"This is strange, is Wang Changshi lying, or are you lying?"

The little eunuch wanted to quibble, but the other little eunuchs all opened their mouths, asking him to quickly confess his guilt and not cause a big disaster.

At this moment, the little eunuch's crime of corruption was confirmed, and he was so angry that he immediately roared: "You bastards, each of you has divided the money of the seventy taels of silver, but you want me to bear the guilt alone?" ”

"Aunt Dong, that day, the slave received the silver and sent it to Wang Changshi, he insisted on only accepting thirty taels, and I brought back the remaining seventy taels, that is, they persuaded me to give the silver!"

"Seventy taels of silver, I took twenty taels, and each of them took ten taels, and the matter was ...... by theirs."

Before the little eunuch could finish speaking, the rest of the people began to scold, bent on getting things straight.

"The boy is a bloody spew, and he wants to harm people with empty white teeth?"

"We don't know what seventy taels of silver, we don't know......"

"Aunt Dong, don't believe him......"

Roughly what's going on, Dong Fang actually knows that she was so annoyed by the noise at the moment that she immediately scolded: "Shut up!" ”

After everyone quieted down, Dong Fang turned around and walked in the direction of the main hall, she wanted to explain the situation to the princess.

At this time, in the side hall, Baochai was coloring her paintings, and it was really easy for her to handle household chores.

Listening to Dong Fang's description of the situation, Baochai said while filling in the color: "Pull these bastards out of the door of the heart, and each person will be punished with thirty boards!" ”

"Yes!" Dong Fang replied carefully, she was already surprised at this moment.

Thirty boards down, even if these little eunuchs don't die, they won't live for a few days.

It is said that the princess is kind-hearted, but this anger is ruthless...... Dong Fang smacked her tongue secretly.

Looking up at Dong Fang, Baochai continued: "Spread my words again...... All the chamberlains and maids in the palace went to the heart gate and let them see what happened to the greedy ink! ”

"Yes!"

Refocusing his gaze on the painting, Baochai said calmly: "You go!" ”

"Yes!"

After Dong Fang left, Baochai looked at another female official in the hall: "These people are Chen Chong's subordinates, I haven't reasoned with him about the bad debts in the front, and now there is such a thing!" ”

"Send someone to bring him back immediately, reward him with twenty boards first, and then wait for the prince to come back and send it down!"

Beating a few small eunuchs is not a big deal, but Chen Chong, as the palace steward and eunuch, will also be questioned, and the matter will be serious.

"Slave and maid, let's do it!" The female officer, Du Hongmei, replied.

Baochai is a princess, and she can make her own decisions in matters big and small in the inner government, so no one will question her approach.

"Ying'er!"

"The slave is here!"

Baochai instructed: "You go and keep an eye outside the door, and report something immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

Let's say that at this moment, a large number of eunuchs and maids have gathered, and several people who committed the crime have been tied up and pressed on the bench waiting to be punished.

Dong Fang, who was in charge of the execution, was standing at the foot of the steps outside the door of Xinxin, and her expression was extremely serious at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, hurry up and let the people under your hands stand up, I have to go to my mother's death after finishing my errand!"

"At this moment, Niangniang is angry, if any of you touch the mold, it will be asking for trouble!"

With Dong Fang's words, the stewards and eunuchs present all shouted, and it was obvious that the eunuchs and maids were moving faster.

Soon everyone was standing, and the scene was silent.

"These six people are greedy for ink and silver, and on the orders of the princess, each of them will be punished with thirty rods!"

After reading this sentence aloud, Dong Fang immediately said: "Let's be executed!" ”

With her opening, the eunuch in charge of the punishment did not hesitate, picked up the big board and beckoned to the tortured people.

Syllable...... Syllable...... Syllable......

The wails at the scene continued, hitting the hearts of all the eunuchs and maids, making them somewhat alert.

The people have always thought that the princess was kind, but now they understand that this is all an illusion, and when the master is angry, they have to fill it with their lives.

Thirty sticks went down, and the tortured people could still howl at first, but in the end they were already more angry than in, and everyone knew that they would not live long.

There was a dead silence at the scene, and everyone was concerned, and they were more and more in awe of the princess.

Seeing that everyone was shocked, Dong Fang said loudly: "These individuals, who think they can hide from the world, dare to deceive their masters, it is simply rampant......"

Ying'er was watching from the side, and Dong Fang naturally wanted to take the opportunity to behave and let the princess know her ability and loyalty.

I only heard Dong Fang continue: "Niangniang knows everything, how can she be concealed by them, and she didn't theory in the past...... It's just that out of the way, I treat you as a person! ”

"However, Niangniang's kindness has made these people even worse, and even the silver given to Wang Changshi dares to be greedy for ink, Niangniang didn't execute them directly, she has already been gracious!"

It's a blessing, but it's a pity that it's useless, just a few more days.

"Niangniang asked you to be punished outside the door of your heart, which is to remind you to be loyal and sincere, and don't be confused and harm your own life for a while......"

Dong Fang gushed endlessly, as a female official who has been trained in the palace, her personal quality is absolutely first-class.

And before she finished speaking, she heard a commotion outside, and everyone's eyes widened when they looked at it, but it was the guards who escorted the eunuch Chen Chong in.

"You are presumptuous, I am Gonggong Deng's person, you dare to be so unreasonable!"

Chen Chong was gambling money, and when he learned that something had happened in the mansion, he hurried back, and happened to meet the person who took him on the road, and then he was taken back to the palace.

And Du Hongmei was waiting for him at the gate, and when Chen Chong appeared, he ordered the guards to take him down, so the scene just now happened.

Listening to Chen Chong's shouting, Du Hongmei said coldly: "Gonggong Chen, whoever you are, you are also a slave of the palace, and now Niangniang wants to punish you, do you want to disobey?" ”

"You are talking nonsense, what did I do, and the mother wants to punish me?" Chen Chong still quibbled.

"You know what you have done!" Du Hongmei was reluctant to say more to her.

"On the orders of the princess, Chen Chong was not strict and played with right and wrong...... Twenty rods! ”

These conversations, more than 200 people present, listened to their ears, and also made them more and more in awe of Baochai.

"I want to meet the princess!" Chen Chong shouted with a stalk on his neck, obviously still thinking of getting by.

"Don't bother with it, punish it immediately!" Du Hongmei said coldly.

The longer she followed the princess, the more aware Du Hongmei became that this lady was so smart and wise, she only needed to take orders to carry it out.

At this moment, Chen Chong also knew that it was useless to argue, so he stopped struggling and planned to honestly receive twenty rods.

As Du Hongmei said, Chen Chong is of course clear about what he has done.

At this moment, he has realized that the most fatal thing is not the twenty boards, but the silver he was greedy for before.

If these things are found out, he Chen Chong will be a dead end.

"I have to think of a way, I have to think of a way...... "Chen Chong's head is spinning.

"That's right...... Father-in-law Deng, I can only ask him for help, and I don't respect him less on weekdays! ”

When Chen Chong was thinking about the way back, the guards had already pressed him to the ground, and his own eunuchs came forward to wave the big board.

Seeing that the executing eunuch was suspected of "releasing water", Dong Fang reminded coldly: "If you are favoritism, are you not afraid of ending up with him?" ”

These words are more useful than anything else, and the eunuch was so frightened that he increased his strength, and at this time, he couldn't care about the identity of Chen Chong's manager.

"What's going on outside?"

Walking out of the main hall of the Changshi Division, Wang Pei'an asked the little official who was packing up the books, and the latter replied respectfully: "It is the princess who is punishing the eunuchs!" ”

As the man spoke, another servant came in from outside, his expression full of excitement.

This person made a special trip to see the excitement, and obviously he had figured out the cause and effect at this time, so he couldn't wait to come back and share.

Because of Wang Pei'an, the eunuchs also did not like the officials of the Changshi Division, and the contradictions between the two sides were very deep.

Now that the eunuchs have suffered, they are very happy.

"My lord, those eunuchs in the inner palace are greedy for ink and money, and now they are being punished with rods!"

Wang Pei'an nodded and said calmly: "These eunuchs are the most traitors, and now they are reaping the consequences!" ”

"Do you know whose silver taels they are greedy for?"

Wang Pei'an said righteously: "As long as you are greedy, no matter how greedy you are, it is a sin!" ”

"That's the reason, but it's really a coincidence that they are greedy for your silver!"

"It turns out that the royal mansion gave you a hundred taels of silver on Chinese New Year's Eve, and these people are greedy for seventy taels of it!"

Of course Wang Pei'an remembered the seventy taels of silver, and to be honest, this kind of thing happened to him, which also made him feel a little complicated.

He seriously explained his interests to the palace, and those eunuchs were just scolded, but their unintentional actions made these people severely punished.

"I want to pass this matter, and those eunuchs have to be more restrained!" Wang Pei'an said in a deep voice.

The palace's punishment of eunuchs is a family matter, Wang Pei'an will not ask more, he only cares about when Zhu Jinghong will come back today, and he must not miss the afternoon class.

It's not that the afternoon class is particularly important, but it's because Zhu Jinghong misses too much class, so Wang Pei'an cherishes every class he gives him.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong, who was concerned by Wang Pei'an, was accompanying the emperor to review the new army at the moment.

So far, the training of the North Fourth Guard has been going on for a whole year, and these four armies have changed dramatically from top to bottom, inside and out.

There is no doubt that all the envoys were greatly shaken, and the "rumors" that they had heard were now confirmed as reality.

The military parade has ended, and the troops have been withdrawn one after another, but Zhu Xianming has no intention of leaving, but he wants to entertain the envoys of various countries here.

The school is spacious, which can show Zhu Xianming's broad-mindedness, so he will hold a banquet here.

Soon the eunuch set up the tables and chairs, and after Zhu Xianming sat down, a group of envoys sat down separately.

There were more than 80 envoys from various vassal states, tribal alliances, tusi, and khanates, and there were all kinds of people dressed on the spot.

In addition to these envoys, the cabinet ministers of the six ministries and nine secretaries, as well as the senior officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies were also there, which shows that the banquet is of a very high standard.

The crown prince and the king of Rui were also there, and they set up seats on the left and right under the throne, above the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries.

On such a public occasion, putting King Rui in the same position as the crown prince really opened the eyes of the foreign ministers.

"By the way, isn't there another prince in Daming now, but I don't know where he is?" An envoy asked in a low voice.

The first time he sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, it was also very normal for him not to recognize Zhu Jinghong.

The man who was asked replied in a low voice, "On the right side of the throne, the one standing with the sword on his shoulder is the one!" ”

"Huh? It was him...... I thought it was a guard! The envoy who questioned him was astonished.

"How can the guards be better than this martial artist, and the bravery of His Royal Highness King Xiang is the best in the world!"

"Honestly...... This highness is only a little taller than ordinary people, and it is difficult to see his bravery just by looking at his figure! ”

"You don't believe it?"

"Of course I believe it, I just think it's incredible!"

The bottom was whispering, and Zhu Jinghong, who was on the edge of the throne, was standing dryly, listening to the report of the first assistant of the cabinet by the way.

When the matter of Tianfu basically subsided, Zhao Yushan wanted to expand Qingzhang to the entire Jinling, and was doing preliminary discussions with Zhu Xianming at this moment.

Regarding the matter of expanding the scope of Qingzhang, Zhu Xianming actually had a plan for a long time, and now he is conducting preliminary discussions.

The expansion of the scope from one province to one province is by no means as simple as issuing a holy decree, and requires more adequate preparation.

The so-called workers must first sharpen their tools if they want to do their jobs well, and the Jinling magistrates who implement the will of the imperial court have become the first part of the arrangement.

To put it simply, Zhao Yushan wants to remove the "disobedient" people, and at the same time replace the obedient "own people".

It may sound like a suspicion of eradicating dissidents and cronyism, but it is also the most effective means of doing great things.

But the difficulty of such a plan is to get the emperor to agree, after all, personnel power is not a joke.

Of course, at this time, Zhao Yushan was just talking about his preliminary thoughts, and the specific list of personnel had to be considered repeatedly.

But even so, his initial idea of the entire Jinling blood exchange still lasted more than ten minutes.

It seems inappropriate to talk about such a big event on this informal occasion, but it just proves that Zhao Yushan has a good idea.

Privately told the emperor that it would not hurt to be denied, but if he said these denials in the court, the meaning would be completely different.

"What Zhao Qing thinks is extremely safe...... Go back and draw up a list first, and then convene a court to judge! ”

Of course, Zhu Xianming can make his own decisions on such a major event, but he still wants to go through due process and give some people a chance to complain.

"Yes!"

"Alright, the feast is about to begin, so you can also take your seats!" Zhu Xianming said with a smile.

"Wechen retires!"

After Zhao Yushan retreated, Zhu Xianming first took a sip of tea, and then asked, "That Jia Hua...... Was he promoted to the deputy envoy of the Jinling Judicial Department and replaced He Gujin as a plenipotentiary director, was he promoted too quickly? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong subconsciously looked left and right, but found that the old man looked back at him.

What does the old man mean? He's asking me? Does he think that Jia Yucun is my person? It shouldn't be......

"Are you deaf?"

"Dad, you're asking me?"

"Anyone else here?" The Emperor asked rhetorically.

"Dad, how can my son understand these big things, and if Jia Yucun is not good, my son doesn't know either!"

"Aren't you very familiar with each other, he has done several things for you!"

Zhu Jinghong was the emperor's focus on the object, and the "Emperor Taishang's birthday gift" presented to him by Jia Yucun, as well as the fact that he helped him find foreign sailors and shipwrights from Jinling, all of these things could not be hidden from the emperor.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong behaved very frankly, so he heard him say: "I can't talk about a few things, but if you really want to ask your son's opinion, your son can only say...... This person does have some skills, and he can do things quite reliably! ”

Zhu Xianming smiled slightly, but didn't say anything about it.

"Dad, why don't you set up a seat for your son, my son is doing the work of the guard!"

"Look at your outfit, how can you have half the body of a sect king, and you want to sit without standing?"

At this moment, Zhu Jinghong was wearing a troll, wearing a wrist guard, and a treasure knife at his waist, if he changed into armor, he could go to the battlefield.

In fact, Zhu Jinghong is not at all reluctant to guard the emperor, after all, not everyone can have this qualification.

"By the way, you said that you were going to send someone to the sea to do things, how was the arrangement?" Zhu Xianming asked about this matter again.

"It's been arranged, and they will leave Beijing in a few days!"

"There are many thieves at sea, and it is not easy to do business, those ......"

Zhu Xianming gushed about it, because of his attention to maritime affairs in the past year, he also became half an expert.

(End of chapter)