"Ah what?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "Don't you understand what we are saying?"
"Yes." Although Hu Weiyong and others were reluctant in every possible way, they had no choice but to agree in a low voice, not daring to offend the emperor.
"There is also the censor who was on duty. He took off his official clothes and punished him with a staff for sixty years. He will never use it again." Zhu Yuanzhang issued another order in a cold voice:
"We asked the censor to be on duty in front of the drums to facilitate the people to complain, not to make decisions for us! Besides, how could he dare to stop a foreign envoy from playing drums, a major event related to the state? We must strictly investigate
,Did someone instruct him to do this?"
"Yes." The prince responded quickly.
"The prison eunuchs were also punished with sticks and driven out of the palace. They didn't report such a big thing. How could they show us the door?" Boss Zhu always has a share in holding people responsible and will never be lenient.
"Here." Eunuch Wu responded quickly.
"Go ahead and check and correct yourself." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, not wanting to see these bastards again. "It doesn't matter if you can't find out. We will send someone to check for you."
"I'm resigning. I will strictly investigate and not lend money, and I will reflect deeply." Hu Weiyong hurriedly led the crowd to kowtow.
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After Hu Weiyong surrendered, he was put under house arrest in the reverse room opposite Wuying Gate.
There was the duty room where the ministers were waiting to be summoned. It had basic furniture, and the little fireman brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write confessions for them.
"Please bring me a pot of tea first." Peng Geng said angrily to the little flamer: "My throat is smoking. Do you want me to drink ink?"
"Hey, don't pay attention to him." Shang Hao smiled and called Xiao Huozi over, stuffed Zhang Baobao into his sleeve and said: "You have worked hard, the tea bowl should be cleaner."
"Hehe, how can that be possible?" Xiaohuo Zhe smiled again and nodded: "Don't worry, good white tea is clean and hygienic."
"Go." Shang Hao nodded with a smile.
After the little flamer left, Peng Geng rolled his eyes and said, "You are so polite to him."
"Because I don't want to drink the eunuch's saliva." Shang Hao said lightly: "If you want to drink, I can have someone make you a pot."
"You..." Peng Geng was choked for a moment, and then said in a low voice for a long time: "Oh, why is the emperor so crazy? We are all locked up for such a trivial matter!"
"Keep your voice down, you're crazy, be careful the walls have ears!" Shang Hao was so frightened that he covered his mouth.
"Don't do anything, I won't say anything." Peng Geng dodged away depressedly.
"Okay, let's all sit down and sum it up." Hu Weiyong, who had been quiet since entering the room, said: "Prime Minister Wang, come over and join us."
"Me?" Wang Guangyang was leaning on the couch and was about to make a score when he heard the words and pointed to his nose. "Is it necessary?"
"You are the right prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Do you think it is necessary?" Hu Weiyong frowned.
"Hey, okay, here I come." Wang Guangyang lazily stood up and sat down at the table.
"What Lao Peng just said was wrong. This matter is not worth mentioning if it is not praised, but it becomes a big deal when it is taken seriously." Hu Weiyong first gave a tone and said: "Speaking from a big perspective, there is no small matter related to the national system;
Shenli said, "It is a great sin to obstruct the Holy Spirit from listening!"
"Yes, Enxiang taught you the right thing. My subordinates are stupid, and the emperor is obviously more serious." Peng Geng pinched Yahuazi depressedly and said, "What an unreasonable disaster."
"What is going on?" Wang Guangyang couldn't help but ask: "Is it because the Champa people didn't pay enough? Or is it someone who deliberately wants to punish them?"
Even though he is completely ruined now, he was Boss Zhu's 'child' at that time, and he was very familiar with the yamen's business.
When Shang Hao heard this, he looked at Hu Weiyong.
Seeing Hu Xiang nod slightly, he shook his head and said: "No, the Annan people gave too much."
"Annan people?" Wang Guangyang was stunned for a moment.
Peng Geng reminded him in a low voice: "The cantaloupe that I sent to your hometown in June was given by the Annan people."
Of course, the cantaloupe is filled with ingredients... all of them are top-notch Nanzhu.
"That's it." Wang Guangyang suddenly realized that he had given too much to his wife.
"To put it simply, the two small countries of Annan and Champa have been fighting fiercely. Recently, the latter seems to have the upper hand. Last year, they once captured the capital of the former. However, they were quickly repulsed." Shang Haodi. He explained the whole story to him loudly:
"The Champas have always wanted to establish contact with the Ming Dynasty, but were blocked by Annan and failed to do so. Taking advantage of the opportunity to capture Thang Long, they got the customs clearance document. After returning, they couldn't wait to send tribute envoys. This is the Champa group in Huitong Hall The origin of the envoy."
"But the Annan people don't want to let them get what they want. In recent years, Annan's national power has declined, and they have made great efforts to profess vassalage and pay tribute to our dynasty, hoping that the Ming Dynasty can deter Champa. But if Champa also vassalizes and pays tribute to this dynasty, this advantage will be lost. Can they not be in a hurry? So Annan also sent a tribute envoy to stop them at all costs." Peng Geng continued.
"Understood." Wang Guangyang nodded and said with a wry smile: "Then you accepted bribes from others... Okay, I accepted them too... so you blocked it and prevented the Champa envoy from meeting the saint?"
"That's what happened." Shang Hao looked a little confused and coughed: "But we are mainly out of consideration of hoeing the strong and supporting the weak to ensure that there will be no strong vassal in the southwest. Even if we don't charge money, we will That’s what it does.”
"I just won't work so hard..." Wang Guangyang teased. When he was playing around, Shang Hao didn't know where to play in the mud.
"Hey, welcome, Mr. Wang." Shang Hao said sarcastically.
"But the problem is that you didn't stop them." Wang Guangyang said quietly: "Since you are determined not to let them face the saint, they should be expelled from the capital, or even deported. Let them wander under the imperial city. There is no guarantee that something will happen one day like today."
"Alas, King Yan's ears are everywhere now, how can you dare to go too far?" Peng Geng said depressedly: "Besides, haven't you seen the attitude of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple? Do you want to be expelled directly from the letter? ?”
"But normally nothing will happen." He sighed again: "Every aspect has been properly addressed, and it is impossible for the Ministry of Rites to go beyond Zhongshu and report it for such a trivial matter."
"Including Yushitai?" Wang Guangyang asked keenly.
"Yeah." Peng Geng nodded. It's no secret that the chief and deputy officers of Yushitai wear the same pants as Hu Xiang.
"That's wrong." Hu Weiyong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly whispered: "Who is the eunuch at the Meridian Gate today?"
"Eunuch Liu." Shang Hao said softly: "One of our own."
Eunuch Liu has been expelled from the palace, so there is no need to cover him up.
"Normally speaking, this matter shouldn't cause any waves." Hu Weiyong tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Why is it so small that it just happens to meet Zeng Tai's two poles entering the palace to meet the saint?"
"Yeah, if I couldn't run into him, this matter would just be over." Peng Geng said depressedly: "What a bad luck."
"Is it just bad luck?" Wang Guangyang said with a teasing smile, "I don't think so."
"That's right." Hu Weiyong nodded and said with doubts: "If it wasn't someone secretly assisting, how did those Champa people know about Dengwengu? If someone wasn't secretly arranging it, how could Zeng Tai and the Champa people be so coincidental? Encountered?"
