The previous generation Duke Cheng, Zhu Fu, had three legitimate sons.
The eldest son, Zhu Lin, ascended the throne in the 20th year of Zhengde's reign, but fell ill and died that year, leaving no heirs.
The second son, Zhu Feng, is now Duke Chengguo.
The youngest son Zhu Luan, during the Ning King's Rebellion, his father served in the defense of Nanjing and was granted the title of Imperial Guard to hundreds of households. He later became the deputy commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and was promoted to the sixth rank commander two years ago, which is equivalent to the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau and the urban management officer.
The chief, also the fire chief, and the sanitation chief.
The Duke's Mansion.
Zhu Luan fell directly to the ground and cried: "Second brother, help me!"
Cheng Guogong Zhu Feng, with an expressionless face, said calmly: "The commander of the army only injured you, can the king still kill you?"
Zhu Luan's expression was extremely frightening: "The censors of the five cities have all impeached me. Wang Erchu has been planning for a long time. This time, I am afraid that even if I don't die, I will lose my skin!"
The Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division has a brother unit called the City Patrol Inspectorate.
The City Patrol Yuan has five City Patrol Censors, who are responsible for supervising the Military and Horse Departments of the five cities.
Last year, Wang Yuan reorganized the Army and Horse Department and specifically replaced all five imperial censors with his own people. His intention was very obvious, which was to force the Army and Horse Department to make corrections, hoping that those nobles could return from their lost ways.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't correct it. The five censors patrolling the city have been collecting dirty information, just waiting for a fatal blow.
Zhu Feng said: "You have to deal with your own affairs yourself. Brother, I can't do anything."
Zhu Luan begged bitterly: "Second brother, we have three siblings from one mother. The eldest brother has died long ago, and now it's just you and me who depend on each other. Can you bear to watch your brother go to the road of death?"
"Then what can I do?"
Zhu Feng suddenly became excited: "The late Emperor's Baofang new army has been transferred to the border town to serve as camp troops, and only 5,000 people have returned to the capital. I am the admiral of the 3,000 Shenji Battalion, and with these 5,000 new troops, we formed
The new Shenji Battalion with 8,000 troops. Your brother and I have the richest fortunes and the most elite firepower soldiers in our hands. How many people are looking at the fat vacancies? Last year, the civil servants impeached three times. How could I dare to stand up and help?
you!"
Zhu Luan said: "Wang Er has an old relationship with our father, and the second brother can go and plead for mercy."
Zhu Feng angrily rebuked: "As the chief assistant, Wang Er has an old relationship with him. What's more, you said that he has been plotting for a long time, how could he let you go because of an old affair?"
Zhu Luan was completely desperate and collapsed on the ground.
When King Ning rebelled, their father, Zhu Fu, happened to be the admiral of the Nanjing army. Later, Zhu Houzhao visited Nanjing. Although Jiang Bin and Zhang Yong were in charge, Zhu Fu was also busy running errands, so he was with the emperor and Wang Yuan.
Relatively familiar.
What kind of friendship is this?
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The city of Beijing is in a state of chaos.
There are no police officers in Shuntian Prefecture, and even Daxing and Wanping counties do not have any patrol agencies. In Beijing City, Daxing County, and Wanping County, when cases arise, they all rely on the Five City Soldiers and Horses Division to arrest people. After arrest, the criminals are directly arrested
Transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
When Wang Yuan rectified the Bingma Division, he could only rely on the Jinyi Guards, otherwise he would let the Bingma Division arrest him.
The five patrolling censors, each with their royal guards, went straight to the brothels and casinos in the capital.
Wang Yuan, the brothel that Jin Lei visited in the past is still booming. There are only a few days until the test, and some heartless exam candidates still have the energy to visit the brothel together.
These people were having a good time drinking and listening to music, when suddenly they heard a noise coming from downstairs.
"What is the noise and disturbing nature?"
The princes were very unhappy. Someone opened the door and went out to check. His face turned pale with fright. He returned to the room and said, "Jinyiwei is here to arrest someone!"
Zhu Sheng woke up instantly and hesitated whether to jump off the building and leave.
No matter they are officials or scholars, they are not allowed to visit private brothels, and ordinary scholars are not even allowed to enter official brothels. Usually no one comes to check, but if they get serious, their reputations can be wiped out directly, not to mention there are still a few days left
Will try it.
Downstairs, the madam was smiling, secretly stuffing money into her pocket and saying, "Sir, please do me a favor."
Qianhu, the Jinyiwei officer in charge of the search, threw the silver dollar to his men: "The bribe was twenty yuan, and I recorded it all. Seal the doors and windows everywhere, and don't allow anyone to escape. We will slowly search the rooms."
The madam's expression suddenly changed, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Do you know whose business this is?"
Qianhu, a member of the Jinyi Guards, was overjoyed: "You tell me, I will remember it, so you don't have to interrogate it slowly."
"You...I..." The madam hesitated, not knowing what to do. She really didn't dare to reveal the shareholders behind the scenes.
It is illegal to open a brothel privately, but the court has already acquiesced, and Wang Yuan has no intention of banning it. After all, it is also an entertainment industry. However, only official prostitutes are allowed to be retained, and private prostitutes are all taken away and sent to soldiers and immigrants in border towns.
As a wife, there is a serious shortage of women in the newly opened northern territory anyway.
Private prostitutes are often accompanied by activities such as forcing girls into prostitution and abducting women. They must be severely cracked down!
Not long after, the Jin Yiwei searched the rooms of the scholars, who were so frightened that they either lowered their heads or faced the wall, fearing that the officials would reveal their identity as scholars.
It's a very strange phenomenon. They usually visit brothels, which is a romantic affair for scholars, but they are really being investigated by the police and have no face to see anyone.
Fortunately, Jin Yiwei did not make things difficult for them, but only took the prostitute for questioning.
The situation in the casino was much more serious. Some people even jumped off the building to escape, and were accidentally thrown to death in the street and became disabled.
The people inside, regardless of their status, will be sent to work as free laborers regardless of their status. Anyway, the East City and Nancheng will be expanded. When the expansion of the capital is completed, these people will be free, and they will not get paid for their work during the period.
Doesn’t Wang Yuan talk about human rights?
According to the law, eighty sticks were required, but Wang Yuan was afraid of beating people to death, so it was truly merciful to abandon him and build the city wall.
No matter who the casino owner is, the people who were blocked inside were sent to wait for the city wall to be repaired. As for the casino property, it will be confiscated according to law and will be auctioned to merchants in the future.
By the way, no matter the brothel or the casino, the Jin Yiwei who is responsible for checking can get a lot of money, but Wang Yuan turns a blind eye to it.
Acting like this, Jin Yiwei is naturally selfless and determined not to accept bribes because they can get more.
More than 300 people, including the commander and deputy commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, as well as many officers and soldiers below, were invited to Jinyiwei Prison for tea.
Zhu Luan, the younger brother of Duke Cheng, was beaten half to death. He paid three thousand taels of silver to atone for his crime and was removed from all his posts.
Under the severe torture of the Jin Yiwei, many cases including kidnapping, extortion, murder, abduction and trafficking were revealed, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division seemed to be the largest evil force in the capital.
Twelve local merchants in the capital were also arrested, all of whom were colluding with the Army and Horses Division to deal with their colleagues.
It even involved officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. For example, when materials needed to be purchased for building the city this time, Wang Yuan asked the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to open a bidding process. As a result, during the bidding period, local merchants bribed civil servants to learn the bidding results in advance, and announced that there was something wrong with the bid documents and that they needed to
He postponed the bid and re-bid. He also colluded with the Five Cities Military and Horse Division to arrest the winning merchant in the middle of the night. He was either beaten until he agreed to leave the capital, or was beaten to death for his stubborn words.
In this way, all the purchase contracts for city building materials fell into the hands of local merchants, who were then subcontracted to foreign merchants at high prices.
Jin Yiwei transferred the case to the Ministry of Punishment, and Jin Lei, the left minister, was responsible for retrial. Because the case was serious, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple were brought in for a joint trial.
Not to mention Zhu Luan, there was also a marquis and two earls who were deprived of their titles, stripped of all their positions and demoted to common people. The sons and nephews of the two princes were removed from all their positions, fined a certain amount of silver, and beaten to death.
Home.
Of the twelve local merchants who committed crimes, three were executed, two were sentenced to ten years in prison, and seven were exiled overseas, with fines ranging from 10,000 taels to 80,000 taels of silver.
Among the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, 26 people were beheaded after the fall, 83 people were exiled overseas and in the frontiers, and more than 100 people were fined to build the city wall for free.
Two officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue were exiled overseas, and 14 paid fines and were dismissed from office.
In addition, some street gangsters were also involved. Six people were beheaded by Qiu Houwen, 11 people were exiled to the frontier or overseas, and 77 people were fined to build the city wall for free.
For a time, order was in order inside and outside the capital, and no one dared to commit crimes. Hundreds of thousands of officials and citizens applauded this.
Regardless of other places, Wang Yuan's popular reputation in Beijing, because this purge has reached its peak, the common people hope that he can continue to be the chief minister.