congcheng, took into custody a domestic slave, groom, housekeeper, etc., and began to ask questions from Xu Xing.

This case will definitely be done after the Chinese New Year.

As soon as Xu Congcheng's house was copied, Zhu Yijun received a note from another uncle requesting an audience.

Zhu Yijun has a total of two uncles.

Only one of the eight sons of Emperor Jiajing has descendants, that is Emperor Longqing, and among the five princesses of Emperor Jiajing, only two have descendants, one is the eldest princess of Ning'an, the other is Princess Jiashan, and Xu Congcheng is still Princess Jiashan.

Zhu Luyuan, the eldest princess of Ning'an, took Li He, the captain of the horse, into the palace to meet, and first went to Cining Palace to meet the Empress Dowager Li, who did not meet the emperor's aunt and uncle on the grounds that the coal market fire case was an important case in the outer court, and the woman was inconvenient to come forward.

Three days after Xu Congcheng's arrest, Zhu Yijun summoned Li He, the Duke of Ying, the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Chengguo, Qi Jiguang, the first assistant Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant Lu Tiaoyang, the secretary of the Criminal Department Wang Chonggu, the secretary of the Dali Temple, Lu Guangzu, and the chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Hai Rui and Ge Shouli.

On one side are the honorable relatives, and on the other side are the civil officials.

If you look at it from the point of view of the official rank, most of the Xun Qi on the left are super grades, the horses are the fifth ranks, and the highest on the right is the first rank and the first grade.

First of all, it was Thi Shuai who started the whole process of the case.

Ti Shuai Zhao Mengyou said very solemnly: "Xu Congcheng, the captain of the horse, began to instruct the treacherous people in early March, set up a bureau against Zhou Shichen, and let Zhou Shichen lose all the little assets left in the family, and also owed 1,500 taels of gambling debts. ”

Zhou Shichen is addicted to gambling, but relying on the prestige of the empress dowager back then, the family still has some heritage, but in the gambling game, he was slaughtered as a pig, and Zhou Shichen, who was also cheated, was in debt, and there were gambling houses, slaves, and noisy gamblers were all caught.

The reason why Zhou Shichen was slaughtered is that in fact, there are many people besides him, who were also slaughtered, not an isolated case.

The dealer in the gambling house knows the gamblers too well, and always uses all kinds of methods to deceive people to the point of bankruptcy.

The evidence of people and materials is ironclad.

The dealers of the gambling house are all treacherous people in the city, most of them are sheltering the powerful and powerful, doing all kinds of illegal things, in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor and the ancestors, open a gambling house and behead it, sit in front of the gambling table, and cut off the hands, but the refuge in the horse captains, nobles, and ministers can be carried out blatantly.

"On the third day of December, the thief Zhu Guocheng found Zhou Shichen and asked Zhou Shichen if he was willing to do a big ticket, Zhou Shichen was forced to gamble debts, and went to the coal market to set fire to the street, according to the confession of the maid Lotus and the slave Wang Kui, at this time, Zhou Shichen still didn't know who was setting up a bureau for him, but for the sake of silver, he went to set fire." Zhao Mengyou submitted documentary evidence that Zhou Shichen was slaughtered as a pig, and it was slaughtered twice.

"It is worth noting that Zhou Shichen did not get the silver promised by Zhu Guocheng, 1,500 taels, and Xu Congcheng, the commander of the horses, never thought of paying this money."

"According to the confession of the thief Zhu Guocheng, the arson should be set by five people, Zhu Guocheng and his three brothers, knowing the sin, did not dare to go, Zhou Shichen set fire alone, after the arson case, the court was resolute, Zhu Guocheng was afraid, and wanted to find Xu Congcheng, the captain of the horse, to discuss, but he could only see the servant Zhao Shiyin."

"Zhu Guocheng killed Zhou Shichen, and the servant Zhao Shiyin arranged for Zhu Guocheng to escape, and was finally arrested by Tiqi."

Zhao Mengyou finished the whole process of the case.

Another uncle of the emperor, Li He, the commander of the horses, listened to what Zhao Mengyou said, frowned slightly and said: "This great business is big, it is inevitable that there are some moths, Xu Fu operates a coal kiln, and some of the shopkeepers below, in order to please the master of the family, in order to make some money, do some dirty things, how can it be said that it was instructed by Xu Congcheng, the commander of the horses?" ”

"There is no evidence to corroborate Xu Congcheng's instructions, and it is so concluded that it is all Xu Congcheng's plot, and it is difficult for Qi Wan to accept such a skin-peeling case."

Li He, the commander of the horses, means: Xu Congcheng is obviously clean, and the courtiers should not slander the emperor's relatives and relatives!

These cases are really connected together, and it was not done by Xu Congcheng, the commander of the horses, but by the subordinates who did illegal things in order to please the Lord.

Zhu Yijun looked at Li He, the commander of the horses, and also wanted to try his best to protect Xu Congcheng for Li He, the captain of the horses, Xu Congcheng died, and he was afraid that he would be Li He next.

But the attitude of the Queen Mother and the Emperor was very clear, the Queen Mother avoided it, and the Emperor announced that he would see Li He in the presence of foreign ministers.

This made Li He very passive.

Zhao Mengyou spoke again and said: "Your Majesty, there is Xu Congcheng's maid and housekeeper certificate, which can prove that all the above things are from Xu Congcheng's own instructions, there is Xu Congcheng's account book, and there is Xu Congcheng's own handwritten book. ”

In three days, Zhao Mengyou pried open the mouth of the person involved in the case, and completely completed the evidence chain, Luo Sigong has a very magical ability to dig three feet into the ground, and dug up all the hidden physical evidence.

The corners of Li He's mouth twitched, and he looked at the three princes, the three princes did not help at all, in the final analysis, this case was still a contradiction and conflict prepared by the Xishan Coal Bureau, before the preparation of the Xishan Coal Bureau, the emperor called the three princes to this side hall, and the three princes had already chosen to surrender.

"It's just a trick." Li He still pleaded hard.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Li He and said: "This case is well-founded, and the person who did it is just trustworthy, how can the matter be lazy and slanderous?" ”

Zhang Juzheng's meaning is very clear, if Li He wants to defend Xu Congcheng, he must change his perspective and say that Xu Congcheng doesn't know, His Majesty already knows this angle.

In order to handle the case well, the emperor even went to the Criminal Department to get a driver's license before starting to arrest Xu Congcheng.

Li He took the case file and looked at it for a long time, and finally chose to give up Xu Congcheng's defense that he didn't know, because Xu Congcheng really knew.

What an idiot!

One thing was recorded in the case file, in September, Xu Congcheng got a pair of jade beads from the Empress Dowager of the Xiaozong Dynasty from Zhou Shichen, and specially pulled a group of people to appraise the treasures, and the vassal Feng Ya chanted poems against each other, leaving a collection of prefaces.

really made Li He not know how to continue to defend, this Xu Congcheng is too stupid.

Xu Congcheng insisted on carrying the imperial court's decree, which was very stupid in itself.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me with your kindness." Li He changed his perspective, the friendship of relatives, after all, is a relative of His Majesty.

Zhu Yijun said earnestly: "Mr., in order to break the style of appeasement of the Ming Dynasty, how many people have been offended by the examination of the law, the law of Qingzhang, and the law of returning the field?" How many things have been done? This wind of appeasement finally stopped a little, at least he didn't dare to protect himself openly, Da Ming was a little excited, did my uncle mean to let me appease the horse captain Xu Congcheng? Daming can't be excited, how can I have the face to go to the Taimiao to pay tribute to my ancestors? ”

"There was a fire at the mouth of the coal market, one hundred and twenty-seven people were burned alive, and tens of thousands of catties of coal were blown up and burned, just because he was a relative of the emperor, I wanted to have a private favorite, is that a local gentry and powerful man can also tolerate a private favorite? Everything in the world can be private? ”

"I am a relative of the emperor and the country, I enjoy the country, I don't think about the excitement of the country, I don't help me, and I made such a big mistake, uncle, why is there any reason for this matter to be private?"

Li He stammered, he didn't know how to answer His Majesty's question, under the Jing Yuan, there was a big case of one hundred and twenty-seven people who died, how could he be private?

It's strange that the first person in this line is just faithful, and many things are confused and confused, Zhou Shichen and Zhu Guocheng can be substitutes for the dead, but Your Majesty just wants to find out, and finally find out, the emperor's uncle was imprisoned, isn't this the biggest drawback of being faithful?

"For the sake of royal face, can he be allowed to commit suicide to apologize?" Li He proposed a compromise method, since he can't be private, he died decently, and beheaded to show the public, which is really detrimental to the emperor's majesty, after all, the little emperor is still young, if he is beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, I am afraid that Zhang Juzheng will coerce the lord, and he will definitely not be able to escape.

If Xu Congcheng committed suicide in fear of crime, the face of the cabinet, courtiers, courtiers, heavenly dependents, and His Majesty was preserved.

After all, the case has not been explicitly punished in a written sentence, and the court and China are still discussing, Xu Congcheng killed himself by himself, so the emperor can't be blamed for being ruthless, right? It not only upheld the New Deal, but also maintained His Majesty's kinship.

Zhu Yijun looked at Li He, thought for a long time and asked, "What does Mr. think?" ”

"The minister thinks it is very good." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, this is for Xu Congcheng to be decent, and it is also for the court to be decent.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Then that's it, today's discussion will be here." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Greetings to Your Majesty." Zhu Yijun stood up, and the ministers bowed their heads.

Li He stood up, he had tried his best to protect the face of the Lieutenant of the Horse, at least not to the point of beheading the public, which was a good compromise.

Li He returned home, took two taels of silver, bought a table of banquets, and came to the prison of Fusi in Beizhen, where he sent Xu Congcheng a death meal.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law save me! I'm Your Majesty's uncle, how dare these eagles and dogs treat me so poorly! As soon as Xu Congcheng saw Li He appear, he slammed into the cell door, grabbed the doorpost of the cell, and said in surprise and anxiety.

"Ugh." Li He motioned to Tiqi to open the door of the cell, and looked around, Xu Congcheng was in the prison, and he was not doing very badly, this was the top cell in the prison, with a bed, a table, chair, bench, and a toilet.

"Let's eat first." Li He sat down, spread the banquet he brought with him in turn, and took out a bottle of Guojiao.

During the New Year's holidays, the emperor rewards, each family has a bottle of wine brewed by His Majesty, the little emperor is a friendly person, but not much, do not commit crimes, and recognize this relative, make a mistake, that is to turn the face faster than the book.

"Brother-in-law Xie!" Xu Congcheng, who didn't know that his life was over, looked at the table of delicacies, his face showed excitement, and he said with a smile: "After entering the prison, the birds faded out of my mouth, and there was no oil and water in the food, but my brother-in-law was good to me." ”

Xu Congcheng began to gobble up, and he drank a bowl of wine before he asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, when can I go out?" ”

Li He did not answer.

Xu Congcheng nibbled on a chicken leg, and suddenly realized something, the chicken leg in his hand fell on the table, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, looked at Li He and said, "Brother-in-law, you speak." ”

"Brother-in-law, don't scare me, brother-in-law, you speak, when can I go out?"

"For a moment." Li He showed a reluctant smile and said, "You eat well first." ”

"I knew my brother-in-law was scaring me!" Xu Congcheng breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to gobble up, eating and eating, tears flowed out, until he couldn't eat anymore, he stopped and drank a few glasses of wine.

Xu Congcheng already knew that Li He was here to see him off, if he was really rescued, then there was no need to set up a table for him in the cell, and when eating, Li He didn't move his chopsticks, Xu Congcheng was stupid, but when it came to his life, his brain became a little brighter.

Li He stood up, and Zhao Mengyou walked in with a horseman, one of whom was holding a plate with white silk on it.

"Brother-in-law, save me, brother-in-law!" Xu Congcheng knelt on the ground, grabbed Li He's pants, and didn't let go.

"You can't live if you do your own evil." Li He motioned to the cavalry to pull Xu Congcheng away, and the cavalry hung up the white silk, and the four riders hung Xu Congcheng on the white silk.

There is no difference between suicide and being killed, both are suicides.

When Li He walked out of the cell, Xu Congcheng was already breathless.

Li He also participated in the matter of the Xishan kiln as the commander of the horse, Jixiang kiln, Desheng kiln, Gongshan kiln, and Pushuigou kiln are all his family's coal kilns.

Li He has always paid attention to letting the wind blow for a while, seeing how effective the decree is, and then making plans.

His Majesty wrote very clearly in the edict of the Xishan Coal Bureau that he could hand over the coal kiln in his hand to the Coal Bureau for unified mining, and he could also continue to mine as usual. Handed over to the Coal Bureau, everyone will only pay dividends at that time, and mining as usual, which is not considered to resist the decree, and it is bound to live the same life as in the past.

The three princes chose to surrender, Li He chose to dig as usual, and Xu Congcheng chose to resist the imperial court's clear will, and the lords and ministers had their own choices, and everyone had a bright future.

That's why Li Hecai said that Xu Congcheng can't live if he does his own evil.

In order to make profits, he lit a fire at the mouth of the coal market, and His Majesty the Emperor, who had just been embarrassed by the fire and was driven to live in the Hoki Division, was not annoyed.

The fire at the mouth of the coal market ended with Xu Congcheng's suicide, and the Quanchu Hall became lively again, and the emperor sent the eunuch Feng Bao, the eunuch of the palm seal, to the Quanchu Hall with the emperor's handwriting.

Feng Bao stood in front of the door of the Quanchu Guild Hall, standing in front of the holy decree opened by the small yellow door, and said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says:"

"Mr. personally received the will of the first emperor, supplemented by the year of the Emperor, now the four seas are peaceful, the four Yi Binfu, is the merit of Mr. Lai's Kuang Bi, Mr. Jing is loyal to the great xun, I can't say it, the official can't be paid, but my ancestors are listed as saints, Mr. Yin You's descendants and the country is also resting, hereby with nine years of performance, with Jat into the left pillar country, promoted to the Taifu, the earl, and the official as before, especially in the regular canon, plus two hundred taels of silver, sitting on a python and a python clothes, the age of Jia Lu rice hundred stones, Mr. his admiration does not resign."

"Chin this."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng received the order to thank him.

"Mr. Yuanfu, this holy decree is written by His Majesty himself." Feng Bao specially explained that this is written by His Majesty himself, don't shirk it anymore, the emperor's holy will has been broken, and the emperor's stubborn temperament has made a decision, and it will not be easier to decide.

"The minister has a copy of "Re-resignation and Exemption of Grace and Order", and I implore Your Majesty to learn clearly." Zhang Juzheng has prepared a total of four recitals, this is the second one.

For the first time, he excused himself and said that he was not worthy of the position, saying that he had been in the cabinet for nine years, and the dynasty was a little excited, but he still did not solve the main contradiction, saying that his credit was not enough, and Zhu Yijun's handwriting affirmed Zhang Juzheng's credit.

The reason for the second resignation, Zhang Juzheng meant, is that it is completely unnecessary, His Majesty has gradually opened up, and he has been able to correctly exercise the power in his hands, and he has lived up to the expectations of the first emperor, and he has no need to take the position of Taifu at all.

Zhang Juzheng still wants to retire, stargazing, studying arithmetic, and traveling around the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty is a beautiful retirement life.

Feng Bao didn't move, accepted the recital, and asked Xiao Huangmen to take out a holy decree and said: "Your Majesty's edict said: An can be full of suspicion, too humble? It is still thoughtful and unrelenting. The officials know. Chin this. ”

The little emperor predicted Zhang Juzheng's prediction, and Zhang Juzheng wanted to find a book to excuse himself, and he prepared a total of four.

And Feng Bao stretched out his hand to block Zhang Juzheng's move of pulling out the song from his sleeve and said: "Sir, the national gift is still done in three resignations, if Mr. resigns again, I am afraid that he will be suspected of shocking the lord." ”

"Ahh Zhang Juzheng never expected that the little emperor raised the stick of etiquette and knocked a stick on Zhang Juzheng's head, directly beating Zhang Juzheng.

This is also Zhang Juzheng's little emperor, "Rites and Rituals" said: Three words and three lets.

That is, in order to show humility, the emperor will shirk humility three times, and in the third time, he chooses to take office, not only the Son of Heaven, but also the ministers appointed by the court, and the ministers also have to play three ways to relieve humility, which is a etiquette.

The three lets are Zhou Li, which is about the same as getting married before you have to pull a certificate before it is legal.

This can be traced back to King Tai of Zhou, Tai Bo and King Ji Chang of Zhou Wen.

If Zhang Juzheng lets it again, it will be a powerful master, and he will be guilty of trespassing, which is not good for Zhang Juzheng, not good for the new deal, and not good for the Ming Dynasty.

"The minister deserves it." Zhang Ju bowed in the direction of the palace, and could only accept the appointment, Daming was full of boomerangs, these were all cards he gave to His Majesty, and His Majesty played them all back.

Feng Baole handed over the seal ribbon to Zhang Juzheng, and then went back to the palace.

Feng Bao, Zhang Hong, and Xu Jue are all close ministers around His Majesty, and they know the emperor very well, so His Majesty also plays cards with Zhang Juzheng, and he can't play cards with others.

Zhu Yijun is in a hurry, because the New Year is coming.

In addition to the daily parade of military horses, Zhu Yijun also began home visits, the first night from the list of the Beijing camp to select a few relatives, the next day a surprise home visit, ask the Beijing camp soldiers about the difficulties in their homes, and record them.

He took the time to go to Yilun Hall again, and gave an arithmetic lesson, the content of the lecture has been extended from the four interpolation method to the universal interpolation method, and also summoned the parents of the poor students, more than 10,000 inmates, a year, a total of 14 inmates with a cumulative score of less than 12 points in the 12 monthly exams, and seven people in Beijing, Zhu Yijun called his parents to the palace, and the average score of the monthly exam was one point.

On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, when the woolen official factory was preparing for the New Year's holiday, the little emperor went to the woolen official factory on the last day before the rest, and met with all the masters of the craftsmen, and asked the masters to talk about the difficulties they encountered and put forward the opinions of the official factory.

As a result, there are no opinions, and they are all singing praises.

"Wang Qing, is this a greeting in advance?" Zhu Yijun was very dissatisfied with this and criticized Wang Chonggu.

Wang Chonggu thought about it and found out a book of official factory chronicles, handed it to Zhang Hong, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the ministers don't know that Your Majesty is coming, how can they say hello in advance?" The big bosses, shocked by the power of the sky, didn't dare to speak, but on weekdays, they didn't give much advice. ”

"This is a summary of the opinions of the big leaders this year."

Zhu Yijun opened it and looked at it, the content in it mainly focused on salary increases, canteen improvements, workshop environment improvements, machinery improvements, etc., Zhu Yijun read this opinion book with great interest, and said with a smile: "I said that without the big boss, this official factory can't go on, and the big boss is doing things decently, and I am very pleased." ”

Only from top to bottom, it is a rootless wood and no source of water, it is impossible to last long, and the craftsmen through the big bosses, expound their ideas, it is a good thing, Wang Chonggu is willing to read this opinion, and is willing to solve it, that is a good thing in a good thing.

Wang Chonggu, who gathers the ministers of prosperity and profit, is best at doing things and improving the enthusiasm of production.

"The ministers are ordered by the emperor to do their best." Wang Chonggu had a smile on his face, and hurriedly bowed his head to thank the emperor for praise.

Zhu Yijun continued: "I found that the most annoying thing for craftsmen is blind command, and it is indeed easy for laymen to supervise insiders, and it is indeed easy to make this problem of blind command, blindly setting goals, for this blind goal, everyone has worked hard but cannot achieve the goal, but they are punished, which is a common means of stripping, which is absolutely undesirable. ”

"Da Sikou accompanied me to the Yongsheng woolen factory to have a look."

In the Ming Dynasty, the situation of private marital relatives was very serious, but in all dynasties, the phenomenon of private marital was not common. The implementation of the eight proposals completely depends on the mood of the emperor, asking for a monthly ticket, wooing!!!!

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