() "The Ming Dynasty's artillery can't keep up with those made in the West. Moreover, due to many reasons, the artillery has a lot of scraps and consumes a lot of money. It is better to buy it than to make it. Therefore, the lower official reported to the emperor many times and finally got 2 silver to buy Macau. The new artillery of the Folangji people is about to be escorted to Shandong at the moment, and with it is the artillery instructor of the Folangji people." Xu Guangqi replied to Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei shook his head after hearing this and said: "How can the important weapons of the military and state be controlled by others? No matter how difficult it is, we must make it ourselves."
"Uncle Zhongxing is right, but it's a pity that artillery manufacturing has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War." Xu Guangqi sighed.
"I will make a suggestion to the emperor about this artillery instead." Zhong Jinwei decided.
Xu Guangqi said so much just to seduce Zhong Jinwei. Now Zhong Xingbo can speak in front of the emperor better than anyone else.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei saw that Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng were listening to them attentively in the hall. He noticed that they only had knives on their waists but no firearms, so he smiled and asked, "I don't think I saw you using firearms."
Gu Baichuan answered with a smile: "The standard weapons of Dongchang are the double knives on the small waist. Firearms are fine when there are many people and firearms in a war, but they are not very useful when young people are doing things like this. on."
Zhong Jinwei thought about it. Who among the officials of the Ming Dynasty would dare to keep a large number of weapons and firearms at home. If they are less, they are useless, and if they are too much, they will rebel. Therefore, it is easier for Dongchang to deal with them with swords.
Xu Guangqi was tired from talking at this time, but had rested enough, so he said goodbye to Zhong Jinwei, preparing to go back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to handle official matters. He would then bring his "Keys to Military Plans" and "Selection and Training Rules" to Zhong Jinwei. .
Zhong Jinwei has no office to go to, so he is currently spending time at the construction site, waiting for the experimental furnace to be built and finished, and by the way, he can carefully read the military book given by Sun Chengzong.
At about six o'clock, a group of Jin Yiwei suddenly appeared in a jade shop on Jingshi East Street.
Fortunately, it was still early at this time, the store had not been open for long, and there were no customers yet, so it didn't disturb anyone.
Jin Yiwei controlled everyone in the store, then escorted a person he brought with him, and copied out an account book in a hidden place.
After the leading Jinyiwei Qianhu flipped through the account book, he sneered a few times, leaving a few people to look at the store. He took the others with him, turned around, walked out of the store, and went straight to the Jinyiwei Yamen.
Soon, Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, led a large group of Jinyiwei back to the Yamen of the Criminal Department, found He Kai, who was in charge of the crime, and showed him the confession and account book.
When He Kai saw that Yuan Hongxun's servant Yuan An had recruited everything, and even helped Jin Yiwei find the account book used for bribery, he had no choice but to seal it.
Luo Yangxing put away the driving post without saying a word, turned around and left. He thought to himself that it was because he needed to be arrested. If the driving post was covered yesterday, only one person would be arrested.
As a result, he made strong excuses and refused to get the seal, so he had to use some means on his own. This was good, and he caught another fish, two people at a time.
It turns out that the Gao Jie family has long been under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei. Someone from the Yuan Hongxun family went to Gao Jie's house, but they were discovered early even though it was night.
Previously, Luo Yangxing just wanted to catch the two people who resigned, so he let Yuan An go to Gao Jie's house.
I didn't think that these civil servants didn't understand the situation, so I couldn't blame myself.
Yuan Hongxun was arrested by the Jinyiwei at the Inspectorate, and Gao Jie was arrested by the Jinyiwei at home, and both were imprisoned in the Jinyiwei prison.
This incident caused a sensation in the official circles of the capital and touched the sensitive nerves of many officials.
In the afternoon, several groups of people went to the cabinet to ask for news. They should not let Jin Yiwei become arrogant by talking more, because when Jin Yiwei became arrogant, their lives would be sad.
Wen Tiren knew this, because when he first inquired about Gao Jie's condition, the cabinet sent someone there.
Now more people came to ask questions. As the head of the civil service, he also wanted an explanation, so he called the Criminal Division to the cabinet to ask about the situation.
He Kai gave an explanation to the cabinet ministers and stated that he only stamped the seal after seeing conclusive evidence, and that he was not afraid of enforcing the law impartially because he was afraid of the Jin Yiwei.
That's the end of it. Wen Tiren conveyed what He Kai said to the civil servants who were inquiring about the news.
You, Wen Tiren, are famous for being clean and honest, so you don’t have to worry about anything. But most people have ulterior motives. They used the excuse that the factory guards were as fierce as tigers, fearing a recurrence of the "white terror" of the Tianqi years. The two censors were worried and were sent to the Jinyi Guard Prison.
I am afraid that I will give in and give in, which will lead to disaster and trouble in the cabinet again.
Wen Tiren saw that there were too many people making a fuss and it was difficult to handle. After thinking for a while, he agreed to go see the emperor.
In the evening, Wen Tiren met Emperor Chongzhen and reported to him the reaction of the civil servants outside.
After he finished speaking, he advised Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this is a critical period for the resistance against the invaders. Two censors have been dealt with in the past few days. Now there are two more. The most important thing is that these two censors have been punished."
Shi's charges are only one-sided words of the Jin Yiwei. If the Jin Yiwei were to judge the case, the officials would probably not accept it."
Emperor Chongzhen had just gone too far over the 10,000 taels of silver notes last time, so he authorized Jin Yiwei.
Now after a day of waiting, I am not as angry as when I first heard about it. At this time, I saw that Wen Tiren, whom I trusted, also wanted to dissuade me, so I asked him: "How should we deal with it between the chief and the assistant?"
"I think that the people captured by Jin Yiwei should be tried by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment together." Because the arrested suspects were all censors, Wen Tiren did not talk to the Imperial Procuratorate in order to avoid suspicion, otherwise it would be just ordinary people.
The so-called three-law judicial case.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard what Wen Tiren said, he immediately recalled what Zhong Jinwei had said when he was still hesitating whether to stop banning the factory guards.
At that time, Zhong Jinwei also suggested that Jinyiwei should carry out the duty of investigation and arrest. After there is conclusive evidence, the suspect should be handed over to Dali Temple for trial, and Dongchang would be an observer to prevent possible frame-up, unjust accusation, or unreasonable reversal of the case.
It was after hearing Zhong Jinwei's suggestion that he agreed to release the factory guard.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "In accordance with the wishes of the chief minister, I will send the commander of the Jinyi Guards to come over and explain."
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen trusted him so much, Wen Tiren agreed as soon as he said it. He couldn't help but be very grateful for the emperor's advice. He bowed respectfully and left.
Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, received the emperor's summons and knew what was going on.
He ordered his men to make the two censors confess as soon as possible, and then rushed to the Wenhua Palace with the existing evidence.
After meeting Emperor Chongzhen, without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to ask, he first reported that he had some evidence on hand to prove that both of the arrested people were suspected of corruption.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked him to present the evidence first.
Emperor Chongzhen became more and more angry as he saw that the amount was quite large, especially what was recorded in the account book. A certain jade was purchased for only a few cents of silver, but was sold for hundreds or thousands of taels. In some cases, there were
Tens of thousands of taels.
Luo Yangxing has already marked it, and these are actually methods of bribery. If you want to bribe Yuan Hongxun, go to his jade shop and buy these worthless things. After the transaction is completed, Yuan Hongxun will give it to the buyer.
work.
It's just that the time is too short and there is no time to find out exactly what is being done and how many benefits it has.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw the end, he wanted to change his mind, so he asked Jin Yiwei to investigate. These morons should know without further investigation that they were actually accepting bribes.
But just when Emperor Chongzhen was about to speak, he remembered what Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei had said. If all the power was concentrated in the hands of Jin Yiwei, many unjust, false and wrong cases would result. Not just this one, but to prevent injustice in the future.
False and wrongful conviction. I have promised them that I will not do this.
More importantly, Emperor Chongzhen was different from the previous emperors. He became the emperor temporarily. During the Xinwang period before he became emperor, he had deeply experienced the white terror of the factory guards. Therefore, although he is sitting on his butt now
His position has changed, but he still has a certain understanding.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen Mashan changed his mind and asked Luo Yangxing to hand over the prisoner and the collected evidence to Dali Temple for trial by the three law divisions.
Luo Yangxing was startled when he heard this. He didn't think about Emperor Chongzhen's words. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, I still have evidence that I haven't obtained. If the prisoner is handed over directly to Dali Temple, I'm afraid they will blame others or their family members. It's better to arrest him."
After arriving at the prisoner, Jin Yiwei will first detain him for twelve hours, and then hand him over to Dali Temple after obtaining sufficient evidence."
Luo Yangxing was still confident in Jin Yiwei's methods. If he couldn't pry open the prisoner's mouth in one day, it would be a sign of incompetence.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to let these two corrupt officials go, so he thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. In the future, the captured criminals can be detained by Jin Yiwei for twelve hours. If there is enough evidence, they will be transferred to Dali Temple, where they will be tried and convicted.
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When Luo Yangxing heard that the emperor agreed to his request, he was secretly happy. He quickly left and prepared to go back for interrogation overnight.
But he was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen again, who told Luo Yangxing: "Do not use torture to extract a confession, otherwise Dali Temple will use this as a reason to impeach you."
Luo Yangxing was slightly startled when he heard this, and then agreed without hesitation.
Jin Yiwei has many tricks to make people unable to see traces of torture to extract confessions, and there are no less than dozens of them. The emperor said that the prisoners should be handed over to Dali Temple for interrogation. I am afraid it was instigated by those civil servants, so I will show you how powerful Jin Yiwei is.