Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and others also looked at Zhang Xixian with indignation on their faces.

Some officials like this kind of gentry house with a generous hand.

However, there are also officials who hate these gentry from the bottom of their hearts.

This is the case with Nie Zishi and Zhu Fu and others.

They believe that this kind of gentry who use money to open the way are a group of vulgar people, crooked and evil gentry, dragging good officials into the water!

During the period of Emperor Hongwu, all officials who embezzled more than 60 taels of silver had to be beheaded and skinned for public display.

During the Hongwu Dynasty alone, the Hongwu Emperor suppressed corruption on a large scale six times and executed more than 150,000 people.

And now, this Zhang family is still unrepentant, and dares to quietly stuff 5,000 taels of silver to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Isn't that harmful?

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhang Xixian trembled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if all the grass people confess, can you leave a bloodline in the grass people's family?" ”

Zhu Di smiled coldly, "The imperial examination once issued an edict that all corrupt officials who embezzle more than sixty taels will be shown to the public and peeled the skin and grass!"

Don't you think about thinking about yourself? ”

Zhang Xixian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, grass people...... The grass people are the people, not the officials! ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "The people harm the officials, and their crimes should be doubled!" ”

Zhang Xixian's brain buzzed, and he was terrified to the extreme.

"Your Majesty, the grass people are not harming the officials!"

Zhu Di said coldly: "You deliberately enliven the officials of our Ming Dynasty and let them cover up your crimes, you ask these ministers, is this a civil victim?" ”

Zhang Xixian subconsciously raised his head and looked to the side.

Especially Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin, who are famous Confucian talents, he has also heard of them.

It's just that I haven't waited for the opportunity to have any communication between Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin, these great Confucian talents.

And now, these great Confucian talents that he admired looked at him with a look of disgust!

Zhang Xixian's body was paralyzed, and the whole person instantly aged for dozens of years.

"Your Majesty, the grass people have all confessed, all of them have been explained, and please ask Your Majesty to take a light hair and leave some blood for the grass people's family!"

Zhu Di said lightly: "Don't worry, you old thief, we are not as murderous as the imperial exam!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xixian's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yushi Zang Shiwen should only get two thousand taels of silver, hundreds of acres of fertile land in his hometown, and a set of three-entry mansions in Jingshi, as well as some rare treasures, which add up to almost six thousand taels of silver."

In addition, Wen Chang, the servant of the Criminal Department, and Lu Zhen and others from the Household Department are less than Yu Shi Zang Shiwen and others, and all of them add up to about 5,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Di asked again: "In addition to Dai Jiu, Wen Chang, and Lu Zhen, how many other officials does your Zhang family have?" ”

Zhang Xixian replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, there are Shangyuan, Jiangpu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Division, Jinyiwei, and some nobles, at least dozens of them, and the grass people have a little to do with it!" ”

"Dozens?"

Zhu Di's face was full of anger.

"There are still Jinyi guards, our Daming, there are so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials?"

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and the others were all shocked and frightened.

This Jiangning Zhang family is just a district gentry home, and it can actually cling to so many officials?

In this way, how bad is the life of the people around Jingshi?

Zhu Di said: "Who are the Jinyi guards?" ”

Zhang Xixian replied: "Your Majesty, Tu Shanwen, the envoy of Jinyiwei, Bai Shangyi and Wu Yongwei of thousands of households, and two hundred households Yang Shu and Yin Sui......

Your Majesty, these brocade guards are the most vulgar and greedy for money, and they are also the most ruthless! ”

"Okay!"

Zhu Di ignored Zhang Xixian and looked directly at Erhu.

Erhu hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the negligence of the micro-ministers, I didn't even notice these people, and they actually dared to accept bribes!" ”

Zhu Di said: "Immediately bring people and take down a few of them!" ”

Erhu immediately said: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Immediately, the second tiger immediately left angrily.

Zhu Di asked Zhang Xixian again: "After so many years, your Zhang family has used Dai Jiu and these officials to harm the people and covet our Ming Dynasty's fertile land, how many are there?" ”

Zhang Xixian replied honestly: "Your Majesty, there are about 160,000 acres of land in the grass people's homes!" ”

"160,000 acres?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened again.

As for Nie Zishi and Fang Xiaoru and other cabinet ministers, they were also dumbfounded, secretly smacking their tongues, so many acres of land, how many people need to be harmed!

At the same time, they no longer have much hope for the ministers.

They're too much, too!

This time, Jingshi will definitely be bleeding!

Zhu Di took a deep breath and asked again: "Over the years, how much money have you collected for your family by colluding with those officials?" ”

Zhang Xixian replied honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, remove the dots of those officials and friends, there are about 150,000 taels of silver in the grass people's family." ”

Zhu Di sneered: "One hundred and fifty thousand taels, what a good family in Jiangning, such a black-hearted ......"

"That's not right!"

Suddenly, Zhu Fu shook his head on one side and said.

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and looked at Zhu Fu, "Zhu Qing, what's wrong?" ”

A trace of panic flashed in Zhang Xixian's eyes.

"Your Majesty, although Wei Chen did not check all the account books of his Zhang family, but with only the more than ten account books in his hand, he can calculate that his Zhang family should now have more than 300,000 taels of silver, or even more ......."

Zhu Fu said with a solemn face.

For the original of reading accounts and calculating money, Zhu Fu's was in Beiping Yanwangfu, but he had already exercised.

After a while, he already had an approximate number of the Zhang family's family background in his heart.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Xixian coldly, "We have already promised you to leave a bloodline for your Zhang family, how dare you deceive us?" ”

Zhang Xixian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the grass people have misremembered...... The grass people are wrong......"

"Hmph, it's clear that your Zhang family is elsewhere, and there must be an outer room to hide!

Do you think you can keep all this money for those outer room flowers? What wishful thinking! ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Liang Hu, interrogate the youngest thief of the Zhang family, whether he lives or dies, we need to know all the outer rooms of the Zhang family!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Liang Hu answered, and walked out quickly.

Zhang Xixian's eyes darkened, and he imagined that his young grandson was severely tortured by a group of extremely cruel men, so he was extremely distressed, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty...... Those young grandchildren of the grass people are different from ordinary people!

Your Majesty, they don't deserve any suffering......"

Zhu Di said disdainfully: "Tell me, what's the difference?" ”

Zhang Xixian said busily, "Your Majesty, those young grandchildren of the grass people have been taught the sages by many Confucians since they were young......

They are dedicated to goodness and know the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and when they grow up, they must also be a generation of Confucians, and they are the virtuous ministers of the Ming Dynasty......"

"Virtuous Minister?"

Zhu Di felt ridiculous, "Haven't you read the book of sages and sages, you haven't been a jade since you were a child, and you don't understand the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period?"

Even, you old thief dare to be named Xixian, do you have any talents?

Collusion with officials, dragging my officials to be corrupt, doing evil things, I don't know how many people have been harmed, there is no innocent person in your Zhang family!

In our opinion, the food and clothing of your young grandson is to eat the flesh of tens of thousands of people and drink the blood of tens of thousands of people......"

Zhang Xixian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's different, it's different...... Your Majesty, the young grandchildren of the grass people are free to read the books of the sages, how can they be compared to those untouchables who can only burrow in the fields? ”

"Your Majesty, the young grandson of the grass people is innocent......"

"You old thief has to learn from Dai Jiu, Jinyiwei tortures in every way, but you can't live or die.

Even if he was tortured in front of him, and his sister-in-law was beaten to death, he still didn't admit it.

In the end, he was interrogated from his wife's mouth......"

Zhu Di had lost his patience and said with a cold threat on his face.

"I promised you that if you have a bloodline in the Zhang family, I will keep one, but I will definitely exile it to the Wa Kingdom or Goryeo.

The rest of the people will have no way to live.

If you're still like this, hiding it from me, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

The people of your Zhang family, who have been clothed and fed since childhood, have never suffered any hardship.

Die a happy death, or be tortured by those brocade guards and then tortured to death, you old thief think about it......"

After speaking, Zhu Di instructed Zhu Fu and Nie Zishi and other cabinet ministers.

"Tonight, I also ask you ministers to check these account books for me, it doesn't matter if anything else, I want to know how many thieves are hidden in the court!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and others hurriedly responded.

I was very glad in my heart, fortunately, I just let them find corrupt officials, not check accounts.

On the other side, Zhang Xixian was alone, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.

He knew that Dai Jiu was very cautious of a household official, otherwise he would not have cooperated with him for so long.

Unexpectedly, even Dai Jiu's outer room was not hidden for three days.

What about his Zhang family......

Thinking about it, Zhang Xixian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the grass people say, the grass people say everything!" ”

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, and then ordered to Yishuha: "You come to interrogate!" ”

"Slave obeys!"

Yisha hurriedly answered, and then asked Zhang Xixian, "How many outer rooms does your Zhang family have?" ”

Zhang Xixian hurriedly replied: "Two rooms, only two outer rooms!" ”

"Where?" ”

"One is in Beiping Mansion and one is in Suzhou Mansion!"

"How much silver does your Zhang family still have hidden outside?"

"About 500,000 taels!"

"Where?"

"Inside Ningxian Temple!"

“……”

This time, Zhang Xixian did not dare to hide anything.

Perhaps, it is also the reason for the utter despair.

Soon after.

Liang Hu and the second tiger all returned to their lives.

Zhang Xixian didn't lie, and none of the brocade guards he colluded with escaped, and all of them were captured.

In the homes of those people, thousands of taels of dirty silver were also found.

It's just that in the middle of the night, the actions of Erhu and others were also in the Jingshi, causing some restlessness.

……

"Master, it seems that Jinyiwei came out to arrest someone!"

"Alas, since Emperor Gaozu locked up those vicious dogs, I didn't expect that His Majesty would release these vicious dogs for the sake of a mere Dinghai Marquis, and he would arrest people so wantonly, and I don't know how many virtuous people will suffer, and how many unjust cases will occur!"

"The lord doesn't have to worry so much, the lord is famous, there are many friends in the court, no matter how arrogant those brocade guards are, they don't dare to mess with the lord!"

"Shut up, let's read the books of the sages and serve the court, how can we tolerate these vicious dogs and nobles acting recklessly?

It is better for the Ming Dynasty to settle down easily, the people need to recuperate, and there must be no more turmoil! ”

"Old man......"

"You go out, let's write a good chapter, tomorrow we will definitely risk death to admonish, we can't let these vicious dogs disturb the peace of the court and shake the country!"

"Yes, sir......"

……

(End of chapter)