Chapter 454: Borrowing a knife, taking advantage of the situation
"Sir, I have found out about my humble position. When Mei Yin was in charge of academic affairs in Shandong, Zhou Ze, the chief minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was serving as the Chief Secretary and Supervisor of the Food Road in Jinan. The two had a close friendship at that time. Zhou Ze, the official's assistant,
It was Mei Yin who helped him move.【】"
"Well, where is Ru Chang?"
"Ru Chang was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and he knew both Zhou Ze and Zhang Antai. However, there were many officials who dealt with the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, so the relationship between these two people and him was not outstanding."
"Well, continue to keep an eye on him until you confirm that he has nothing to do with this matter."
"yes!"
"Mei Yin, from now on, pay full attention to him, I want his handle!"
"yes!"
Seeing that Xia Xun had no other instructions, Zuo Dan bowed and quietly withdrew.
After the door closed, Xia Xun frowned slightly. Mei Yin always had a faint smile on his face during the banquet. Thinking back on it now, it seemed like he was shrouded in a layer of fog. I am afraid that Mei Yin has something to do with it.
Now, the new dynasty has been established. After the armed confrontation, the dynasty was completely defeated. It is impossible to want a peaceful evolution. Jian Jiushi could have done it for Zhu Yun before, but now it is for himself.
Their purpose of protecting Zhu Yun can be said to include elements of their beliefs and ideas, but there is no need to think of them as lofty and great. They also have their own interests here, and Zhu Yun is their representative. Now,
The founding of the dynasty has become a thing of the past, and they cannot overthrow the emperor. The only thing they have to do is to turn the new emperor into their agent and representative of their interests.
To achieve this, they can only launch a counterattack against the heroes of the Peking faction, replace them, and thus influence the emperor. Cooperation is impossible, unless they are willing to vassal the heroes of the Peking faction and take a share of the benefits exposed from their fingers.
Soup. If it is an official who is open-minded, or an official who was not very proud during the founding of the dynasty, they will gladly accept it, but for those big shots who were less than one person than ten thousand people during the founding of the dynasty, they are asked to bow their heads and lower their eyebrows to these
It turned out that it was just low-level officials from the area of Beiping who wanted to buy pets, but they couldn't accept it.
So their reaction is normal. Take Mei Yin as an example, he is also a prince-in-law. Some princes-in-law are just for free, and some are powerful. During the lifetime of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, he was the only minister who cared about his life.
In the Hongwu Dynasty, he was a favorite; in the founding Dynasty, Zhu Yun was able to hand over the most powerful armed force to him at a critical moment, which shows that he was also highly regarded, but now he is humiliated and neglected. Perhaps in the eyes of others, he is now
The treatment he received was considered a favor, but for someone like him who was used to being pampered by two emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yun, he couldn't stand it!
But why choose me?
Among the heroes of Jingnan, I should be the most harmless one.
Could it be that the soft persimmons should be picked first?
Xia Xun sneered slightly.
If someone doesn't offend me, I won't offend him. He won't be lenient if people start to take advantage of him. However, although methods such as assassination and assassination are the simplest, they cannot be used. Fighting, killing, and even assassination are officialdom.
The big taboo is that once someone gets caught, your future will be bleak. If you do this, do you still take the big boss seriously? Even the big boss has to worry that one day you will do the same thing to him.
When fighting in officialdom, you must follow the rules of officialdom.
As long as you stay within the controllable range of the big boss and follow the rules of the officialdom game, it doesn't matter how you play.
What Xia Xun has to do now is to catch Mei Yin's handle. If this person is flawless and impeccable, then help him create handles. As for counterattack... that is a matter for the future. If possible, he should try to avoid taking action himself.
.How could he, with such a sunny, healthy, and harmless image, turn into a cool official like Chen Ying and Ji Gang who everyone looked at with suspicion?
Killing someone with a borrowed knife is the best choice!
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Since Zhou Ze came to visit her that day, Mei Yin has been living in seclusion and has not seen any visitors.
He is not a mediocre person. Zhu Yuanzhang's sixteen sons-in-law are all carefully selected officials' sons. He can stand out among so many people and be appreciated and favored by Zhu Yuanzhang. How can he be a fool without any scheming?
Perhaps, he was ordered to do so at the critical moment, but lacked the courage and determination to turn the tide, so he acted like an ostrich, which made people laugh. But how many opportunities does a person have in his life to encounter a decision-making moment that requires life and death as a bet? As a consort, he takes the responsibility.
It is certainly not difficult for him to achieve some political achievements in studying politics in Shandong; as the most favored consort of the emperor, what he wants to do is certainly remarkable, so what he has done all along has been very impressive.
perfect.
Except for the time when I was guarding Huai'an.
That time, he didn't dare to risk his life, so he didn't dare to fight; he cherished his reputation, so he didn't want to surrender; so, he had an empty army of 400,000 troops, guarded Huai'an covertly, and became the object of ridicule.
This time, it was not a life-or-death decision, but he was no longer the emperor's favored consort of Ning, so he was helpless in the face of Yang Xu's tentative attack. Zhou Ze had already begged him, but he couldn't think of anything.
What method should be used to solve it? In the past, he only had to say a word and all the problems would be solved. But now, can his words influence Yang Xu? At Yang Xu's banquet, he, the consort of Ningguo, was just a person.
Just accompanying guests.
Mei Yin frowned and was in a daze, when Mei Er, the steward of the Prince Consort's Mansion, walked in quietly.
Mei Yin perked up and asked hurriedly: "Is there a reply?"
"Yes, sir, this is what I just received!"
Mei Yin snatched the note from Mei's hand and hurriedly unfolded it twice, narrowing her eyes slightly.
Mei Er bowed and waited. He had been a slave of the Mei family since he was a child. When Mei Yin, the princess of Shang Ning Kingdom, became the consort, he was sent to serve Mei Yin by the Marquis of Runan, Mei Sizu. Later, Mei Sizu was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and had all the people copied.
Zhan, his family were all taken over and settled by Mei Yin, and he became even more loyal to Mei Yin from then on. He didn't know what the prince-in-law was doing, and didn't want to ask. He just had to fulfill his duty as a loyal servant.
Mei Yin thought for a moment and suddenly said: "I estimate that the Queen will arrive in the capital in three days."
Mei Er did not answer, but leaned forward to listen.
Mei Yin added: "Go to Juxian Tower to book a banquet, and send an invitation to the second son of the emperor, the young prince Gao Xu. At the end of tomorrow, I will invite the young prince to a banquet and a drink."
"Yes!" Mei Er responded and exited the room.
Chen Ying returned to Beijing, bringing with her Kaocheng County Magistrate Shi Xiaohan, and detained Guide Magistrate Sun Guanghe, as well as various witnesses and physical evidence, and three carts full of people and things. Chen Yingdu
Regarding the power of inspecting the imperial envoy, officials below the sixth rank can immediately question him. This is what is often said on the stage as the Inspector of the Eight Prefectures. But officials above the fifth rank need to be decided by the emperor.
Chen Ying checked all the resumes of more than a hundred imperial envoys under his command and found a patrolling envoy whose hometown was Kaocheng. So he built a plank road and sent a search envoy to attract the attention of Magistrate Sun and brought him with him.
The imperial envoy of Henan Province, who he was not at ease with, was also held back. He quickly got in touch with the young imperial envoy who was performing official duties in Caohe, appointed him an official and made a wish, and took him back to Kaocheng to meet his father.
Gentleman Wang Laofuzi.
Chen Ying has learned enough information from Old Master Wang, but after all, these are just public sentiments. If he wants to have a solid case, he has to test the case of the city magistrate and county magistrate and obtain the first-hand information provided by the official, so there is Old Master Wang
He stopped a driver on the street and tricked Magistrate Shi into his home. Once Chen Ying got hold of the solid evidence, he no longer worried that Magistrate Sun would bite him back, and he was immediately taken into custody in Beijing for questioning.
As soon as she arrived in the capital, Chen Ying immediately summoned Wu Youdao and Huang Zhen, gathered the evidence they had, and wrote the impeachment memorial overnight. Early the next morning, Chen Ying, her eyes red from the sleep, went to the palace in high spirits, like an anti-corruption fighter.
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The handling of cases by the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different from that of the Jinyiwei. As long as the Jinyiwei has a driving sticker, they can take someone even if they don't need it. They can torture the person and get the evidence if they don't have any evidence. With a little white rabbit, they can force you to admit that you are a fool.
Xiong. After all, Chen Ying had to pay attention to real evidence. In the court, Chen Ying presented the witnesses and physical evidence one by one.
Emperor Yongle was furious after hearing this. He issued three major edicts after he ascended the throne, specifically mentioning honest government and caring for the people. There are still people who dare to go against the trend and commit crimes. Not to mention, the Secretary of General Affairs dares to act as an aide and block the saints from hearing. Is this okay?
The emperor was at the top, and his eyes and ears were the officials. If the officials deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, wouldn't the emperor become a puppet? He immediately issued an order to arrest Zhou Ze, Zhang Antai, and Sun Guanghe, and put them in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. He ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to join the Ministry of Punishment,
Dali Temple jointly tried the case. They dismissed Kaocheng County Magistrate Shi Xiaohan from his official post and kept him in his post. He was convicted and made meritorious service. He immediately rushed back to Kaocheng, opened a Gui Defu warehouse to relieve the victims, reduced taxes, recruited refugees, and resettled them properly.
The capital was shaken for a while, and the officials were panicked. This matter could be big or small. The problem is that Chen Ying is the kind of person who is afraid of small things, and Zhu Yuanzhang hates corruption the most. Zhu Di is quite like his father. God knows this
Will this turn into a massive rectification movement? The original Nakhon Seal case was originally just a matter of Emperor Hongwu's examination of Qiangu books. He unexpectedly discovered that accounting officials from other provinces were bringing blank account books to the Ministry of Accounts to report their income and expenditure at any time.
After filling it out, a vigorous rectification began. More than a hundred officials were killed, and hundreds of officials were demoted and exiled.
(Note: Wu Han's "Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang" quoted from "History of the Ming Dynasty" said that 70,000 to 80,000 people were killed in the Kongyin case. If this is true, then all relevant and irrelevant department officials and subordinates in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty at that time were killed.
Based on the analysis of data such as "Xianfu Jun Xing Zhi" and "Ye Zheng Biography" written by Fang Xiaoru, the number of officials involved should be hundreds, and he killed more than a hundred people).
Chen Yingfeng started to act in a hurry. Any official with a dirty butt would wish that the two scourges Zhang Antai and Zhou Ze would die early and be reborn early. The problem is that they have been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Unless God opens his eyes and a thunderbolt strikes in.
The Penal Department's prison, otherwise, how could they die?
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