Chapter 10 Fusang Province (II)

Dong Xiaowan's departure did not have much impact on Zhu Yinglong, because Zhu Yinglong's energy was occupied by the accumulated military and political affairs, so how could he have time to care about his children's love?

Chen Yuanyuan and Bian Rourou entered the Secretariat and replaced Li Xiangjun and Yang Lianying's positions. As Li Xiangjun, Yang Lianying, Gu Hengbo and Kou Baimen became pregnant one after another, the figures who took care of Zhu Yinglong's diet and daily life fell on the two girls.

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi and Sun Shenxing successively submitted applications to the court for retirement. Zhu Yinglong didn't want to learn from the previous emperor's three times before allowing them to go home to retire, and directly approved their retirement application. At the same time, the court ushered in a huge personnel change. Some people were happy and some were frustrated. After a brief adjustment, the court's political situation returned to peace and various political orders were strengthened, especially the youthfulness of officials was further implemented, and a group of corrupt scholars and bureaucrats who were not as good as the ancient times would be eliminated, and the Ming Dynasty would develop healthily and rapidly.

Although it has been more than half a year since the Jiangnan collective collusion between officials and businessmen and smuggling cases, the number of people involved, the wide area, and the complexity of the relationship is really surprising. It took Shi Kefa half a year to hear more than 200 officials and more than 100 smuggling merchants. The case files obtained weighed hundreds of kilograms, and it was the largest smuggling case in the Ming Dynasty.

When Shi Kefa left Jiangnan and returned to Beijing, the officials in Jiangnan secretly gave him the title of "courageous official"!

The case involved too many court departments, almost covering local government departments and court departments, and even the military also involved them. Among them, the Military Information Department and the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Justice. The Military Information Department is the intelligence agency of the military. Since it has colluded with the local government to smuggle and embezzle tariffs, this alone is enough to make Zhou Wenyuan, the director of the Intelligence Department, lose his skin. The Supervision Department was originally an inspector of all officials, but in turn it was in conjunction with officials. If it weren't for the objective reasons, Zhu Yinglong would have long punished the director of the Supervision Department of Huang Daozhou.

Shi Kefa returned to Beijing after Zhu Yinglong. When he returned to Beijing, he was summoned directly into the study of the Nanshuo Palace by Zhu Yinglong.

"Yanzhi, thank you for your hard work in Jiangnan this time." Zhu Yinglong said happily when he saw the increasingly mature and restrained Shi Kefa.

"It is not hard for me to do things for the court." Shi Kefa hurriedly said.

"See you come, please sit!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Tell me, what will you gain if you go down this time?" Zhu Yinglong asked with a smile.

"It's not a lot to gain, but there's a lot of anger!"

"Tell me, look."

"I guess the emperor has heard that the officials in Jiangnan have given Wei Chen the title of "courageous official"?"

Zhu Yinglong nodded and said, "There is such a thing, but I know your character very well. They are just jealous of you and have no ability. They are all stubborn and pedantic people, so don't pay attention to them."

"Jiangnan is a rich land. It has always been a breeding ground for corrupt officials. This time I went to check the big smuggling case and saw that a little ninth-rank sesame official built was luxurious. Seeing that many officials in the capital were not as good as pavilions, towers, birds and flowers, and beautiful wives and concubines, I wondered. He was just a small ninth-rank sesame official with a monthly salary of only ten yuan. The money he brought to build a garden, marry a concubine, and live a life like a prince? But after a little check, it was shocking. I didn't expect that the administration of several provinces in Jiangnan was so decayed. They dared not take action on the taxes of the people, because once the emperor and the court knew about it, they would definitely take their lives, but they dared to collect it.

The taxes I mentioned are the ninth-rank sesame official who is a tax collector. In recent years, the tax revenue of the court has increased year by year. The tax revenue in Jiangnan accounts for most of the country. It has established industries and overseas businessmen, which has brought huge wealth to the court every year. However, half of the annual increase in these tax revenues belong to the court, and the other half has fallen into the pockets of officials. They colluded and connected together to make the accounts seamless. In addition, the tax revenue of the court is increasing every year, so it is not easy to find that they will tamper with taxes and embezzle the tax revenue of the court. Therefore, if a large smuggling case had not surfaced, the court might not have known the links here until now!" Shi Kefa gave an example.

"All these people should be killed!" Zhu Yinglong said angrily after hearing this. The demise of a country is often not due to external forces, but internally. Corruption is one of the culprits of a country's demise!

"Yes, these people took the salary given to them by the court, but turned into borers that embezzled the national taxes of the court. It should be killed!" Shi Kefa also hated that if these borers were not eliminated in time, they would gradually erode the foundation of the country and drag the country into an invisible abyss.

"This time I'm not going to investigate the case, right?"

"Yes, the emperor, let's ignore the officials who were not involved in the case and were not very informed. They just divided the spoils. Several core criminals were very tough. It took a lot of time to pry open their mouths and get some confessions. Do the emperor want to take a look?" Shi Kefa said.

Zhu Yinglong shook his hand and said, "No need, I feel upset when I see these things!"

"By the way, has Tian Wan been escorted to Beijing?" Zhu Yinglong's heart moved. Although Shi Kefa pried open the mouths of several major criminals such as Qian Longxi, he only knew one mastermind, that is, his uncle Tian Wan. Zhu Yinglong knew that although Tian Wan was the mastermind, he was indeed one of the masterminds. There was another mastermind that Shi Kefa could not find out, and Tian Wan could not confess it. For the future of the Tian family and the future of the two sisters in the palace, he would bear all the responsibilities.

Both sides may be the word "death". You can exchange your own death for the greatest benefit. This is the nature of a businessman. Although Tian Wan was afraid of death, he knew that the result would be the same whether he said or not. Because he knew his brother-in-law, he chose to resist everything himself. Although Shi Kefa was Zhu Yinglong's most trusted subject, it was impossible for the emperor to tell his ministers all his secrets. Therefore, Shi Kefa was not aware of the fact that the collusion between officials and businessmen, smuggling, corruption and fraud cases, there were shadows of the Ministry of Justice Supervision Department and the Military Machine Pavilion Intelligence Department. Without the cover of these two departments, could Tian Wan have such a big case in Jiangnan, and even so many officials were brought into the water?

"I detained him in the detention room of Shuntian Prefecture." Shi Kefa hurriedly said.

"Okay, Xianzhi, you go down and summarize the entire case first. Together with the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and the Censorate, the conviction and sentencing of these officials who committed the crime, remember to send me a sentence. This time I will sound the alarm bell for the civil and military officials in the world to see the consequences of corruption!" Zhu Yinglong clearly wanted to use this case to warn the court inside and outside, and not to stretch out his hand, as if he would be arrested if he reached out!

"I obey the order!" Shi Kefa reported in his heart that he understood the emperor's intention. It seemed that many of these arrested criminals were in trouble.

In the detention room of Shuntian Mansion, Tian Wan was a special identity, so he was detained alone in a room. Since he admitted the picture, he has not received any unfair treatment. In addition to not being able to eat delicacies, wearing silk and satin, and without freedom, his life is quite good, especially without women and singing every night. Not only does his body not collapse, but he has become much more energetic. He has not been close to women for half a year, and his waist has also become straightened. His originally pale face also has a rosy rosy look on his face.

Zhu Yinglong didn't want to see Tian Wan again, but after thinking about it, he decided to come and take a look at his brother-in-law.

"Tian Wan, get up, someone will come to see you." Although the prisoner knew that Tian Wan was the uncle, he was now a prisoner, and Zhu Yinglong could not identify his identity. He just asked Shuntian Mansion to arrange it, so the prisoner did not know that the person who came to see Tian Wan was the current emperor. Naturally, the prisoner did not need to be so good at treating prisoners.

"Who, haha, it's too late to hide from my uncle at this time, who else would come to see me?" Tian Wan opened his sleepy eyes, got up from the straw mat, and muttered, he lived a prison life where this person was not like a human or a ghost, and he had already learned to curse the rogue.

Zhu Yinglong looked at Tian Wan coldly, turned sideways, and instructed the Hai brothers, "Take him out and rinse him with cold water to make him wake up!"

The Hai brothers responded, grabbed the key from the silly prison head, and called the iron door of the detention room with a thud, walked in, raised Tian Wan and walked outside.

Tian Wan was shocked and saw clearly that the person who was walking out was the Hai brothers, and immediately woke up. The only person in the world who could order the Hai brothers was his brother-in-law, the emperor, and hurriedly shouted at Zhu Yinglong's back: "Emperor, the emperor, the guilty minister is guilty. The guilty minister knows that he is wrong, the guilty minister is awake!"

Zhu Yinglong turned around and glared at Tian Wan fiercely, saying, "I see that you haven't woken up, drag it down!"

"Yes!" The Hai brothers dragged the person down excitedly, stripped naked, and then carried a bucket of cold water and poured it down from Tian Wan's head. The cold and squeaky cold water poured down from the head. Tian Wan jumped up coldly in an instant, her lips turned from red to purple, her face turned blue, her arms were wrapped in front of her chest, and she stood there trembling constantly, looking at Zhu Yinglong with fear.

"Die pigs are not afraid of boiling water. I don't know if living people are afraid of cold water?" Zhu Yinglong said with an evil smile.

The Hai brothers immediately understood and when they were about to pour a second bucket of ice water, Tian Wan's naked legs suddenly knelt in front of Zhu Yinglong.

"Your Majesty, the criminal is wrong, I will take anything!" Tian Wan curled up and knelt in front of Zhu Yinglong, trembling, his voice filled with fear of unknown fate.

"Say, who else is the mastermind?" Zhu Yinglong asked coldly.

"Shen Jian, Lord Shen Jian, Deputy Director of the Customs Department." Tian Shang confessed with his teeth tremblingly.

Zhu Yinglong looked expressionless and glanced at Tian Wan and said, "Put him clothes and make some wine and food!"

The prison head had been scared by this scene for a long time. He had never thought that he could see Long Yan with his own eyes in his life. He was still so close that he even forgot to kneel down and kowtow.

"Maintain, remember, you have seen nothing tonight, and you have never seen anyone, do you know?" Before leaving, the Hai brothers patted the prison head affectionately and gave a kind instruction.
Chapter completed!