No matter how those wealthy families struggled and resisted, they could not fight against the government.
Feng Zhou tied up all the men from these wealthy families and sent them to the prison cells of the Shuntian Prefecture. As for the female relatives, they were naturally restricted to their own homes and were not allowed to enter except for buying and delivering groceries.
Of course there are some twists and turns in the process.
These wealthy families are the white gloves of wealthy families, so they have several martial arts heroes, and they even injured several government servants when they got angry.
However, Shuntian Mansion also had many masters, and Feng Zhou beat them until they were howling like ghosts and wolves.
Just when Feng Zhou was making a big fuss about the assassination and personally took down the bosses behind three underground gambling houses in succession, and used his power to control them, the court also became a mess.
Fengzhou, the prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture, was assassinated right next to Yujie!
There was no need for Jin Yiwei to spread the news. The civil and military officials of the entire court quickly received the news. The whole court was already in a state of shock, and all the courtiers were shocked speechless by the sudden and explosive news.
Everyone is a high-ranking official, and everyone has their own sources of information.
"The assassination of the imperial official is a threat to the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court. This matter must be investigated. No matter who is involved, I will not let it go easily!"
At the Xiaochao meeting, Zhu Qizhen roared angrily in front of the civil and military officials of the court: "It's so outrageous that you are engaging in such despicable methods under my nose!"
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were silent and did not dare to say anything.
This is the real power of thunder!
This is the true anger of Long Yan!
Senior officials not involved in this matter also feel sad.
The assassination of an imperial official in the street was considered a breakthrough in any case.
Must be severely punished!
In the past, the Tang Dynasty silently remembered that there were many vassal towns. In order to preserve their glory and wealth, they actually dared to assassinate the prime minister of the dynasty! Although the central court at that time no longer had the strength to suppress the vassal towns in an all-round way, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty still shared the same hatred and demanded the murderer be eliminated. In the end, Huaihe
The two vassal towns in the west and Ziqing were executed.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in decline, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were so courageous. But now the Ming Dynasty is in a period of peace and prosperity, and the sun is scorching. Of course, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are not willing to bow to the forces that assassinate the imperial officials.
Once anyone makes a concession, other officials will definitely feel ashamed and become enemies of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers.
To put it simply, no matter whether you have a good impression of Feng Zhou or not, this kind of thing has gone beyond the ordinary political disputes in the court, and it also violated the taboos of the court.
If someone is upset in the future and it happens all of a sudden, who can stand it?
Zhu Qizhen's anger was aroused, and it was clear that things couldn't get better this time.
But some noble ministers had their own thoughts privately, especially those who were closely related to the three underground gambling houses. They were even more worried and decided to clear up the traces after returning.
However, before the Xiaochao meeting was over, the government officials from Shuntian Mansion had already rushed over. Under the supervision of the imperial guards, they moved boxes of money and several boxes of account books. Some officials present rushed over.
Seeing Shuntian Mansion's posture, I felt a little dizzy.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture is asking for an audience with you!"
The guards outside the palace loudly reported, which immediately caused a slight commotion among the courtiers in the small court meeting.
Feng Zhou really refused to calm down. Wasn't he just assassinated by an assassin in the morning? Why could he jump out so quickly without fear of another misfortune?
"Xuan!"
Zhu Qizhen said in a calm tone.
Everything is under his control, so of course he is calm and calm.
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were also looking forward to it.
But soon, everyone showed anger.
Feng Zhou took several government officials into the palace and brought up several boxes, which were filled with various bills and IOUs.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen led people to inspect three underground gambling houses, and directly confiscated 70,000 taels of gambling capital, and 100,000 taels of usury IOUs plus interest! These IOUs involved thousands of families inside and outside the capital, affecting nearly 10,000 people, and also implicated dozens of people.
In addition to forcing girls into prostitution, maliciously buying and selling young children, and forcibly seizing real estate title deeds, the deeds are truly shocking..."
There was silence in the Qinzheng Hall, and Zhu Qizhen's face was ashen and ugly...
Listening to what Feng Zhou said one by one, the courtiers present were dumbfounded and had a deeper understanding of the young man Feng Zhou's boldness and straightforwardness.
The young Jinshi shows off his talents, but I'm afraid the end will not be too good!
Who among the civil and military officials doesn’t know about the harm done to people by gambling houses?
I don’t know about calculations, but I’ve heard of it a lot.
But few dare to say it on the stage!
Even with Wang Zhenzhi's false power, he would not dare to get into trouble in this regard. This little fourth-rank Shuntianfu Cheng said it so straightforwardly!
Are you not afraid of death, or are you just dumbfounded?
Zhu Qizhen thought further.
The Ming Dynasty was prosperous for a hundred years, but the taxes collected were basically entities, and commercial taxes were very small.
There are tens of millions of taels in the sky every year, and they are still circulating in the treasury, and they are used very quickly!
But from just three underground gambling houses, you can get 150,000 taels of silver!
This is simply a slap in the face of the emperor! A slap in the face of the court!
How many such underground gambling houses will there be in the world tomorrow?
The wealth they possess far exceeds that of their own emperor!
Maybe one of the masters behind them is richer than me!
"Feng Zhou, you met an assassin. Are you okay?"
Zhu Qizhen thought about it for a long time, but his expression didn't show, he just pretended to be concerned and asked.
"It doesn't matter, they are just a few gangsters, and the ministers wiped them out easily!"
Feng Zhou spoke calmly and his tone was very sure.
"Oh, don't you want to grant Aiqing not only outstanding literary talent, but also unrivaled martial arts?"
Zhu Qizhen's face was calm, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen is quite talented in martial arts!"
Feng Zhou showed no humility at all, and said: "The humble minister practiced martial arts at the age of five, could kill a green bull at the age of ten, flew over eaves and walked over walls at the age of twelve, and achieved great martial arts at the age of fifteen. He was not afraid of the overthrow of the imperial court, so he went to the capital to take the exam and show off his ambitions.
Talent, serve the king!"
"Haha, interesting!" Zhu Qizhen said with a slight smile: "I wonder how it compares to the imperial guards beside me?"
Zhu Qizhen was curious and directly compared it with the imperial guards around him.
Feng Zhou's face was indifferent, he cupped his hands and said: "We heard that the four great masters in the palace are Wei Ziyun, the "Xiaoxiang Swordsman", Tu Fang, the "Desert Condor", Yin Xian, the "Sword of Fortune" and Ding Ao, the "Star Reacher".
, they can also be regarded as the first-class masters in the world. As long as they don't encounter Ye Gucheng, the enshrinement of the Southeast Palace, and the Shi Gongjiu of the Taiping Palace, the four of them can join forces and dominate the world! However, if I compete with them, I can defeat them with one move!
"
"What!"
In the entire hall, everyone suddenly fell silent.
This guy is too straightforward!
This is obviously giving the Southeast Palace and Taiping Palace eye drops!
After this word spreads, I am afraid that these two princes will definitely ask themselves to eliminate the feudal clan!
What kind of hatred or resentment is this!
"Oh, really?" Zhu Qizhen smiled faintly, as if he didn't hear Feng Zhou applying the eye drops, "I would like to see him, Wei Ziyun, go try General Jia's skills!"
Zhu Qizhen smiled softly, turned to a guard standing next to him and ordered: "Go and learn Feng Aiqing's martial arts!"
"As you command!"
Wei Ziyun took the order, turned to look at Feng Zhou, his eyes flashed with two sharp lights, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wei Ziyun, please give me some advice from Feng Fu Cheng!"