"Reporting to the master, the sedan chair has been prepared in advance and is waiting outside the imperial city!"
Qian Qianyi nodded slightly when he heard the words, no longer hesitated, and strode out of the imperial city.
Not long after, he got on the sedan chair and headed all the way to Zhu Hongyu's residence.
However, after his sedan arrived outside the carriage house, it was stopped by the guardsmen on duty.
"He who comes is stopped!"
"The front is His Majesty's residence. No one is allowed to enter without warning!"
The two bayonets interacted, blocking Qian Qianyi's way.
Qian Qianyi bowed slightly and said.
"Excuse me, Qian Qianyi would like to see His Majesty!"
…
Zhu Hongyu sat behind a table, looked at Qian Qianyi kneeling in front of him, and asked without any emotion in his voice.
"Why do Qian Qing's family want to see me?"
Qian Qianyi said.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the governor of Chengtian Mansion mobilized the government officials to surround the old minister's residence, and also captured the old minister's third uncle and other children of his lineage."
"I would like to ask Your Majesty to make the decision for me! Let Chengtian Mansion give me justice!"
Qian Qianyi didn't know about the bad things his third uncle had done, so he dared to come to Zhu Hongyu and want justice.
Zhu Hongyu was not annoyed at all, but he still asked in a cold voice.
"Do you know why the governor of Chengtian Mansion sent your third uncle to prison?"
Qian Qianyi said.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I don't know!"
Qian Qianyi heard the unkindness in Zhu Hongyu's words and seemed a little lacking in confidence when he responded.
Facing a powerful emperor like Zhu Hongyu, anyone who sees him will feel guilty!
This is people’s deep-seated awe of power!
Zhu Hongyu sneered, with some emotion in his words.
"Oh, I think you should know!"
After that, he threw the case file on his desk towards Qian Qianyi who was kneeling on the ground.
With a clatter, the file fell on the open space in front of Qian Qianyi.
Zhu Hongyu just said coldly.
"Let's take a look!"
Qian Qianyi clearly felt Zhu Hongyu's displeasure again, and he picked up the file and read it anxiously.
As the file was opened, each incident came into view, and the expression on Qian Qianyi's face gradually changed.
The next moment, Qian Qianyi put the file in his hand aside and kowtowed vigorously.
"I am ignorant and was deceived by that thief. I almost made a big mistake. Please punish me!"
His head hit the ground with a muffled thud, which was obviously due to his exertion.
Zhu Hongyu made a cold sound, as if to express his dissatisfaction.
After a long time, he continued.
"Now that I know I was wrong, how about the imperial court beheading these traffickers this time and Qian Qing's family being the executioners?
While speaking, Zhu Hongyu was playing with a string of rosary beads in his hand, and his words were very plain, without the slightest hint of fireworks.
It seemed as if what he was talking about now was something as unimportant as what to eat tonight.
When Qian Qianyi heard this, his body trembled visibly. He didn't dare to refuse, so he hurriedly agreed.
"Old minister, I obey!"
Qian Qianyi knew that Zhu Hongyu was actually giving him a chance by asking him to be a supervisor.
Give him a chance to kill his relatives for justice!
Otherwise, once it is reported that Qian Qianyi's clan members were involved in human trafficking, Qian Qianyi will be finished.
The reputation he had worked so hard to accumulate throughout his life was completely ruined!
You know, Qian Qianyi had just tried his best to wash away the dark spots on his scalp that were itchy and too cold (he thought).
As a result, now he does this again!
Can he not be angry?
If there had not been such an opportunity to kill one's relatives for justice, Qian Qianyi could have imagined what kind of reputation he would have left in history.
In the first half of my life, my scalp was itchy and the water was too cold, so I bent down and surrendered to the aliens!
It is unconscionable to allow your family to abduct and traffic people for the rest of your life!
Just scum and scum, okay?
Does he still want Qian Qianyi’s reputation?
Even if it can go down in history, what kind of reputation will it leave behind?
Qian Qianyi simply didn’t dare to think about it!
After Qian Qianyi left, Dong Yuanfeng came to see Zhu Hongyu.
Zhu Hongyu casually ordered the people to be brought in.
After Dong Yuanfeng bowed in front of Zhu Hongyu, he said.
"Your Majesty, the results of the interrogation of those human traffickers are out, and Chengtian Mansion has obtained their list of people trafficked."
"In addition to recording where the people they trafficked came from, this list also contains the specific whereabouts of those people who were trafficked."
"Wei Chen came here this time to ask for an order from His Majesty to rescue those people who have been trafficked!"
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he fell into deep thought. After a moment, he nodded and said.
"Okay, let's do it!"
"I will ask the cabinet to issue relevant documents later."
"By the way, I will ask Qian Muzhai to work with you to rescue the trafficked people!"
Rescuing people who have been trafficked is something that should be done.
But it’s not that simple to do!
The first is the whereabouts of these trafficked people. Most of them flow into some wealthy families and become slaves...
Oh, after the decree was issued that no one in the Ming Dynasty was allowed to be slaves, they are now indentured workers!
Of course, this indentured worker is unpaid!
The contract is also a lifelong contract!
But that makes sense, doesn’t it?
Why should a slave bought by someone with money be released as soon as the court decrees it?
If Ming Dynasty wants to rescue these abducted people, it will definitely affect the interests of those wealthy families.
Dong Yuanfeng didn't dare to do this kind of thing.
He could only come to Zhu Hongyu to ask for orders, and wanted to pull Zhu Hongyu's tiger skin to do things.
Zhu Hongyu knew Dong Yuanfeng's little thoughts, but he did not refuse.
Although Dong Yuanfeng is a little timid, he is also someone who really wants to do things.
Otherwise, when dealing with the human traffickers this time, there was no need for him to propose rescuing the trafficked people.
After all, just destroying Cai Si's criminal group and digging out the people behind Cai Si is enough.
There’s no need to go through any more thankless work, right?
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu can know that this is a person who is willing to do things.
For such a person who is willing to do things, even if he is careful, Zhu Hongyu naturally does not mind giving him some care within his ability.
For an emperor, as long as his ministers can do their jobs, being a little cautious is not a big problem.
If all his ministers were dedicated to serving the public good, not greedy for money and lustful, not bullying men and dominating women, and not buying large amounts of land, then the emperor would not be able to sleep!
The emperor would not dare to use such ministers.
After all, no one can tell whether such a person wants to be Wang Mang or Yue Fei!
As for letting Qian Qianyi and Dong Yuanfeng do this together, it was actually out of Zhu Hongyu's own selfish motives.
Prepare to let Qian Qianyi help Dong Yuanfeng carry the thunder!
The matter of rescuing abducted people is bound to offend people.
Dong Yuanfeng's small arms and legs couldn't bear it even if there was an imperial edict from the court.
But Qian Qianyi is different!
He is a scholar leader and a great scholar of Donglin. In addition, he also wants to atone for his sins and destroy relatives in a righteous way.
If he doesn't do this, who will?
If he doesn’t carry this big pot, who will?
As for what will happen to Qian Qianyi's reputation after this is done?
That's not really important!
No, no, is it possible that besides Qian Qianyi himself, does anyone else think that he can leave a good reputation in history?