I am the king of the dead

"It's always been like this, so Xiao Guicao followed suit, became reasonable, and then became confident, and when it came time to investigate and deal with it, he gritted his teeth with hatred. Look at the Song family, they want to eat my meat and drink my meat." They were willing to give up because of their blood, but they never thought about it. This matter was wrong. They borrowed money from the Baoyuan Bureau, but they refused to use it in the declaration channel, embezzled it for other purposes, and refused to repay the debt.”

Has it always been this way?

Obviously not.

But Li Binyan and Li Xian have gained the reputation of being cruel officials.

"Governor Li, there is still one thing that I don't understand. Why did Governor Li ransack the house and seize people, but left a few behind?" Chen Zongqing asked rather puzzled.

Today, at the Song family's house in Wuta, they didn't finish taking people. They only took a few and left a bunch of people behind. This matter made Chen Zongqing a little puzzled.

Li Binyan squinted his eyes slightly and said: "If they have resentment in their hearts, they will make a fuss. It's good to make a fuss. The bigger the fuss, the better. It's best to make the fuss known to everyone, and everyone in the south of the Yangtze River will talk about it, and finally make a fuss. Let’s make a deal, if we kill chickens and monkeys at this time, such things will not happen in the future.”

Chen Zongqing shivered subconsciously, and then he remembered that Li Binyan was also a scholar, and this sinister trick was hard to guard against.

This is obviously an attempt to use these people from Wuta Song's family as bait, and set up a game of killing chickens to scare monkeys.

Li Binyan is the governor of Ming Dynasty. He is an out-and-out nobleman. Everything is complicated. He can't take someone to search his house every time something happens. If you want to do it, you have to do it effectively, until no one breaks the law in the future.

The bigger the disturbance, the greater the effect of deterrence when it ends.

This is the rule.

From Chen Zongqing's point of view, Li Binyan's reputation as a cruel official in Jiangnan is really worthy of the name, and it is indeed ruthless.

As Li Binyan expected, this matter soon became widely discussed in the Jiangnan area. The Song family of Wuta was confiscated, but the connections are still there, and the in-laws of this wealthy family also have sympathies. Well, the death of the rabbit and the death of the fox hurt its kind. Naturally, some people spent a little money to make the writers of the Jiangnan Poetry Club start to stir up trouble everywhere.

The fire got hotter and hotter, and even the storyteller in the teahouse began to talk about this passage, but they used the past to refer to the present, and lied Li Bin's words to Qin Hui of the Southern Song Dynasty, spreading the case upside down.

The reasoning became more and more clear, and the voice of covering up the extravagant households was louder, but the facts were the facts. The magistrates and magistrates made announcements to explain the whole story clearly, and the direction of the wind changed immediately.

People don't suffer from inequality. An ordinary middle-class family runs around for more than a dozen silver coins a year. This extravagant family is already extravagant, but they can dismantle so many silver coins from the Baoyuan Bureau. Fried food is simply an unforgivable crime.

Who will suffer in the end when food prices are raised?It can't be that Governor Li and Chen Qingtian who eat imperial food can't afford to eat, so they are hungry.

The pens of the extravagant households are naturally unwilling to be weak, and all kinds of fallacies carry the direction of the wind. For a while, the two winds are quite tit for tat.

In the end, the emperor sent an imperial decree to Songjiang Mansion, and this matter was considered to have come to an end.

In the imperial decree of the emperor, he was furious and furious, and demanded that the governors of Songjiang and Yingtian, together with the governors of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fengyang, the magistrates and county yamen, strictly investigate the prefectures and counties. No forgiveness, but anyone who drives up the price of food will be killed without mercy.

In the imperial edict of Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a word as killing without amnesty. This kind of indiscriminate and one-size-fits-all word is taboo for the current emperor. The emperor who always pays attention to specific issues and specific treatment uses such words. This time I was really angry.

All of a sudden, the penholders immediately fell silent, and the patrons behind them might not be able to escape this disaster.

Li Binyan recalled that year, at the end of October in the 14th year of Zhengtong, when Daming defeated Wala in the battle of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, everyone in the capital was rejoicing, thankful that the Ming Dynasty still had Yu Shaobao, and His Majesty.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty presided over the court meeting. In addition to rewards, he executed a group of merchants who raised grain prices and hoarded goods from August to October. In Fengtian Hall, they were called profiteers. (eighty chapters)

During the Battle of the Capital, His Majesty once clearly stated: During the war, those who hoarded goods, raised grain prices, sold short, and collected money and land, causing the people to live in poverty, did not deserve to live, and profiteers who resold grain should be beheaded immediately to show the public!I demand, immediately, immediately!

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty is actually a very talkative person. If you fry other things, the emperor will not hesitate to take care of them. The market rules, and he is willing to gamble and admit defeat. After discussing and issuing edicts over and over again, if the fortune cannot be made, he will make a move.

But frying grain is not good, if it is not good, it is not good, and there is no discussion.

"The Song family paid back the money, what else is there to do? If the rest of the Song family didn't make a fuss, they made such a big fuss and alarmed His Majesty, how could they cause such a catastrophe? Li Binyan looked at the imperial decree in the brocade box and could only shake his head.

"Governor Li is really good at predicting things." Chen Zongqing was convinced, and the development of the matter was as Li Binyan expected.

However, Li Binyan shook his head and said: "If I know that His Majesty is so angry, I will definitely arrest the Song family. Your Majesty is a man of temperament, and his imperial edicts are worded like this. It can be seen that His Majesty is very angry. His Majesty will be angry with me. Angry, angry to Your Majesty, it is a subject who should not have lost his obedience."

Li Binyan did not expect that His Majesty would be angry. If he had expected it, he would never let such a thing happen. It happened more than ten years ago, and Li Binyan only remembered that His Majesty was against the merchants who raised the price of grain after receiving the edict. What an outrage.

Hu Wei once told Li Binyan that the first thing to be an official is to have a heart of obedience, and Li Binyan kept it in mind.

"The matter has come to this, and we can only find a way to make His Majesty calm down." Li Binyan's whole body changed, and he turned into that cruel official that everyone feared. His Majesty ordered him to supervise the case, so he naturally wanted to It can be done, and His Majesty can do it only if His Majesty is in a good mood.

This case has been handled for more than a month. After all, a list was submitted to the capital. All criminals will be escorted to the capital and sent to the prison of the Criminal Department. Finally, the three divisions will interrogate and deal with it. Your Majesty said that there is no pardon, so the process must also be followed. , The death penalty is repeated three times, and it has to be passed layer by layer.

The reason why this case was settled within a month was that the big ship arrived at the port. Although there was a short-term fluctuation in food prices, it did not cause social harm. Upside down.

There are a total of four counties that have really caused a certain impact, including Wuta. The list is very short. There are only four families in total.

Li Binyan handled this case, and even wrote a letter to Yingtian Mansion, because there was a family there, and it seemed that Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong was behind it.

As soon as Xu Chengzong heard about this, he immediately said that this family had nothing to do with him. The misunderstanding in the misunderstanding was completely caused by the other party's random clinging.

Although Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong played a role of applause in the battle of Annan in the county, but no matter how you say it, Xu Chengzong is one of the nobles who have been conscripted by His Majesty. , to keep his few reward cards.

Xu Chengzong had a submissive heart. His Majesty felt that the fifth floor of the Yanyun Building could see the Nanjing Imperial Palace trespassing. He asked Xu Chengzong to demolish the fifth floor of the Yanyun Building. Xu Chengzong directly demolished the Yanyun Building, and the famous Yanyun Building disappeared.

Your Majesty went to Guangzhou in person for the sake of Annan County. Xu Chengzong really didn’t dare to make this money later. Some money can be earned, such as opening a gold mine in Borneo, such as going to Japan to do business. Some money, Xu Chengzong would not even look at it. glance.

The case was full of turmoil, and it was not considered closed until the middle of June. Only seven members of Wuta Song's family were on the beheading list, and the final disposition of the other three families was to be exiled to Jilong Island.

The reason why they dealt with it in this way is that these four fried grains not only did not make money, but also lost money. The emperor of Ming Dynasty shook his head when he saw it, and made the emperor laugh.

It did not cause bad social impact, and Zhu Qiyu did not use non-punishment justice, and directly ordered to beheaded, but let the three justices deal with it.

The reason why the seven members of the Wuta Song family were beheaded was not because they hoarded goods and speculated on food prices, but because they got involved with the Japanese.

Although Tongwo was a frame in Ming Dynasty, all kinds of crimes could be included in it, but this time the Wuta Song family's Tongwo was indeed true, and the evidence is conclusive.

Originally, Jin Yiwei checked where the grain hoarded by the Wuta Song family was sold to stop the loss. This investigation found out that the Wuta Song family had colluded with several Ming Dynasty from the Japanese country, and the Wu Ta Song family had raised a group of Japanese pirates overseas as thugs. In the sixth year of Jingtai, it once invaded the Daming sea area, and was repelled by the Daming Navy and the Inspection Department.

San Fasi just wanted to show mercy, but there was no way to show mercy, so he could only be sentenced to death.

Chapter 883 The first stop, Da Nang

After the final disposition results came out, all the powerful and powerful people on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River breathed a sigh of relief. What they feared most was that the emperor of Ming Dynasty was not satisfied with the results of only four families and expanded the scope of attack. But after the final results came out, only Wu The Tasong family was beheaded, and the others were just exiled. This is good news for all powerful people. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not have any prejudice against serious merchants. This is unfortunate. Fortunately.

This has a lot to do with the fact that when the big ships arrived in Hong Kong, the price of food did not soar. If it caused bad consequences for people's livelihood, they would not wait until now to deal with it.

After investigating and dealing with the major case of food price gouging, the eyes of the powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River all looked at the Daming Navy who went south.

According to folklore of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizongwen of the Ming Dynasty went to the West to find the missing Jianwen Lord.

After the Battle of Jingnan, Jianwen Jun's body has not been found. Some people suspect that he may have gone south or flown overseas.Under the pen of Jiangnan Bizheng, Jianwen Jun is not only loved by the people in the Central Plains, but also widely recognized by overseas countries.

It is probably the word orthodox, and the name is justified.

Therefore, after Zhu Di came to the throne, he was afraid that the people would say that he was a traitor, so he must find Lord Jianwen, so that the latter can give him the rightful emperor qualifications, so that Zhu Di can rule the country and establish good-neighborly and friendly relations with neighboring countries.

This kind of unreliable rumor became so popular that it even became a prominent example of the Ming Dynasty's seven voyages to the West, including Hu Wei and other 27 governors. According to folklore, Zhu Di was also looking for the whereabouts of his nephew Jian Wenjun.

Jianwenjun is on the throne, Zhu Di is not afraid of him, if he is not on the throne, why should Zhu Di be afraid of him?Has His Majesty ever regretted killing King Jili with his own hands?

The reason why this kind of reason is absurd, not to mention whether Lord Jianwen lost his way to the world, whether he was loved by the people of the Central Plains, and widely recognized by the overseas vassal states, is even more nonsense. As a person who experienced the voyages to the West, he once sorted out the number of tributes from various overseas tribes in the four years of Jianwen. In four years, there were only seven times, of which North Korea came every year.

In the third year of Yongle, that is, before the first voyage to the West, in just three years, the number of overseas tributes reached more than [-] times, and in the entire Yongle period, the total number of overseas vassals paid tribute more than [-] times. Moreover, the number of tributes paid during the Yongle period was not counted as Korean tributes.

Because at that time, because there were many Gao Liji in Emperor Wen's harem, North Korea borrowed relatives to pay tribute too many times.

The king of Joseon offered Gao Liji to the emperor, not simply to curry favor with the Ming emperor, but also involved a wide range of interests behind it.

Ming’s voyages to the West were for the sake of profit, there is no doubt about it, they opened up the closed sea routes caused by the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, found commercial routes for the goods produced by Ming, expanded Ming’s military, political, and economic influence in Southeast Asia and the West, and then Stabilizing the sea and territory of Daming and protecting the security of the country are the reasons why Ming went to the West.

Obviously, these legitimate reasons are not as interesting as the royal secrets.

The head of the country, Ye Fandu, commanded Tang Xing, the admiral, and the official ship Guanmao led by Liu Yongcheng. The navy alone had more than 72 sea-going ships, of which Haining was the flagship, and [-] warships totaled [-] ships. There are more than one hundred large ships with seven masts, five masts with three thousand materials, and three-masted ships with one thousand five hundred materials, including four three-masted ships of North Korea.

The two hundred or so sea-going ships belonged entirely to the official ships of the Ming Dynasty, with a total of more than 500 crew members, and the number of sailors alone exceeded [-]. Apart from such a huge fleet of official ships, there was the Ming Dynasty merchant ship.

The merchant ships from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Yingtian, Fengyang, and Lianghu are all concentrated in Xingang and sail south with the navy, while the merchant ships from Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi will go south with the Daming Navy in Yuegang and Dianbai Harbor.

Ten thousand people are boundless and immeasurable. The official ships plus merchant ships, this southward fleet, when stationed in Dianbai Port, surpassed the scale of Zheng He's first voyage to the West in the third year of Yongle. , of course, compared with the largest fifth and sixth times, the scale is still not as good.

Those huge ships and treasure ships from back then were no longer rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. During the Jingtai period, when they went to the West again, the focus was different, and now they are more focused on military affairs.

It is very troublesome for such a fleet to sail on the sea, trade locally, regulate and manage the crew at the port, etc. Fortunately, Tang Xing Zhibing, it is not difficult to deal with it.

At the beginning of June, the Ming Dynasty's fleet sailing south to the Western Ocean passed through Yuegang and Dianbai Ports, and stopped at Da Nang in Cochin.

"Husband is aiming to go to the sky. Such a large fleet sails slowly. It's not as happy as twenty or thirty warships riding the wind and waves." Today's participation in the bureau feels sorry for Tang Xing. Tang Xing has a free and undisciplined temperament. To Tang Xing, this kind of copywriting was extremely exhausting.

From the words of the present bureau, it can be seen that for Da Ming, getting [-] or [-] warships is the smallest scale in the mind of the present bureau. No matter how few, it is somewhat incompatible with the status of the Ming dynasty. Compared with the adventurous behavior of three or two boats in Taixi, the boating of the Ming Dynasty has its own rules and regulations.

Tang Xing shook his head with a smile and said: "I am a relative of the emperor. All the freedom I enjoy today is brought about by my status as a relative of the emperor. Since I have enjoyed the rights, I must naturally fulfill my obligations. The core concept of the game, although a little tiring, is still interesting, not too much."

The theory of public morality, the masterpiece of Zhu Zhanqian, the most virtuous prince of the Ming Dynasty, has far-reaching influence. Maybe one day the Ming Dynasty will perish, but the theory of public morality will definitely live on forever.

While the economy of the Ming Dynasty was developing at a high speed, the moral theories were constantly innovating. In particular, the emperor took the lead in erecting the statue of Mo Di, and also set up five halls and ten calendar bureaus, which led to the rapid decline of the status of Confucian scholars. It's a school, but if you don't make innovations, the flames that will end sooner or later have already been ignited.

As a relative of the emperor, Tang Xing naturally had to fulfill his obligations. When the emperor had orders, he naturally had to eat the emperor's salary and do his best.

"Speaking of interesting things, I just found out today that when these merchants went to sea, they had this kind of virtue. On the ground, although they were all kinds of gentle and corrupt, but when they arrived at sea, they didn't even have morality. Today, for three boxes of spices, Actually, hundreds of boatmen beat you to death, more than ten people were killed or injured." Tang Xing couldn't help shaking his head, today he went to mediate a conflict.

This contradiction is due to the fact that after arriving at the Third Division of Cochin, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty began to trade locally. For three boxes of spices, they fought in Da Nang, the four-square land of the Ming Dynasty. Still, this is not more than a dozen people killed or injured.

It is conceivable what kind of chaos has become in this sea. For goods less than a hundred silver coins, they can fight so much.

"Struggling for profit at sea is a matter of life and death. Maybe there will be a gust of wind and waves that will swallow the ship and people together. There is no law and no law. Naturally, there are no taboos." Jin Shenju brought hot water and waited for Tang Xing to wash. .

"My lady, there is one thing I can't figure out for my husband. This Hosokawa Katsumoto insists on sending two thousand Japanese to die. What is he trying to do?" Tang Xing asked about the accompanying Japanese.

In the Ming Dynasty's fleet sailing to the West, what the Japanese have to do is to die.

The situation was unknown after landing, and the Japanese went to explore the road as the pioneers; whether the water source is poisonous, whether this thing can be eaten, and whether the medicinal materials are needed by the Imperial Hospital, the Japanese will taste it first; if it is a sea battle, the role of the Japanese is Board the ship and join the ship; if it is a ground battle, the Japanese are the death squads and charge forward.

In short, the most tiring work is done by the Japanese.

Jin Shenju shook his head and said: "The current situation in the Wa Kingdom will not be stable for a hundred years. Of course, Hosokawa Katsumoto has to think about the future of his family. At this time, it is the time when the Ming Dynasty employs people. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty cherishes the soldiers and the people. Someone has to do it, and Katsumoto Hosokawa will do what he likes, and at this time, he will work hard to plan for the intermittent survival of his family."

"Sanye Yuan Gongfang was able to gain a firm foothold in the Japanese country, and was even regarded as the rightful king by the Japanese people. It was because Yuan Gongfang hated the Japanese people, but he still regarded the Japanese people as cattle and horses. The Hosokawa clan, the Yamana clan, the Ouchi clan, and the Muromachi shogunate. Don't care about the life and death of these ashigaru, in their eyes, these ashigaru are nothing human, they are clearly worthless."

An ashigaru is a farmer who farms in peacetime and dies in wartime, or the lowest samurai or miscellaneous soldier.

In the chaos of the Japanese daimyo war, these ashigaru are not a pity to die, but the Ming people like Yuan Gongfang in the mountains still regard these ashigaru as property, cattle and horses, and take care of them more or less. Just looking at them as cattle and horses is enough for these ashigaru people to follow them to the death. This is also the reason why Yuan Bin, Ji Duo, Yue Qian, and Chen Fuyin were able to gain a firm foothold in Japan and even become a hegemony.

It's very clear today.

The temptress of Jinsanju can be called the magic needle of the Muromachi shogunate, and it can even be said to be one of the pillars of the stability of the Japanese country. No matter how bad the Muromachi shogunate is, order is still in order. Today, the bureau left the Silver Pavilion, and the guardian daimyos immediately transformed into daimyos of the Warring States Period, fighting each other endlessly.

Today, I saw the chaos in the Japanese country, and I know that this chaos will never be stable in 200 years. A hundred years is just a good expectation. Hosokawa Katsumoto made plans early, which is not unusual.

"Does my lady hate me? You coaxed my lady out of Silver Pavilion Temple, causing Wa Kingdom to look like it is now." Tang Xing asked Jin Canju's hair.

Jin Shenju covered the corner of his mouth with a chuckle and said: "Are you lying to me? You have categorically rejected me time and time again, and refused in every possible way. It is clear that I have fallen for you. In addition to your majesty's imperial edict, you have to Dear Cong, but my husband is a real man after all, if he was cheated into bed by me, it is considered recognition."

"Besides, I have an imperial order. If the name is not correct, can I be called a temptress? If I am here, this Japanese country will be in chaos. Daming wants Japanese money. As long as Daming wants it, the Japanese country will be in chaos. That is, Daming does not want it." , this Wa country will be stable for ten years at most, and it will be chaotic."

"The Japanese country has no way, which is the root cause."

Jinshenju has been in the position of Yu Ling for more than ten years. She is too aware of the crux of the problem of the Japanese country. She can't solve it, and probably no one can solve it. life.

Today's participation in the bureau relies on Tang Xing in order to break free from the quagmire.

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly, and there were lights and festoons inside and outside Da Nang. There was no other reason. Chen Mao, Duke Jun of the Ming Dynasty, came to Da Nang to welcome the Navy of the Ming Dynasty to go south to the West. Chen Mao presided over the affairs of the Jiaozhi. With the appearance of doing everything possible, Jiao Zhi respects the Duke of the country extremely.

Liu Yongcheng brought the emperor's imperial decree, and after Chen Mao arrived in Da Nang, he read it out in public.

In the imperial decree, the emperor highly affirmed and praised Chen Mao's work in Jiaozhi, fully affirmed Chen Mao's contribution to local stability, and added rewards, color watches, gold and silk, etc. The mansion is built in the royal mansion system.

The Junguo mansion was built with the royal system, and the treatment for the Qianguo mansion built with the royal system is the same.

Even if the folks called Junguo's mansion Chen Wang's mansion, the court would not pursue it, just like Qian Guo's mansion was called Mu Wang's mansion in Yunnan. The court knew it well and ignored it, because it was Extraordinary grace from the emperor.

"Sir, what virtue and ability." Chen Mao kowtowed to thank Shengen, but refused to accept the order.

The folks call it Mu Wang's Mansion, because Mu Ying was the adopted son of the royal family back then. Empress Ma treated Mu Ying very well, treating Mu Ying as if she was her own, and being kind to the emperor's heir, so it can naturally be called the Prince's Mansion.

"Your Majesty said that this cochin needs to be guarded, and it can be anywhere at any time, but it still takes time to digest it. Guarding the place is already suffering. It is not as good as the fireworks world in the capital. It is also appropriate to give some extra grace. Duke Jun should accept the order, Thunder and Rain , It’s all for your kindness.” Liu Yongcheng’s words can be said to be both kind and powerful. On the one hand, it explained the reason why the emperor did this. Otherwise, those scholar-bureaucrats in the court are afraid that they will make noises about Chen Mao and Sima Zhongda.

Sima Zhongda is Sima Yi. Sima Yi said he had been ill for many years, and he took power as soon as he started an incident, realizing the three horses in the same slot.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Li Shimin recruited Goguryeo to let Li Jing accompany him. When Li Jing fell ill, Li Shimin said that Sima Yi also said that he was sick. With just this sentence, Li Jing was so frightened that he jumped up from the bed and went to follow the emperor's personal administration of Goguryeo.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away. If Chen Mao refuses to accept the reward, even if the plan is too big, someone will make a fuss.

"Thank you for your grace." Chen Mao no longer hesitated, accepted the imperial decree, and accepted the emperor's reward. During the orthodox years, he even lost his title of Marquis of Ningyang, but he knew the mouths of civil servants. But they are both on the left and right.

"Your Majesty's oral order, I measure mountains and rivers, how can I abandon it lightly, don't allow gradual invasion, if there is any disobedience, calm it down." Liu Yongcheng read another oral order, and the emperor asked Liu Yongcheng to bring a sentence to Chen Mao, that is, if there is any disobedience Be as calm as possible, don't get used to it.

In Annan, the county, there will be the Third Division of Jiaozhi. Many people in Luchuan can't sleep well, and they have made troubles many times. Chen Mao didn't care too much about them.

Chen Mao naturally had his reasons for doing so.

Chapter 884 The best bully is the tenant

Chen Mao's rule in Jiaozhi won the hearts of the people. If Chen Mao really raised the king's flag to rebel and wanted to reproduce Annan, the Ming Dynasty could only lead the army again. However, this war will definitely not be like two counties in Annan. That kind of gentleness, anyone who shadowed Chen Mao's rebellion would have to die to end, when the time comes, blood will flow like rivers, and even Daming will have to pay a painful price.

Zhu Qiyu is very relieved of Chen Mao's loyalty, but what about Chen Mao's descendants?

Zhu Yuanzhang is very relieved of Mu Ying's loyalty, but what about Mu Ying's descendants?