Gu Chengyu sighed secretly, not knowing whether he should say that Yin Kun's comment to him just now was right, or whether he should say that Yin Kun was too insensitive to the situation.
"I just need to spread the word, saying that once the tea tax cannot be implemented, the taxes on the people will have to be increased. You see? If the tea merchants openly resist, the people will naturally refuse. If they come in secret, then I don't have to be afraid."
Yin Kun looked at Gu Chengyu in shock, he was a master of manipulation.
He stroked his beard and said, "As you said, if those people come secretly, they will be hard to guard against. Two fists can't defeat four hands. Besides, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days? Even if you are not afraid,
But what about your family?"
Gu Chengyu knew that Yin Kun was worried about him, and a warmth surged in his heart.
"Senior brother, don't worry! I am an official of the imperial court. This is still under the emperor's feet. These people don't dare to be too bold. If they want to cause trouble in the officialdom, I will come to stop them."
Yin Kun is still a little worried. Those people will do anything for money.
"You still have to be careful, those people are not easy to get along with." He was even more worried about Gu Chengyu's indifferent attitude.
"Senior brother! Wealth and honor are sought in danger. People in officialdom have no control over their own abilities. If you are always timid, how can you achieve great things?"
Gu Chengyu not only persuaded Yin Kun, but also encouraged himself.
Yin Kun was speechless. This junior fellow apprentice was different from him, and he didn't know whether such a temperament was a blessing or a curse.
He thought of his junior brother He Jisheng, who had a very similar temperament to Gu Chengyu, but He Jisheng was more unscrupulous.
"Just be sensible. The teacher has retired and can't help you much. Although your second senior brother and I can also help you, our abilities are limited after all."
Yin Kun gave another piece of advice. He and Gu Chengyu had different temperaments, so he could only stick to the rules.
Although he doesn't understand Gu Chengyu's radicalism, Gu Chengyu is always his junior brother and will still help when necessary.
"Thank you for your support, senior brother. Since I got together with him, he has taken good care of me. I will be careful not to cause trouble to my teachers and senior brothers in the future."
To be able to do this, Yin Kun, as a senior brother, has done his best to be benevolent and righteous.
"Okay! We senior brothers don't need to be so polite. You have to be careful recently. The emperor may want to establish a prince, and there is some turmoil in the capital. Your rank is too low. Don't get involved in the princes' game. Let's calm down for a while.
"
Yin Kun was afraid that Gu Chengyu would show off his talents too much and let the princes drag him into the whirlpool of seizing the crown prince.
"Is the day for the emperor to establish a heir apparent near? What's going on with those princes?" Gu Chengyu frowned in thought after hearing this, and then asked.
"The eldest prince received an errand from the Ministry of Criminal Justice three months ago. The emperor ordered him to check the criminal case files in recent years. However, the third prince's party also tampered with one of the files."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. How could the eldest prince do such a thing as checking the case himself?
As long as those death penalty cases have been reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment, they are unlikely to be overturned upon further review.
"Two months ago, a massacre occurred in Hejian Prefecture. There were six members of the family. It was said that the murderer was their neighbor and the murder weapon was a knife. However, the murder weapon was not found and the neighbor refused
deny."
"Originally, the case has been reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment, and the man was asked to be executed by the Empress Qiu. However, the eldest prince happened to be on an errand from the Ministry of Punishment, and there was a police officer under the Hejian Mansion. He found other evidence and felt that there was something fishy about the matter.
"
Yin Kun gave an overview of the matter in one breath, then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
"If there is something fishy about this matter, then just look for evidence and ask the Ministry of Punishments to review it again. How could it be that the First Prince was involved?"
"If that's the case, then it's no big deal. But the problem is that the prisoner died in prison. His neck was cut. The murder weapon was a sharp knife, which exactly matched the murder weapon used to kill that family."
"Oh?" Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows, which was somewhat interesting.
"It's impossible for that person to be carrying the murder weapon when he was imprisoned, right? Then there might be someone else who killed him!"
Gu Chengyu thought for a while, it couldn't be that someone brought the murder weapon into the prison and then committed suicide out of fear of crime?
But this is not necessary at all. Anyway, Qiuhou is going to ask for death. Why is there no need to commit suicide now?
"I don't know, but the censors found out about this matter. It is said that the eldest prince received an errand from the Ministry of Punishment, but mistakenly regarded an innocent person as a prisoner, causing the prisoner to die in prison and allowing the murderer to go free."
Although Yin Kun felt that the eldest prince was somewhat unjust in this matter, who asked the eldest prince to work in the Ministry of Justice?
Those people were worried that they had no chance to catch the eldest prince's mistakes. Isn't this an opportunity?
"This is a bit far-fetched. People from the Punishment Department always review the clues in the files. If new clues are not reported immediately, the Punishment Department will make a wrong judgment. This seems to be contrary to common sense, right?"
Gu Chengyu felt a little strange. People from the Criminal Department were in the capital. How could they know the progress of the case immediately?
Yin Kun shook his head, "If the Punishment Department doesn't know about the new developments, then forget it, but Hejian Mansion has already worked hard to send new clues to the Punishment Department. This is the Punishment Department's dereliction of duty."
"Then the punishment department can't delay." Gu Chengyu was somewhat aware. He was rushed to the capital quickly, but the prisoner died in prison? This world is really stuck.
However, in normal times, this matter would not be considered a big deal for the Ministry of Punishment.
Because if this prisoner had not been killed, he would naturally still be in prison.
It was still time to re-examine the case, but I didn't expect that the prisoner would die like this.
What's more troublesome is that the eldest prince works in the Ministry of Punishment, and those people's purpose is naturally to catch the eldest prince.
Are there still too few unjust, false and wrong cases in ancient times? It is very possible that a wrong case was judged. If it is not discovered, is it still a mistake?
Besides, officials have been protecting each other since ancient times. Even if the people who come to check find something, there are still ways to put those wrongful cases to rest.
"But are you looking for someone to be a scapegoat?"
Gu Chengyu felt that the eldest prince must cherish his reputation in this stall, and he still had great hope of becoming the crown prince.
Yin Kun was already numb to Gu Chengyu's intelligence, "Of course it was a chief of the Cleaning Department of Hejian Prefecture of the Ministry of Punishment who took over. When the files sent by Hejian Prefecture arrived at him, he forgot to report them."
Gu Chengyu shook his head. Regardless of whether this person came out to top the tank or it was the case. Things that only required punishment in the past would definitely be punished this time.
"Has the matter been resolved now?" Gu Chengyu did not ask the fate of the principal. Officialdom is so cruel.
"Not yet, we are delaying it! At this juncture, the eldest prince naturally cannot leave the capital. He has sent people to Hejian Mansion to thoroughly investigate the matter."